Bitter Peach

In everyday terms

Boozy peach with rum and vanilla.

Peach

Soft, juicy and sweet, like canned peaches

Blood Orange

Juicy, sweet-tart red orange

Cardamom

Cool, warm spice, like Arabian coffee or spiced tea

Heliotrope

Powdery almond-vanilla, like Play-Doh

Rum

Sweet and boozy, like rum-soaked fruit cake

Cognac

Warm and boozy, like the Hennessy at an owambe

Davana

Fruity, boozy and herbal

Jasmine

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

Patchouli

Earthy and dark, like damp soil in a forest

Vanilla

Sweet and creamy, like vanilla ice cream or custard

Tonka Bean

Almond-vanilla sweetness, like warm sweet bread

Benzoin

Warm, vanilla-like resin, like sweet incense

How it wears

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