Vesna Cologne Eau de Parfum

While any scent can introduce unexpected ingredients to a traditional formula, we have a special affection for those that do so with artistic purpose. Vesna Cologne is just such a fragrance, a sweet, fresh, completely wearable homage to classic eaux de cologne with a wonderfully non-traditional list of notes daringly repurposed to create the illusion of a classic citrus EDC. The sunshine of fresh lemon oil is still front and center, but in place of the spicy greenness of petitgrain, we’re treated to an alluring decoction of smoothly smoky black tea and piquant tomato leaf, sweetened with a gloriously bright pineapple. Smooth, refreshing magnolia dominates the heart to provide all the water this “eau” might need, while a richly woody cypriol (nagarmotha) note in the base feels spicy, robust, and earthy against a sweet, almost boozy dried fruit accord. It’s a wonderful olfactory illusion, a feat of scent engineering- at first sniff, a comfortable classic; upon further experience, an ingeniously unique fragrance to explore and savor.