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Grapefruit brightness cuts through immediately, sharp and almost cleaning-fluid-like, whilst vanilla and frankincense duke it out beneath—the resin's smoky-medicinal edge immediately announcing this won't be a simple citrus fragrance. Within moments, the frankincense gains ground, transforming that initial cheerfulness into something more contemplative and austere.
The herbal notes surface gracefully, ambrette and clary sage absolute adding a skin-like warmth and subtle aromatic complexity that deepens the composition considerably. The vanilla-frankincense marriage settles into something almost zen-like—creamy yet smoky, sweet yet reserved, the grapefruit fading into a supporting role as the fragrance reveals its true, introspective nature.
Tonka bean absolute blooms with a sophisticated, slightly tobacco-tinged sweetness whilst smoke weaves through persistently, creating a genuinely atmospheric basenote that lingers as a whisper rather than a declaration. What remains is warm, softly amber-hued, and distinctly inward-looking—a scent that seems to retreat into itself the longer you wear it.
Just B Happy! Crazy Shock arrives as a deliberate contradiction—a fragrance that wears its conflicting impulses like a badge of honour. Fabrice Pellegrin has constructed something genuinely unusual here: a composition where frankincense's resinous, almost liturgical weight collides headlong with the cheerful brightness of grapefruit and Tahitian vanilla's creamy sweetness. It's this very tension that makes it compelling rather than muddled.
The opening volleys are deceptive. That top-note grapefruit-vanilla pairing initially suggests something almost gourmand, playful even, but the frankincense refuses to be relegated to supporting duty—it asserts itself with quiet intensity, lending an almost meditative quality to what might otherwise be a straightforward citrus-sweet affair. This is a fragrance for someone who appreciates contradiction, who doesn't mind their comfort scents tinged with something slightly astringent and philosophical.
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