WonderlandOriental Floral Eau de Parfum

Wonderland by Paradis des Sens is an oriental floral woody eau de parfum, unisex, created by Marzia Tissino. It features cedar right from the top notes, where wood usually appears last.

A house that composes moods rather than landscapes

Paradis des Sens composes its fragrances like wearable sensory moods. The house puts it this way: perfume is the fastest way to change the way life is felt. It describes its creations not by places or stories, but by sensations — a fresh breath, soft warmth, lingering presence, velvety smoke — and summarizes its method in one sentence: choose your mood, wear it, let it last. The collection is organized into five lines: Universal Sensations for everyday wear, Awakening Sensations for vibrant freshness, Forbidden Sensations for the deepest compositions, Golden Sensations for resinous warmth, and The Overdrive for the most concentrated extracts. The formulas are entrusted to independent perfumers: Marzia Tissino, Guillaume Cresp, Suzy Le Helley, Philippine Courtière, Pierre-Constantin Guéros and Sébastien Martin.

An opening of bergamot, cedar and aromatic notes

Bergamot provides the only citrus freshness at the start. Cedarwood arrives immediately after with its dry dustiness, accompanied by green aromatic notes. The opening is clean and somewhat austere, and does not hint at the full scale of the heart.

A heart of orange blossom, jasmine, rose and oud wood

Three flowers versus a wood. Orange blossom brings its honeyed whiteness, jasmine its indolic power, rose its depth. Opposite them, oud wood presents its dark, lively resin: the contrast between the bouquet and the wood is the subject of the fragrance.

A base of vanilla, tonka bean, patchouli and balm

Vanilla and tonka bean bring their almond sweetness, patchouli its earthiness, a balm accord its resin, and musk a skin-like effect. The dry down gradually warms and softens the gravity of the heart.

The house's signature touch

Cedar in the top notes is the choice that decides everything: a dry wood placed from the very first minute announces the oud in the heart long before it arrives, and prevents the bouquet from appearing sweet. The house describes an imaginary world where flowers combine with the warmth of wood and vanilla; the formula achieves this by placing wood at all three levels — cedar in the top, oud in the heart, patchouli in the base.

For whom, for what occasions?

For those who love florals but often find them too light, and are looking for a bouquet with wood underneath. It is an autumn and winter fragrance, rather for the evening, with long-lasting wear and an enveloping trail. Wonderland Paradis des Sens will appeal to those who want a floral with depth.