Bvlgari
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The gardenia and plant juice create a dewy, almost aqueous top that suggests freshness and restraint—you might briefly mistake this for something clean and airy. Within minutes, however, the jasmine sambac begins its emergence, and that initial greenness acquires honeyed depth, as if someone's just poured warm cream into the composition.
The almond and jasmine sambac combination becomes the fragrance's beating centre, creating a creamy, almost perfumed sweetness that's reminiscent of jasmine-scented confectionery without smelling synthetic. The composition now reveals itself as fundamentally gourmand-leaning, the woody notes still recessed but beginning their slow ascent through the base layers.
Cashmere wood and patchouli finally assume prominence, their earthy, slightly resinous character moderating the sweetness that dominated earlier. Tonka bean lingers longest, softening the woody structure into a warm, ambrosial finish that settles into skin like a cashmere shawl—comforting, somewhat sweet, ultimately creamy and intimate.
Splendida Jasmin Noir is a paradox wrapped in creamy florals—bright enough to feel like daylight pouring through silk curtains, yet dense enough to possess genuine sensuality. Sophie Labbé has constructed something deliberately contradictory here: the gardenia and plant juice opening suggests fresh, almost green florality, but this is a feint. What unfolds is a jasmine-centric composition where Sambac absolute (that honeyed, almost indolic white floral) meets almond in the heart, creating an unexpectedly gourmand turn. The almond doesn't read as nutty or savoury; instead, it amplifies the creamy sweetness that the jasmine naturally possesses, transforming the composition into something that hovers between a floral and a confection.
The base reveals Labbé's real intention: cashmere wood and patchouli provide structural warmth without heaviness, whilst tonka bean anchors everything in a soft, vanillic sweetness that compounds the creamy accord already established by the almond-jasmine marriage. This isn't a delicate white floral—it's a voluptuous one, designed for someone unafraid of olfactory richness. The woody base prevents it from becoming cloying, introducing just enough roughness to balance the creamy-sweet trajectory.
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