Tonka Imperiale (2010)
by Guerlain

So I tried this yesterday and now I need to go to Liberty Medical. It's just ridiculous how sweet this is. Tonka Imperiale is just a bunch of dessert fillings without any complexity or depth. This should've been an easy win for Tonka Imperiale because I'm biased towards Guerlain; it's my favorite house . I couldn't wait to LOVE this so I could add one of these uber-luxe Guerlains to my collection. Well, nurtz to me. Perhaps it could work on a woman.

If you can't get a sample of this but you feel that you need to understand it, just empty a can of Reddi-wip into your mouth.

21st December, 2011.

"From his brown and golden fur
Comes such sweet fragrance that one night
I was perfumed with it because
I caressed him once, once only".

Thus writes Charles Baudelaire in his poem Le Chat (The Cat) defining the tamer interpretation of le parfum fourrure...

Tonka Impériale is an amazingly restrained and balanced oriental gourmand. Wearing it is like enjoying the warm and cozy cashmir pullover and sipping ever so lovely Eiswein from Kracher... wonderful!

16th December, 2011.

This has to be one of the greatest scents ever! North of $250 a bottle for 75ml, but I actually think it's totally worth it!

Men can wear it, women can wear it, and both love the smell! It comes with a normal sprayer and one of those "bulb" sprayers. I was informed by a friend to not use the bulb because it allows the fragrance to escape through evaporation.

Overall this is a great buy! I am actually ordering a second bottle as backup because I see wearing this quite a bit.

I do 4-6 sprays, and it last a good 7+ hours. Best scent I have owned so far... And my list is huge.

26th September, 2011.

Ladies and Gentlemen... This is sum sexy stuff. Tonka Imperiale went to my top shelf quickly. The notes are as listed but with the classical Guerlain feel. To my taste, this is not sicking sweet but certainly a sweet gourmand centered around the house famous tonka bean. Besides the tonka note, I get hay, honey, almond, and a slight tobacco note (lighter than back to black). The incense and cedar is there but just enough to balance out the "sweet tooth vibe". Layered with spirituese double vanille, Tonka Imperiale is mind blowing.

22nd September, 2011. (Last Edited: 7th November, 2011.)

Nice fragrance, but on my skin it turns to full-on marzipan. Way too sweet for me!

1st August, 2011.

Vanilla with a musky smoky drydown, put another way, vanilla with a dark side. Still determining if this is a "must have" or a "nice to have" but it's certainly thumbs up all the way.

24th June, 2011.