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Timbuktu
Eau de toilette · Bertrand Duchaufour
Pink peppercorns, karo-karounde flower and vetiver, for a West African woody scent.
- House
- L'Artisan Parfumeur
- Family
- Woody
- Perfumer
- Bertrand Duchaufour
- Year
- Not disclosed
Timbuktu, composed by Bertrand Duchaufour, draws on wusulan, a scented ritual of Malian women. The house files it among its woody fragrances.
Its three key ingredients are peppery, fresh pink peppercorns, karo-karounde, a wild white flower from West Africa, and woody, earthy vetiver.
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.
- Woody70 / 100
- Spicy40 / 100
- White floral35 / 100
- Green30 / 100
Seasons
- Spring
- Summer
- Autumn
Moments
- Day
Timbuktu in detail
L'Artisan Parfumeur, the Paris house founded in 1976 by Jean Laporte, counts Timbuktu in La Collection, which gathers its signature scents. Bertrand Duchaufour imagined it after wusulan, a scented ritual of the women of Mali; the house files it among its woody fragrances.
The house publishes three key ingredients, without sorting them into stages. Peppery, fresh pink peppercorns open the whole. Karo-karounde, a wild white flower from West Africa, brings a spicy, carnal note that is rare in perfumery. Woody, earthy vetiver gives it a dry footing.
Timbuktu is worn by day, in spring, summer and autumn. It is a light, luminous woody scent, as an eau de toilette, for anyone looking for an original vetiver. It suits the office as well as travel.
Three woody fragrances in our catalogue share its vetiver: Nio by Xerjoff, which also contains pink peppercorns; Irisss, from the same house; Ormonde Woman by Ormonde Jayne.
Text written with the help of AI, based on official information from the fragrance houses.