Samam Chaos

Chaos EDP by Samam Beautiful Disorder

Launched in 2024, Chaos EDP is a warm, indulgent, and deeply original creation from the niche house of Samam. An Oriental Vanilla unisex fragrance, Chaos is a fragrance of beautiful, deliberate disorder: bright citrus and spice colliding with honeyed white florals at the opening, a heart of bourbon vanilla and elemi that is simultaneously sweet and resinous, and a base of praline, candied almond, tonka and Ambroxan that is as warm, golden, and irresistible as the name is unexpected. This is a gourmand Oriental of genuine ambition rich, complex, and deeply, memorably beautiful.

The Scent Journey

• Top Notes: Orange Blossom, Bergamot, Cardamom and Cinnamon. A warm, spiced, and intoxicatingly beautiful opening of immediate richness. Orange blossom honeyed and slightly indolic, adding a full-bloomed floral warmth that is the most distinctive note in the opening, bergamot sparkling and aromatic, lifting the composition with a clean citrus brightness, cardamom warm and aromatic, and cinnamon warm and slightly sweet, together creating an opening of genuine, multi-layered complexity where the floral warmth of the orange blossom and the clean brightness of the bergamot are held in perfect, slightly chaotic tension by the warm spices.
• Middle Notes: Bourbon Vanilla and Elemi. A warm, resinous, and deeply original heart of two notes in inspired, unexpected harmony. Bourbon vanilla the richest, most complex, and most prized variety of vanilla, from the island of Réunion, with a deep, creamy, slightly smoky warmth that is entirely distinct from ordinary vanilla is the star of the heart, adding an immediate, enveloping richness. Elemi a tropical resin from the Philippines with a fresh, slightly citrusy, piney-spicy character is the inspired counterpoint, adding a clean, resinous brightness that lifts the bourbon vanilla and prevents the heart from becoming too sweet. Together, a heart of genuine, quietly thrilling originality.
• Base Notes: Praline, Candied Almond, Tonka, Guaiac Wood, Ambroxan and Musk. A warm, golden, and deeply indulgent drydown of exceptional richness and longevity. Praline sweet and slightly caramelised, candied almond warm and nutty, tonka bean adding its warm, coumarin-sweet creaminess, guaiac wood adding a warm, slightly smoky, rosy-woody depth that grounds the gourmand sweetness in something natural and lasting, Ambroxan derived from ambergris, warm and skin-amplifying, the molecule that makes a fragrance feel like the most radiant version of your own skin — and musk leaving a clean, skin-close trail that carries the entire magnificent composition for hours. This is a base of pure, unapologetic gourmand grandeur.

Chaos is a fragrance of beautiful, controlled disorder the elemi in the heart is the masterstroke, a resinous, slightly citrusy freshness that cuts through the bourbon vanilla and praline sweetness with a precision that transforms what could have been a simple gourmand into something of genuine, lasting complexity. The Ambroxan base ensures that the warmth and sweetness of the composition are amplified and radiated on the skin with exceptional presence and longevity. Chaos has never smelled so beautiful.

Fragrance Details

• House: Samam
• Family: Oriental Vanilla
• Gender: Unisex
• Concentration: Eau de Parfum
• Year: 2024