Desire by Bahoma London bottle
Bahoma London

Desire

4.0/5 · 13 votes Unisex 2016
Main accords
Where to buy
Love Desire?
Save it to your favourites and discover similar scents in the Nardinum app.
Get the app

Fragrance notes

Top notes
Heart notes
Base notes

Character

Longevity3.3/5
Sillage3.2/5
Day25
Night75
Winter100
Fall88
Spring0
Summer0
Our take

Amber and vanilla sit at the center of this composition. They create a thick, golden warmth that feels heavy on the skin. The patchouli here is dark and earthy, grounding the sweetness so it does not float away. Labdanum adds a resinous depth that makes the air around the wearer feel textured.

The scent fits a room lit by a fireplace where the curtains are drawn against the cold. It is a fragrance for a night when the pavement is wet and the air bites at exposed skin. You wear it when the world outside is dark and you want to feel enclosed in something rich.

Powdery tonka bean softens the edges of the sharper resins. It gives the blend a vintage cosmetic feel, reminiscent of old compacts and velvet. The lily is a faint whisper, barely visible against the heavy balsamic backdrop. It offers a tiny floral lift before disappearing into the benzoin.

Margaret Strug-Guzowska composed a scent that feels specialized. It is for the person who enjoys a heavy, traditional oriental style that announces its presence through weight. The sweetness is persistent and the woody facets are dry. It asks for a specific kind of attention from the person inhaling it

Smells similar

Built from the same materials — ranked by how unusual the shared notes are, not by how many.

More from Bahoma London

All Bahoma London →