Hypnotic Gold

Hypnotic Gold by French Avenue, released in 2025 and composed by Olaf Larsen, is a sweet, spicy floral worn by anyone. Everyone who describes it calls it spicy, gourmand and floral in equal measure; a minority also find it woody, musky or aromatic.

Black pepper, pink pepper and cinnamon open it with a warm, tingling spice, and saffron adds a dry, leathery edge. The heart is lush and sweet: rose and jasmine for the floral body, freesia for a light peppery lift, orris root for a soft powdery depth, and honey with cotton candy for an unapologetic sugary glow. The base is deep and long: vanilla and tonka bean for creamy sweetness, cashmeran for warm, musky wood, cypriol for a smoky, earthy note and styrax for resinous warmth.

This is an evening and cold-weather fragrance by nature, suited to someone who enjoys rich, sweet oriental florals with real spice and resin beneath the sugar.

Hypnotic Gold — unisex fragrance by French Avenue (released 2025). Notes: Black Pepper, Cashmeran, Cinnamon, Cotton Candy, Cypriol, Cypriol Oil or Nagarmotha, Freesia, Honey, Jasmine, Musk, Orris, Orris Root, Pepper, Rose, Rosemary, Saffron, Styrax, Tonka, Tonka Bean, Vanilla. — Parfica open fragrance database