New! Rare Tahitian Gardenia Vintage 2 natural organic perfume!

Gardenia Vintage 2

Pure gardenia – Tahitian gardenia, or tiare flower is one of perfumery’s rarest and most costly scents. Sultry yet ethereal, this perfume captures the arresting, unmistakable scent of fresh gardenia.  A heavenly, transporting fragrance, and a true treasure among perfumes. This is a different species than Gardenia jasminoides. It is from a rare purchase from Christopher at White Lotus Aromatics, from 2002! This is the very last of it and there is not a lot!

Gardenia makes a beautiful gift, bottled in an elegant Brosse crystal stopper bottle and tucked into an enchanting dupioni silk purse with its own Victorian scent card.  

8 ml  $295.00 Extremely limited amount. 

Review~

Velvet & Sweet Pea’s Purrfumery Vintage Gardenia 2 opens with a zesty, light-filled zing of blood orange; you can practically taste it, the way one does when nibbling the fruit’s peel. Like all natural citruses, this is a fleeting pleasure because of their low molecular weight – but that is to be expected. What follows is a rich (but not weighty) tiare absolute: creamy, fleshy, lactonic, and exquisite. These lactones are present in jasmine and coconut, so the comparison is apt: the rare tiare absolute which Laurie employs displays floral, fruity, and satiny facets. Over time, they present as a gossamer prelude to Laurie’s 25 year old Tamil Nadu sandalwood, upon which they rest gracefully. At this stage I am reminded of the classic attar, in which flower essences are distilled into an (oil) sandalwood base; Vintage Gardenia 2 is alcohol-based, so its longevity and intensity are more short-lived (attars are extremely concentrated by their very nature), but this does not alter either its appeal or its loveliness. This spectral golden perfume lies close to the flesh – so it may not appeal to those who prefer a higher volume fragrance. Its ephemeral quality resembles a subtle form of divine protection: it is with you, but perhaps it whispers delicately to you and those close in your orbit. That alone is sufficient, for nothing gold can stay.

~Ida Meister, CaFleureBon, 2026