A powerful, addictive and erotic aura... the scent of warm skin, sun-kissed, cat-like, subtle and leathery. This elixir rediscovers, in a new, modern style, the softest note in the art of perfumery, revered for thousands of years: Tonkin musk.
The Chinese have valued it since ancient times for its aphrodisiac properties.
Its scent was considered so heavenly in Islam that it was mixed into the mortar of some mosques so that they would smell of it in the sun. The musk smelled so intense that people refused to transport it on ships loaded with tea for fear of spoiling the cargo... Tonkin musk is produced by the musk deer in the Himalayas and has always been one of the most expensive ingredients in the perfumer's palette: it envelops the mixture in a sensual aura that fixes and intensifies every essence.
Although it is no longer used for ethical reasons, natural musk has never completely left perfumers, as it has never been possible to replace it perfectly. That is why ‘Musc Tonkin’ aims to capture this fascinating shadow image by blending the most opulent raw materials to evoke its myriad facets. Their names are irrelevant: just as the mysterious charisma of some people captivates us, ‘Musc Tonkin’ is meant to be experienced rather than described.
Lively, multifaceted, surprising, nocturnal and bright at the same time – this aphrodisiac potion changes on every skin to enchant it. A hint of salt for the taste of the skin. Intoxicating floral splendour to remind us that perfume connects us to the erotic magic of nature. A liqueur-like, mulled wine fruitiness contrasts with a light, shimmering veil of powder... Viscous like honey, blurred and waxed like the finest leather, the scent evokes skin heated by desire, but also mossy, pitch-black depths.
Musc Tonkin rediscovers the immortal tradition of love potions.
