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The Ruthless Countess Dorothea(2017)
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The Ruthless Countess Dorothea is a warm, gourmand Oriental‑vanilla scent from Penhaligon’s Portraits Collection.
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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 Ruthless Countess Dorothea is a warm, gourmand Oriental‑vanilla scent from Penhaligon’s Portraits Collection. It opens with spicy ginger and cinnamon, settles into a beeswax‑rich heart, and finishes on a soft, wine‑kissed vanilla base that gives the fragrance a regal, comforting yet assertive character.
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