Serpentine

Serpentine opens with a tropical bite—mandarin and mango blossom sharp and luminous, artemisia adding a whisper of green restraint before gardenia blooms full and creamy. The heart shifts into something more textured: pepper crackles against frangipani's honeyed warmth, violet leaf lending a cool, slightly bitter edge that keeps the florals from cloying. As it settles, amber and sandalwood ground the composition in soft spice and skin-like warmth, with tolu balsam adding a final honeyed, resinous exhale that lingers like a second skin.