Chemin d'Amande
Extrait de Parfum, Une Nuit Nomade (2025)

Sampling Une Nuit Nomade Chemin D’Amande, a release in the Extrait collection from 2025 that’s a spicy, boozy, dark, sweet blend with principal notes of bourbon vanilla, wheat, and almond, all of which track quite well, as there are powdery, hearty, and nutty tones to the largely boozy center. This seemed to be one of the standouts of ScentXplore and I can see why after doing a proper sampling today. It has a great density and richness to it, and I do not feel that any one element is used excessively, giving the feeling that it has been carefully considered as a composition. It provides a bit of an amaretto vibe, too, via the interplay of the three main notes, and there’s a vaguely woody varnish aspect underneath what is largely a gourmand experience.

It’s priced at $310/$195 for 100/50ml and sold in the US at various boutiques like Luckyscent and ZGO and performs very well. Overall, I love it, it’s right up my alley, and I will have to put some thought into a bottle after trying it out a bit more

8 out of 10

So...WHAT A DIFFERENCE A FEW WEEKS MAKE!!

I sampled and fell in love with Jardins De Misfah Extrait Une Nuit Nomade. I love the perfume but I'm still uncertain about wearing it every day. I got a very good deal on a resale website for a 100 ml bottle @ 98% full, recently purchased by the owner, etc. I like JdM edp and I love JdM extrait, so I was really looking forward to working with my generous decant of Chemin D'Amande Extrait.

After living with my relatively generous decant sample of Chemin D'Amande and trying yet "other" almond-forward, or tonka-forward fragrances, I just cannot get Chemin D'Amande off my mind. In many ways, this perfume has grabbed me much as Dries Van Noten "Soie Malaquais" did when I first experienced that perfume.

On my skin, Chemin D'Amande unfolds as a VERY strong, ultra-realistic, dry, powdery, yeasty, buttery, straight-up almond-centric fragrance. Yes, yes and yes! As mentioned, I've sampled several other tonka-forward and almond-forward fragrances as of late and NONE of them hold up to the beauty of Chemin D'Amande.

There is something about the "wheat accord," which is not listed on Fragrantica that takes this extrait to an other-worldly dimension. I mean, CdA is really really lovely.

I think not over-spraying, not over-applying is the key. It only takes a little to experience this fragrance and all its glory...

Uber-gourmand and extremely dense, CdA has a beautiful performance right out of the gate. And while almond and wheat notes project throughout the entire wear, which is very very lengthy (6+ hours), the combination base notes and drydown are dreamy.

Chemin D'Amande is creamy, buttery, dense (but never cloying) and just absolutely near perfection. The fragrance is floral, soothing, comforting, meditative.

I smile every time I get a waft of this lovely fragrance.