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A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Cognac rises with immediate authority, its alcohol warmth embracing plum and passion fruit in what reads as distinctly fermented rather than fresh. Lavender arrives as a briefly calming counterpoint before the black pepper begins its creeping infiltration, sharpening the fruited opening into something with visible edges.
Amber and davana create an almost honeyed thickness that sits against the persistent black pepper, whilst rose emerges with a slightly green, almost metallic character. The composition settles into a spiced, resinous envelope where nothing is soft or yielding—the fruitiness transforms into something darker, almost dried, supported by opoponax that introduces a faintly bitter, incense-like quality.
Labdanum and everlasting flower dominate, their earthy-animalic character deepening into something approaching leather and hay. Castoreum adds a subtle, skin-like warmth that keeps the fragrance intimate on the skin; the resinous base holds whatever projection remains, becoming increasingly introspective and personal rather than declarative.
Immortal Beloved arrives as a decidedly grown-up fragrance, one that treats fruitiness not as something candied or playful but as fermented complexity. Vincent Micotti's composition opens with cognac vapours that immediately announce sophistication—this is a scent for someone who's comfortable with alcohol as an actual aromatic material, not merely a vehicle. The plum and passion fruit don't arrive as bright top-note sweetness; instead, they're darkened by that cognac warmth, creating an almost jammy opacity that suggests compote left to oxidise.
What makes Immortal Beloved distinctive is its refusal to soften. The heart reveals amber and davana—that peculiar, slightly animalic honey note—layering beneath black pepper that never truly retreats. The rose appears not as the fragrance's focal point but as a slightly bitter, almost metallic thread woven through spice and resin. This isn't a floral fragrance that happens to contain spice; it's a spiced fragrance that incorporates florals as textural complexity.
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