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Initio Parfums PrivésCarnal Blends
Side Effect
Eau de parfum
A spell of tobacco, rum and vanilla, with leathery facets.
- Family
- Amber
- Perfumer
- Not disclosed
- Year
- Not disclosed
Side Effect belongs to the Carnal Blends collection, devoted to desire. Its heart is an accord of tobacco, vanilla, rum and cinnamon, which the house likens to a spell: warm, heady and a little unsettling.
The vanilla reveals leathery, animalic and woody facets in turn, while saffron and sandalwood thicken it. Hedione, in a strong dose, gives the whole its radiance. A bold amber scent, made for the evening.
Fragrance notes
- NotesThe materials named
The house names its notes without sorting them into top, heart and base. Notes as published by the house. official source (new tab)
Main accords
Volute’s reading: the intensity of each accord.
Seasons
- Autumn
- Winter
Moments
- Night
Side Effect in detail
Side Effect belongs to Carnal Blends, Initio Parfums Privés' collection of desire, in which materials charged with fantasy meet burning notes, all carried by a high dose of hedione. The house likens it to a spell: a warm amber of tobacco, rum and vanilla, with leathery facets.
The house lists its notes without sorting them into stages. Tobacco leaf and rum form the heart of the accord, warm and slightly liqueur-like. Cinnamon and saffron lift them with spices. Vanilla and sandalwood wrap them up, while hedione, the collection's signature, brings a luminous radiance.
Side Effect is worn in the evening, in autumn and winter: a night out, an end-of-year party, a long winter evening.
Three amber fragrances in our catalogue come close: Althaïr Exclusif by Parfums de Marly shares saffron, cinnamon and vanilla; Red Tobacco by Mancera brings together saffron, cinnamon, tobacco leaf and vanilla; Alexandria II by Xerjoff pairs cinnamon, sandalwood and vanilla.
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