Gourmand Fragrance Sample Pack, 6 x 1ml

Includes (1ml each):

1. The Different Company Majaina Sin EDP
2. Nicolai Parfumeur Createur Macaron Bourbon EDP Intense
3. AKRO Bake EDP
4. Imaginary Author's A Whiff of Wafflecone 2.0 EDP
5. Parfum d'Empire Aziyade 
6. Zoologist Harvest Mouse EDP

Freshly hand-filled to order, these 1ml glass vials are large enough for several proper wearings.

A tasting menu for the perfumed degustation. Begin with the elegant Majaina Sin from The Different Company, a sensual, indulgent vision of Madagascar that combines superb quality vanilla with cinnamon and ginger. A flash of candied orange, like heat on skin, turns into melting chestnut cream flavoured with spices; laden with an overdose of vanilla. In Nicolai’s Macaron Bourbon, vanilla is treated with caramelised almond powder to create the fine impression of a dainty and crisp macaron, its shell filled with a gooey ganache made from rum and raspberry-rose jam. Altogether recalling the scents of a pastry kitchen alive with warmth and creativity.

If your vision of a patisserie aligns more closely with cakes, Bake from AKRO is authored by Olivier Cresp, the father of modern gourmand. Memories of batter and frosting, Bake’s premise is a simple one: the stupendous alchemy of butter, sugar, and flavourings - the zip and rise of lemon, from the grater into the batter, the deep comfort of vanilla, the sweet warmth of praline, and a drizzle of sugary icing. In short: a lemon cupcake. A Whiff of Wafflecone 2.0 (Imaginary Authors) is not a shy fragrance, its impression is that of syrup, caramel, and treacle - pancakes, stroopwafel, ice-cream toppings. One imagines an ice-cream parlour heavy with the smell of caramelised sugars with a whiff of smoke, butter, tangy cream, and sweet liqueurs made from almond, cinnamon, and citruses.

Harvest Mouse from Zoologist presents a distinctive gourmand impression, halfway edible in this autumn scene: stalks of wheat and sun-roasted grain, the hazy tones of honied chamomile, fruity davana, vanilla, and hay, and a surprising CO2 extraction of beer - revealing impressions of caramel, banana esters, and spicy clove. Aziyade concludes this assortment, shifting the gourmand register towards the spicy and the carnal. A feast of candied fruits, pomegranate, prunes, and plums - a stewed compote flavoured with the heat of cinnamon, ginger, and cumin - this ultimately resolves into a melt of amber resins.