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This scent's vanilla note relies on vanillin, the compound that made vanilla affordable worldwide, first synthesized in 1874.
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The Blazing Mr. Sam is a warm, spicy‑woody perfume launched in 2018 as part of Penhaligon’s Portraits collection. It opens with cardamom and cinnamon, develops into a spicy heart of black pepper, saffron and cumin, and settles into a smoky, tobacco‑laden base of vanilla, cedar and patchouli, giving it a confident, slightly gourmand masculine character.
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