Vanilla Wood by Serge Lutens. Expresses the riches of a vanished world, the Aztec empire of which only vanilla remains, still cultivated by the Indians. Serge Lutens has imagined a perfume embodied by the black pods of this woody vanilla, rich as velvet, almost smoked under a burning sun, mythological witnesses of an erased world. "In 1519, in the city of Texcoco, capital of the Aztec Empire, Hernan Cortes discovered a frothy drink made from vanilla, cocoa and chilli, which he obviously enjoyed to the highest degree. Two years had passed. Among the treasures fabulous brought back to Spain, a few black vanilla pods..." Notes: Black Vanilla Absolute from Mexico, Sandalwood, Black Licorice, Coconut Milk