Nirvana

Nirvana is the first eau de parfum from Vasuki Amara, a London house drawing on India's perfumery heritage. The brand builds it on two ingredients: jasmine sambac, upcycled from Indian gardens where the bloom is gathered by hand before dawn, and sandalwood, which it calls India's liquid gold. It opens fresh and slightly sweet with blackcurrant, ginger and red berries, and a wearer finds the jasmine coming through clearly from the start. The heart is jasmine sambac with orange blossom and tiaré, and the base is sandalwood, vanilla and warm amber. After a while it softens into a creamy warm scent that gets smoother as the hours pass. The first wearers to comment report long wear, four to eight hours or more, and projection so large that one spritz is enough. It is rated for spring and summer first, with autumn behind, and the brand calls it a unisex scent for everyday wear. It is elegant enough for work and evenings. The brand sells the 50 ml at 108 pounds and the 100 ml at 250 pounds, and each order includes a sample, a tote bag and sandalwood incense cones. It suits anyone who wants a rich, creamy jasmine and sandalwood scent with a story, though so few have reviewed it that the picture is still forming.