Veneno

Veneno is a 2025 release from French Avenue, composed by Jean-Louis Sieuzac, and it pairs sweet vanilla with mossy green. Everyone describes it as gourmand and most also as green, an unusual combination, with a third finding it spicy or aromatic.

Bourbon vanilla gives it a rich, boozy sweetness, deeper and darker than plain vanilla, and cinnamon adds warm spice on top. Apple brings a crisp, fruity brightness that keeps the sweetness from feeling flat. The green side comes from oakmoss and moss, which smell of damp forest floor and bark, and they pull the fragrance away from dessert territory towards something earthier. Tobacco and smoke add a dry, leafy, faintly charred depth, and Orcanox, an ambery woody material, gives the whole thing a smooth, radiant base.

Worn by anyone, it suits people who like their vanilla with a dark, outdoorsy twist rather than a creamy one, and its tobacco-and-smoke character makes it a natural choice for cooler weather and evenings.

Veneno — unisex fragrance by French Avenue (released 2025). Notes: Apple, Bourbon Vanilla, Cinnamon, Moss, Oakmoss, Orcanox™, Smoke, Tobacco, Vanilla. — Parfica open fragrance database