ANTIQUE TONKA
| an agrestic fougere |
from the vintage series
limited return microbatch 2025-26
Grounded, loyal, distinguished. Comforting and textured, modern and vintage alike. Both gritty and sensual, a weaving of coumarin rich materials with a backbone of resinous harmonies creates a strong-soft character worth embodying.
Style: coumarin forward fougere, vintage, rugged yet smooth
Strength: Perfume Extrait
Prominent Notes:
Tonka Bean
Nutmeg Co2
Lavender absolute
Clary absolute
Tobacco absolute
Fossilized Amber
Opoponax
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Perfumer's notes ....
If I have done my job here with Antique Tonka, a feeling of strength and comfort will be evoked. Commonly, fougere compositions lean heavily into herbs, spices, and intense woods, giving sharper, more confrontational edges to the profile. For this perfume I really wanted to lean into the harmony of tonka's hay facet, with a gentler hand on the accompanying notes. With timeless tonka being the centerpiece, a grounded, loyal, and resonant character is allowed to prevail.
My in house tonka and vanilla bean extracts are here in the base.
