The Last Golden Hour, Note by Note
07 The Last Golden Hour pairs warm amber and blonde tobacco with bitter orange, dried fruit and rum, with tonka and vanilla beneath.
A note pyramid can suggest a tidier sequence than a fragrance gives on skin. Here, the useful contrast is bitter orange against the warmth of tobacco, dried fruit and rum.
Amber and blonde tobacco
Warm amber sits with blonde tobacco: pale, dry and faintly sweet.
Bitter orange, dried fruit and rum
Bitter orange gives the dried fruit a bright edge against the warmth of amber and tobacco.
The dried-fruit note is dark and dense, nearer to jam than juice. Rum adds a warm, boozy accent.
Tonka and vanilla
Tonka and vanilla give this part of the scent description a soft, rounded character. Natural tonka absolute can have almond, vanilla-praline and tobacco facets; the note name does not confirm which materials are used in 07.
Other amber fragrances
05 Plum Beneath Snow sets syrupy plum and spice over smoked oud and resin. 08 Beyond The Horizon pairs bergamot and ginger with smoky black tea and warm amber woods.
02 What Remains of Summer pairs dry amber with ripe mango, pomelo, ginger and vetiver. 07 keeps its amber with blonde tobacco, bitter orange, dried fruit, rum, tonka and vanilla.
Choosing it
07 comes in 10ml, 30ml and 50ml. The 10ml lets you live with it for a while before a larger bottle, which is the case Blind Buying Is the Most Expensive Habit in Fragrance makes at length.
If you are deciding between 07, 05 and 08, or buying one for someone else, write to Dave. For gift information, see Gifting. The scent guide sorts all eight fragrances by family.
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Source on perfumery materials: IFF: tonka bean absolute. This describes a material generally, not the ingredients in an Aether formula.
Note by Note
One essay for each bottle in Chapter One, read through its notes in the order its description gives them.
- 01 Before The Crown, Note by NotePineapple, Citrus, Birch, Smoke
- 02 What Remains of Summer, Note by NoteMango, Pomelo, Ginger, Dry Amber, Vetiver
- 03 Space Between Us, Note by NoteMusk, Iris, Orange Blossom
- 04 Tea Beneath Clouds, Note by NoteBergamot, Oolong Tea, Fig, Musk
- 05 Plum Beneath Snow, Note by NotePlum, Spice, Oud, Resin
- 06 Sun Through Linen, Note by NoteBergamot, Orange, Ginger
- 07 The Last Golden Hour You are reading this oneAmber, Blonde Tobacco, Bitter Orange, Dried Fruit, Rum, Tonka, Vanilla
- 08 Beyond The Horizon, Note by NoteBergamot, Ginger, Black Tea, Amber, Woods
In this essay
All eight
07 The Last Golden Hour
Amber, Blonde Tobacco, Bitter Orange, Dried Fruit, Rum, Tonka, Vanilla
From $35.00 · 10 ml
02 What Remains of Summer
Mango, Pomelo, Ginger, Dry Amber, Vetiver
From $35.00 · 10 ml
Few left in 30 ml
05 Plum Beneath Snow
Plum, Spice, Oud, Resin
From $35.00 · 10 ml
08 Beyond The Horizon
Bergamot, Ginger, Black Tea, Amber, Woods
From $35.00 · 10 ml
Keep reading
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The Ambers of Chapter One
Dry amber under fruit, amber woods under tea, amber with tobacco, resin under plum: four Chapter One extraits are warmed by amber.
Read the essay: The Ambers of Chapter One -
The Woods of Chapter One
Ashen birch, vetiver, oud and resin, blonde tobacco and tonka, amber woods: five Chapter One extraits rest on wood.
Read the essay: The Woods of Chapter One -
Chapter One for the Colder Months
Plum and oud, tobacco and rum, birch smoke, black tea: the four Chapter One extraits with the most weight for autumn and winter, two musks to wear close, and the two brightest for grey mornings.
Read the essay: Chapter One for the Colder Months
