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Santal Blanc(2019)
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Van Cleef & Arpels Santal Blanc is a creamy, unisex scent that opens with a bright fig‑nectar and citrus burst, settles into a warm sandalwood and violet heart, and dries down to a soft musk‑tonka‑benzoin base.
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This scent's violet note exists because of ionone, synthesized in 1893 to replace violet-flower oil, once one of the most expensive materials in perfumery.
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Van Cleef & Arpels Santal Blanc is a creamy, unisex scent that opens with a bright fig‑nectar and citrus burst, settles into a warm sandalwood and violet heart, and dries down to a soft musk‑tonka‑benzoin base. Launched in 2019, it has quickly become a quiet‑luxury favorite for its elegant, skin‑like finish and subtle gourmand warmth.
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