VANILLE SOLSTICE

Top
Cinnamon, Orange Blossom, Cardamom, Bergamot

Middle
Bourbon Vanilla, Elemi

Base
Praline, Musk, Ambroxan, Tonka, Guaiac Wood, Candied Almond

A cold morning, a bright room, something baking two doors down.

The spice arrives first and keeps arriving. Cinnamon, citrus, a lift that does not settle for hours. The sweetness stays behind it the whole time, close but never forward, the way a warm room is felt before it is entered.

By evening the brightness has burned off. What remains is drier and darker than the morning promised, wood and warmth close to the skin, and it is still there when you wake.