Tonka Impériale

Guerlain · Eau de Parfum (EDP) · 2010

≈ $265 · 125ml · approx. retail

A L'Art et la Matière release from 2010, Tonka Impériale is Thierry Wasser's warm, tobacco-tinged tonka bean composition, built for depth and longevity in a masculine amber register.

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

FallWinterEvening

Perfumer

Thierry Wasser

Swiss · 23 in collection

Thierry Wasser is the Swiss-born in-house perfumer and Director of Perfume Creation at Guerlain, appointed in 2008 as the first non-family member to hold the role. He both creates new Guerlains and stewards the house's heritage classics.

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