Palo Santo

Carner Barcelona · Eau de Parfum (EDP) · 2015

≈ $145 · 100ml · approx. retail

Built around the mystical sacred wood of its name, a creamy, smoky gourmand of warm milk and caramel resting on guaiac wood and vanilla.

The scent

Top notes

The opening · first 15 minutes

Heart notes

The core · the next few hours

Base notes

The dry-down · what lingers

Best for

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Perfumer

Shyamala Maisondieu

Malaysian · 28 in collection

Shyamala Maisondieu is a Malaysian-born perfumer at Givaudan, trained in Grasse, whose globally inflected compositions move from playful gourmands to lush, sensual florals. She has worked with houses ranging from Tom Ford and Lanvin to État Libre d'Orange.

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