Avant l’Orage

Avant l’Orage is a soft, creamy vanilla scent with a warm sandalwood base and subtle powdery musk, delivering a comforting and intimate aura. It features a clean, milky sweetness with notes of benzoin and tonka bean, evoking the feel of a cozy winter evening at home. The pink pepper offers a fleeting, light lift at the start, fading quickly into the plush drydown. The scent is most resonant in colder weather and for quiet, personal wear—daytime or nighttime, but especially on rainy or chilly days. Many find it emotionally soothing and feminine, though it lacks projection, with a presence that remains mostly on the skin. It bears strong similarities to Zadig & Voltaire’s This is Her, but is often described as smoother, slightly more salable, and better balanced in quality.