The Story
Why it exists.
The beginning
Porcelain Heart was launched in 2025 by Paul Voulgaridis for Vanitas Parfums. Its central image is porcelain repaired with a fine golden seam: a surface of quiet grace marked by careful attention. The composition translates that idea through a cool, green opening of cardamom and ivy, then a dense floral heart where tuberose leads among rose de Mai, jasmine, Turkish rose, osmanthus, and gardenia. Patchouli introduces depth beneath the pale blossoms, preventing the bouquet from becoming merely decorative. The result is a fragrance built around contrast, polished enough to feel composed but alive with the slightly unruly energy of tuberose.
The unusual part is the balance between delicacy and shadow. White florals often lean clean, sweet, or powdery, but here patchouli sits directly inside the heart, giving the rose and tuberose a greener, more tactile character. Ivy and cardamom bring a cool aromatic snap to the opening. Below, musk, amber, Peru balsam, and sandalwood create a soft structure without letting the floral center feel one-dimensional. It is a porcelain metaphor with a seam you can smell.
The evolution
The first impression is cool and measured. Cardamom lifts the opening while ivy adds a green, watery edge, keeping the composition from opening as a simple pretty bouquet. As that brightness recedes, tuberose takes charge. Its creamy floral weight mingles with rose de Mai, jasmine, Turkish rose, osmanthus, and gardenia, creating a dense white-flower heart that feels polished from a distance and more textured up close. Patchouli introduces a quiet shadow beneath the petals, the detail that keeps the arrangement from feeling too sweet. In the drydown, the flowers soften while musk and sandalwood draw the scent closer to skin. Amber adds warmth, and Peru balsam gives the base a resinous, slightly animalic edge. The result settles into a musky floral trace, with the white florals lingering as a soft veil around the warmer woody and resinous notes.
Cultural impact
Porcelain Heart pairs a luminous floral surface with darker notes that add depth and texture. White florals carry the composition, while patchouli and the resinous base suggest the marks beneath. The contrast between a polished finish and its more tactile foundation gives the fragrance a distinctive sense of dimension. It appeals to wearers drawn to refined compositions that still reveal hidden layers over time, revealing the cool opening, the dense floral heart, and the warm, musky drydown as the scent gradually settles closer to the skin.
The House
Vanitas ParfumsVanitas Parfums is an independent fragrance house founded in 2022 by perfumer Paul Voulgaridis. Working from Paris, the house presents fragrance as a precise and expressive discipline, balancing compositions built around distinctive concepts with a clear sense of atmosphere. Its catalogue spans leathery compositions, shadowed floral accords, layered accords, and scents inspired by place, travel, art, and narrative. Names such as Le Messe Noire, Cuir Insoumis, A Thousand Layers, A Dance of Shadows, Dance With the Devil, and Omukama reveal a house drawn to tension between shadow and light, sensuality and structure, individuality and shared cultural reference. For Silloria, Vanitas Parfums stands apart as a young label with an unusually varied portfolio and a name that evokes the transience of life through scent.
The Creator
Paul VoulgaridisVoulgaridis's style combines polished construction with expressive detail. His compositions often favor a clear central idea supported by carefully judged supporting notes, allowing facets to develop without losing their sense of direction.
