At the heart of OBSESSED is the memory of a past love, triggered by the scent of another on the skin, here, the genders are subverted and layered, with the traditional scents of the masculine fougere particularly white lavender harnessed for the women's fragrance, while the men's scent is in thrall to a dark vanilla. these elements are combined with materials more typically associated with each gender; musks add a sensuous warmth to the women's fragrance while amber and woods strengthen the sense of masculinity in the men's fragrance. OBSESSED delights in excess, yet this is achieved in a refined, balanced and contemporary way. a combination of olfactory memory and modern desirability brings the past seductively into the prese a compelling heart of black vanilla is sophisticatedly structured with dark, dimensional woods, prov ambrox elegantly cuts through all, lending a sleek and contemporaneous edge.
