Fève NectarGourmand Vanilla Perfume Extract

Fève Nectar by Place de la Rêverie is a spicy vanilla gourmand extrait de parfum, unisex, created by Nathalie Feisthauer. It is the newest of the house's three creations, and it brings together two beans.

A fine fragrance house born from a vision

Place de la Rêverie presents itself as a fine fragrance house born from a passion for this invisible treasure. It summarizes its method in one sentence: "it always begins with a vision, an emotion that is simply waiting to be translated" — it is about capturing the invisible, giving form to what is experienced but left unsaid. To achieve this, it says it carefully selects a master perfumer: the three extraits in the Voyage Onirique collection are signed by Nathalie Feisthauer, one of France's leading independent noses. Founded in Paris in 2023, the house claims a restrained luxury: extraits with a very high concentration of around 30%, glass bottles hand-polished in a French glassworks, and a deliberately limited distribution. Its founder summarizes it thus: luxury is about dreams and desirability.

An opening of orange blossom, bergamot, and vanilla

Orange blossom is the key ingredient in this opening: the house says it lays a luminous veil over the darkness that follows. Bergamot brings a bitter, bright zest, while vanilla provides immediate sweetness. A luminous start to a gourmand theme, it is a calculated counterpoint.

A heart of cacao, chocolate, and tonka bean

The cacao bean, which the house describes as dark, raw, and dense, pairs with chocolate to create a velvety depth. The tonka bean, warm, sensual, and smooth, completes the duo. This is where the fragrance turns toward the shadows.

A base of Siamese benzoin, ambrette, and musk

Siamese benzoin brings its vanilla-like, balsamic resin, ambrette its slightly fruity natural plant-based musk, and musk its enveloping warmth. The base extends the brown material without ever making it sweeter.

The house's signature

The fragrance's name says exactly what it contains: two beans come together, cacao and tonka, and everything else is built around them. The house describes its composition as sculpted in shadow and light, with ingredients as dark as a moonless night and others as luminous as a golden ray at dawn. It is this chiaroscuro that distinguishes this gourmand from sweeter gourmands: the orange blossom does not soften the cacao, it illuminates it.

For whom, and for what occasions?

For those seeking an adult gourmand fragrance, without a dessert effect or heavy sweetness. It is an autumn and winter fragrance, preferably for the evening, with very long-lasting wear and a pronounced sillage — to be worn sparingly. Fève Nectar Place de la Rêverie will appeal to those who want dark cacao rather than milk chocolate.