Vixere

Grapefruit and neroli slash through with Mediterranean brightness, yet ylang ylang immediately softens their edges, introducing a creamy, almost coconut-like warmth. The bergamot-mandarin combination threatens cheerfulness, but the underlying floral opacity keeps this opening grounded and slightly mysterious.

Heliotrope blooms into something almond-tinged and warm, intertwining with jasmine sambac's lush density whilst violet and iris create a cool, powdery counterbalance. Gardenia adds a soaps-and-skin quality that makes the composition feel lived-in rather than sprayed-on, and the sweetness intensifies without veering into bakery territory—more honey than honey cake.

Sandalwood and patchouli emerge with quiet authority, framing the remaining florals in wood and earth rather than allowing them to drift into abstract florality. Musk wraps everything in a second-skin quality, whilst tonka and vanilla add only a faint amber sweetness at the edges—this is a whisper rather than a proclamation, intimate enough to require proximity to fully appreciate.