Original

Scent Profile

Top notes: Cardamom, Ginger, Lemon, Bergamot

Heart notes: Cedar, Hazelnut, Guaiac Wood, Labdanum

Base notes: Ambergris, Vanilla, Sandalwood, Patchouli

Why We Carry This

We carry it for the hazelnut note doing real work in the heart, an ingredient most amber compositions skip entirely in favor of straightforward vanilla.

Character

Accords: Amber, Woody, Spicy, Citrus, Warm Spicy, Vanilla

Cardamom and ginger crackle over lemon and bergamot before hazelnut and guaiac wood soften the spice into something closer to toasted wood than citrus cologne. Labdanum in the heart bridges to a base of ambergris, sandalwood, and patchouli that stays close to skin rather than projecting outward, an old-school amber build with none of the modern sweetness.

This is the fragrance the brand built its entire legend around, tied to a story involving a young John F. Kennedy on the Riviera. Marketing aside, the hazelnut and patchouli combination is genuinely distinctive, though the sillage is restrained enough that people expecting a loud amber bomb will be disappointed.