Around a daring accord of blond tobacco and praline vanilla, reminiscent of Craven A cigarettes, hovers the sunny scents of jasmine flowers. Sudden impressions of immodest orange blossom, the violent exuberance of empresses dressed in purple robes, the luxuriance of distant landscapes and sun-drenched tuberoses—it is the image of a sumptuous and bygone luxury, anchored in a spicy, velvety elemi resinoid.
