Spirited

What's unusual here is the tension between mango's brightness and chocolate's gravity, held together by blood orange and blackberry at the top, cardamom and cedarwood in the middle, and amber and vanilla underneath. Mango nectar brings a fresh, almost juicy quality to the opening, while the mango note in the heart adds another layer of ripe fruit. Cardamom gives the composition a gently aromatic warmth, and cedarwood introduces a dry, woody texture beneath the sweeter notes. The chocolate doesn't read as a dark, bitter bar.

The evolution

It opens loud and juicy. Mango nectar, blood orange and blackberry arrive together, bright and almost fizzy, the kind of sweetness that makes you look twice. Cardamom works underneath the fruit, threading a gentle heat through the composition, while cedarwood adds structure so the sweetness doesn't tip over into syrup. The base then shapes the fuller character of Spirited. Amber settles warm and resinous, vanilla rounds everything out, and chocolate adds a darker gourmand detail to the blend. As the composition settles, the fruit, spice, and woody notes give way to a warmer centre built around amber, vanilla, and chocolate. It is that shift from lively citrus and fruit to rounded woods, spice, and sweetness that gives Spirited its sense of movement, even as the note pyramid remains clearly defined.