Paraphrase · 2026

Vanilla Virtu

Eau de Parfum by Paraphrase
Nose: Joshua Smith
Released
Top
cuminnutmegsaffron
Heart
molassesbrantonka beanvanilla
Base
cedarincensepatchouli

A vanilla with a medieval streak — cumin, nutmeg and saffron over molasses, bran and tonka bean, closing dry on incense, cedar and patchouli; the house's own line for it is "medieval vanilla, strange spices and rich breads". Joshua Smith blends, bottles and labels it by hand in Canada, under the name his house took when Libertine Fragrance became Paraphrase.

Best price now
$162.00
The Scented Cottage · 50 ml
44-day change
0%
was €140.05 on Aug 16
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Price history — lowest tracked price

last 44 days · EUR · 50 ml
€142€141€140€139Aug 16Aug 24Sep 9Sep 29

Evidence timeline

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Fragrantica lists the same ten materials as the house and sorts them into a pyramid the house leaves unsorted, filing the fragrance as oriental spicy for women and men and naming Joshua Smith as the nose. Its readers put incense ahead of the vanilla itself, with saffron, cumin, tonka bean and molasses tied behind.
Aug 15, 2026Community reportsource ↗
Olfactif, which sells the house by the sample, credits Josh Smith and prints a four-material sketch rather than a pyramid: bran absolute, cumin, saffron and woody vanilla. It is the only source to call the bran an absolute, and it repeats the house's own line about leather and warm bodies.
Aug 15, 2026Retailer signalsource ↗
Souvenir Studios in Toronto listed it on 8 July 2026 and its add-to-bag button is live on all three formats — 197 CAD for the 50 ml, 86 for a 15 ml travel spray and 11 for a 1.5 ml sample — so the fragrance is reaching buyers while the house itself is out of stock.
Aug 15, 2026Retailer signalsource ↗
Paraphrase published the page on its own store on 27 June 2026 and has since sold out of both sizes — 162 USD for the 50 ml and 238 USD for a 100 ml it keeps as a website exclusive — leaving a notify form where the buy button was. The listing is still filed under Libertine Fragrance, the name the house traded under before it renamed itself. No perfumer is credited there and no launch was announced.
Aug 15, 2026Brand sitesource ↗

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Ministry of Scent
15 ml
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50 ml
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Ministry of Scent
50 ml
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