Introducing Tonka Chic Extrait de Parfum
After a year in the making, I'm thrilled to announce the release of Tonka Chic, my new gourmand fragrance featuring tonka bean absolute. A luscious celebration of epicurean delights, Tonka Chic's rarified ingredients and subtle complexity create a refined aromatic experience of pleasure and ease.
Tonka Chic, an extrait de parfum with thirty-four percent perfume concentration, is a very special fragrance that I think you're going to love. It's what I call a gourmand fragrance for grownups — meaning, it bears no resemblance to the typically simplistic and overly-sweet gourmand scents that are a dime a dozen in fragrance departments everywhere.
With effortless sophistication, Tonka Chic takes you on a long, delicately nuanced sensorial journey, from the first spritz of the beguiling top notes to the comforting conclusion of the sensual base notes. Read Tonka Chic's detailed scent description here.
Imagine, if you will, a sumptuous pâtisserie near the Champs-Élysées in Paris. Now imagine what it smells like in that pâtisserie, and then revel in the scent memories those smells bring to mind. That's what composing Tonka Chic was like for me — an enchantingly fragrant walk down memory lane in one of the world's most elegant neighborhoods.
A blend of seventy unique botanical essences, Tonka Chic is a veritable cornucopia of enticing gourmand, floral, spicy, fruity and woody notes. Its namesake ingredient, the irresistible essence of tonka bean, is so fascinating it deserves a blog post of its own, so you can read about it here.
Some of the other notes in the composition include almond, cherry, neroli, bergamot, spearmint, anise, cinnamon, geranium, lavender, rose, jasmine, caramel, vanilla, cognac, nutmeg, cocoa, myrrh, sandalwood, cedarwood and vetiver. As with all of my botanical perfumes, Tonka Chic conjures new notes on your skin over time, revealing exquisite facets as the essences unfold in a seductive arc of scent.
Inspiration for a new fragrance can come from anywhere, and as it happens, Tonka Chic was inspired by a story a friend of mine shared with me. It was a story about some of her favorite things ... chic French cafés, roses and jasmine in bloom, almonds and apricots and the very best vanilla, cooking a feast for friends, strolling through an English garden, reading on the veranda while the sun goes down.
To me, these things speak of luxury, refinement, and a love for the good things in life. In creating Tonka Chic, my aim was to tell that story through the medium of scent.
Of course, like all CUSANI perfumes, Tonka Chic is made by hand entirely with premium botanical ingredients, right down to the triple-filtered organic grain perfumer’s alcohol that I blend it in. It’s 100% synthetic and petrochemical-free, non-toxic, hypoallergenic and vegan. Enjoy! — Claudia