Blackcurrant, pineapple and mango, then ylang-ylang, tonka bean, cedar and patchouli: the fruity sweetness of a woman becoming.
With these words she kindled in her sister’s soul a fire of love, gave hope to her uncertainty, and unbound her from her honour.
— Virgil, Aeneid, Book IV.
In the fruity sweetness of youth sleeps the intensity of ylang-ylang, of tonka bean, of cedar and patchouli, which are the seeds of the woman to come. Drawn from Book IV of the Aeneid, which tells the tragic story of Dido and Aeneas. More precisely, this passage refers to the moment when Anna, Dido’s sister, urges her to pursue her love for Aeneas.
