If “Tropical” is a magical word evoking dazzling light as well as darkness and mystery, Nosy Be Ylang Ylang is surely its fragrance. Intense and enveloping, when Yang Ylang oxidises it releases unmistakable animal notes. The variety we found on the island close to Madagascar is unrivalled in its intensity: as though nature had set out to create a fragrance by blending the traditional and the new.