The Character Archive
Tonka Bean
The Soft Coumarin
Almond, hay, and vanilla folded into a single warm bean.
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Tonka Bean is a small black seed from South America whose dried, coumarin-rich fragrance smells of vanilla, almond, hay, and faint tobacco at once. She is the warm familiar at the bottom of countless great perfumes.
A plush base note, she rounds a composition with a soft, slightly bittersweet glow that reads as comfort itself.
- Role
- Sweet base note
- Smells like
- Vanilla, almond, dried hay, soft tobacco
- Used in
- Hidden, The Archivist, A Gentle Madness
- Pairs well with
- Vanilla, hay, lavender, amber, sandalwood
