Jo Malone Myrrh & Tonka

Jo Malone Myrrh & Tonka is sold out right now; the last price was ৳525 for 1.5 ml. Join the restock list on this page. We do not sell full bottles; a decant lets you wear it for weeks before buying one.

No, and almond is the note that misleads. Tonka, vanilla and almond stacked in a base normally signals marzipan, but the myrrh sitting above them is a dry, faintly smoky resin and it keeps the sweetness in check the whole way down. The lavender up top pulls the opening aromatic rather than edible. What you get is a warm resinous scent with a sweet edge, closer to incense than to bakery.

They are the range's two warm entries and they split on what carries the base. This one leads with lavender into myrrh, and the tonka, vanilla and almond underneath make it the rounder and more comforting of the pair. Vetiver & Golden Vanilla builds on cardamom and grapefruit tea over a dry, teak-like vetiver, so its warmth carries an earthy edge this one does not have. Take Myrrh & Tonka for resin and softness, the vetiver for something drier.

Warmth makes it powdery rather than heavier, which is the surprise here. Myrrh is a resin and it does thicken on hot skin, but the almond beside it turns chalky and dry in humidity instead of creamy, so the base reads closer to scented talc than to dessert. That makes it more wearable in a Dhaka evening than the note list suggests. Midday is still too much, because the lavender that gives the opening its lift is gone within minutes in this weather.