Banda Sandalwood

• Romantic Evening

Santal de Banda works with this material in a creamy yet dense version, with something very enveloping. Here, it’s not a light or transparent sandalwood, but a more intense, almost addictive material. The fragrance opens with an immediate woody sweetness, with a warm and slightly spicy sensation that adds depth. Then sandalwood takes over, with a creamy but also slightly dry facet, which gives the perfume a real texture. Over time, the fragrance becomes deeper and more melted, with woods and musks that reinforce this continuous warmth. Sandalwood remains dominant, but smoother, more enveloping, with an elegant and persistent sillage. It is an intense and refined woody fragrance, playing on the richness and texture of sandalwood rather than its lightness.

Bey is a French niche perfume house founded in 2024 by Raf Bey, who also founded Librery Parfums and is the creative director of Phenom. Its name is no coincidence: in the Ottoman Empire, a bey was a title held by dignitaries, a noble and silent authority, embodying dignity rather than ostentation. This perfectly encapsulates the house's ethos. For his Renaissance collection, Raf Bey entrusted the compositions to two perfumers, Chris Maurice and Nathalie Feisthauer, with a clear instruction: to create perfumes that tell a story without needing to shout. Six unisex creations, without assigned gender, each inhabiting a different atmosphere. Abyssoria explores mineral and saline depths. Cachemire Blanc envelops with a soft, textile warmth. Excursion evokes spiced markets and oriental pastries through a remarkably precise orange blossom and almond accord. What unites these perfumes is a shared restraint in expression and an equal ambition in the materials used. The bottle follows the same logic: sober, refined, designed so that nothing distracts from the perfume itself. A brand new house, driven by someone who already knows their craft intimately.