VILHELM PARFUMERIE · EAU DE PARFUM · 2018
Ripe mango, blackberry and black pepper open it before wild orris, black lotus and jasmine take over — the whole thing settles into a soft patchouli-vanilla base with a hint of pink sugar.
Checked directly on Vilhelm Parfumerie's own site for the 100 ml Eau de Parfum, listed alongside separate 50 ml and 3x10ml options at their own prices. Listed as sold out at check time on the brand's own EU site, but this is the fragrance's regular retail price. Regional pricing, stock and assortment can change.
SECTION 01 · PORTRAIT
Jérôme Epinette built Mango Skin around a genuinely juicy, tart interpretation of mango rather than the softer, syrupy version most fruity florals reach for. Blackberry and black pepper sharpen the opening, wild orris, black lotus and jasmine carry a dense floral heart, and patchouli, vanilla and pink sugar settle it into something warmer without ever turning purely sweet.
It reads as a real, slightly tart bite of fruit rather than a fruit-flavored candy — the pepper and blackberry keep it honest.
— Parffolio editorial view, grounded in the official composition and brand description.
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THREE MOMENTS, ONE EVOLVING SCENT
Mango opens with real ripeness and a slightly sour edge, sharpened by blackberry's tartness and a spicy lift from black pepper. It's a more convincing, less candied take on mango than most fruity florals attempt, closer to biting into the actual fruit than a fragrance abstraction of it.
Wild orris brings a powdery, rooty depth, black lotus adds an aquatic-exotic facet distinct from a conventional white floral, and jasmine ties the composition together with its characteristic sparkle. Together they read as genuinely layered rather than a single dominant bloom.
Patchouli grounds the composition with earthy depth, vanilla adds warmth, and a pink sugar accord brings a light confectionery sweetness without turning the whole fragrance into dessert. It's the stage that gives Mango Skin its lasting, skin-warm character.
FROM FIRST SPRAY TO LATE DRYDOWN
A genuinely tart, ripe mango opening, sharpened by blackberry and black pepper rather than candied.
Orris, black lotus and jasmine build a layered, slightly exotic floral heart.
A warm, lightly sweet base grounded by patchouli, stopping short of full gourmand.
A soft, close-to-skin trail that stays recognizably sweet-floral rather than fading into generic musk.
JéRôME EPINETTE BUILDS A FRUIT YOU CAN ACTUALLY TASTE
Jérôme Epinette built Mango Skin around a specific sensory idea: a mango that reads as genuinely bitten into, tart and juicy, rather than the softened, syrupy version most fruity-floral fragrances reach for. Blackberry and black pepper do the work of keeping that opening honest, while a wild, slightly exotic floral heart and a softly sweet base built around pink sugar carry the fragrance somewhere warmer without losing that initial bite.
“With a single bite, you can feel the mango in your veins.”
— Vilhelm Parfumerie's official description of Mango Skin. · verified quotation
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