“18 Rue de Tournon”
Eau de Parfum
50ml
“18 Rue de Tournon” is based on James Baldwin’s introduction to Black Fire!: Accounts of the Guerrilla War in Rhodesia (also titled We Are Everywhere: Narratives from Rhodesian Guerillas) by Michael Raeburn.
Reusable vegan leather wrapped wooden box. Vegan leather & logo engraved lid. Recycled kraft paper book sleeve. Complimentary 5ml Travel Spray case.
Top: Honey, mango, pineapple
Middle: Patchouli, sandalwood, tobacco
Bottom: Amber, musk, vanilla
The heart of the scent revolves around tobacco, symbolically connecting to the book, Baldwin, and the liberation movement.
Base: Alcohol Denat. and purified water (Aqua).
Essential oils: Orange, Pepper, Ylang I, and Guaiacum Sanctum Gum.
Additional compounds: 3-Methyl-5-Cyclopentadecen-1-One, Octahydro-Tetramethyl Naphthalenyl Ethanone, and 1,3-Benzodioxole-5-Carbaldehyde.
Formulated & compounded in England.
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I. 18 Rue de Tournon
In post-war Paris, Café Tournon was a hub for African American expatriates, artists and writers. James Baldwin spent his time there.
II. Black Fire!
In France, Baldwin wrote the introduction to Michael Raeburn’s Black Fire!: Accounts of the Guerrilla War in Rhodesia (1978).
III. Top notes
Honey, mango and pineapple, paying homage to the fruits of the land.
IV. Heart
Tobacco: Zimbabwe’s largest export of the time, and a frequent catalyst for conversation at Café le Tournon.
V. Base
Musk, subtly hinting at the primal instincts of guerrilla fighters.
VI. The box
A book you open to find the bottle. Reusable vegan leather wrapped wooden box, logo engraved lid.
VII. Volume One
Music & Literature contributions during the Second Chimurenga, 1968–1980.
