Vulcan Feu

In everyday terms

Mango and ginger over amber and oud. Very strong.

Mango

Ripe, juicy mango, like peak mango season

Ginger

Zesty, warm ginger, like the ginger in zobo or kunu

Lemon

Bright, fresh lemon, like a squeezed lemon

Red Berries

Sweet-tart red berries, like strawberry Fanta

Coumarin

Sweet, hay-like and almond-vanilla

Jasmine

The sweet white “lady of the night” flowers on compound fences

Cedar

Freshly planed wood at a carpenter's workshop

Musk

Clean skin, like fresh laundry

Amber

Warm, sweet and resinous, like soft incense glowing in a room

Oud

Deep, smoky oud, like the turare and bakhoor burned in Hausa homes during Sallah

Cypriol

Earthy, smoky root, like dry wood smoke

How it wears

In Nigerian heat, most perfumes project more but fade faster. Spray some on your clothes to make it last longer.