‘This perfume takes its name from an island off the coast of Madagascar, famous for the cultivation of a particular and precious variety of vanilla. Reunion is a gourmand fragrance with an intense, seductive and pleasantly sensual character. Its vanilla sweetness, persistent yet never cloying, is enhanced by a bouquet of spicy and vaguely toasted notes. Soft and enveloping, Reunion is also perfect on men’s skin. Known in Central America since the thirteenth century, vanilla is a liana plant of the orchid family used extensively in the perfume and food industries. The extraction of vanillin, the aromatic aldehyde that gives the plant its characteristic scent, occurs through the use of volatile solvents or artisanally by infusion in alcohol. There are approximately 150 varieties of vanilla: the Bourbon variety , produced on the island of Reunion, is particularly appreciated. A Totonac legend says that vanilla was born from the innocent blood of a priestess sacrificed to the goddess Tonacayohua, protector of the sowing.’ – Optico
