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A Dance of Shadows

VANITAS PARFUMS LIMITED

£295

A Dance of Shadows opens with folded Sicilian green mandarin oil, cut clean against the warmth of whisky, burnt caramel and oakwood CO₂. At the heart, Isparta rose absolute appears like a dark stain on varnished wood, while tobacco absolute unfolds dry, warm and authoritative. The base moves into black coffee, Arabica coffee CO₂, dense and unsweetened, pushed into sandalwood, Hiba wood, oud and gurjun. Ciste, labdanum, Peru balsam and benzoin Siam build a resinous sheen, while cypriol, Brazilian vetiver, patchouli, oakmoss, decalepis root, musks and modern woody ambers provide a blackened, sop

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UK company
Registered at Companies House as VANITAS PARFUMS LIMITED, number 13843911. Checked 2026-08-29.
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UK operations
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British-owned
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Where it is made
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