Ingredients · Sweet · dry-down

Vanilla absolute (Tahitian)

Floral, fruity vanilla with cherry, anise and heliotrope-like facets.

What it is

Natural absolute from cured pods of Vanilla tahitensis.

Where it comes from

French Polynesia, Papua New Guinea

When you smell it

Dry-down: what stays.

What perfumers do with it

A softer, more floral vanilla for white florals and delicate gourmands.

Worth knowing

It holds less vanillin than Bourbon vanilla but more anise-scented molecules, which give its cherry-floral lilt.

Also called

Vanilla tahitensis absolute; Tahiti vanilla

Named by the house, not on the label, in 4

BambooGucci · “Tahitian Vanilla”Mon Guerlain IntenseGuerlain · “vanilla from tahitensis variety”La Nuit TrésorLancôme · “Vanilla Tahitensis”Dahaab SaafiBait Al Bakhoor · “Tahitian Vanilla”