ToskovatAge of Innocence

Description Age of Innocence stages a collision between a childhood you can still taste and a memory you'd rather not name. It opens deceptively playful (bubble gum, cotton candy, and strawberry, sugar-bright and immediate) before gasoline, rubber, and cold metallic notes cut straight through it, like a car accelerating too fast on a road that should have felt safe. Rose tries to soften the middle but never fully succeeds. The base pulls it back to earth: real agarwood, cedar, vetiver, and smoky cade oil, grounding all that candy-shop sweetness in something dark, dry, and unmistakably adult. It's less a fragrance about innocence than about the exact moment it ends. Scent Character Woody: 73% Fresh: 18% Floral: 9% Translation: this is an overwhelmingly woody, smoky-dry fragrance despite the candy-sweet opening. The real agarwood, cedar, and cade oil in the base dominate the profile (folded into that woody share rather than tracked as a separate oud percentage), with sharp vetiver freshness and a thread of rose keeping it from turning purely gourmand. Don't be fooled by the top notes: this wears dark. Fragrance Pyramid Top: Bubble Gum, Cotton Candy, Strawberry Heart: Gasoline, Rubber, Metallic Notes, Rose Base: Agarwood (Oud), Cedar, Vetiver, Cade Oil Performance Strong across the board: longevity and sillage both score high, driven by the real agarwood and cade oil in the base. Expect 6–8+ hours of wear with noticeable projection, especially once the composition settles past its sweet opening into its smoky-woody core. Best Occasions & Season Suited to Fall and Winter, when the smoky, resinous base has room to assert itself against the cold. Works for a Night Out, a Date Night, or any Special Occasion where you want a fragrance with genuine narrative weight. This isn't a subtle everyday scent. Unisex. Concentration & Provenance Concentration: Extrait de Parfum Perfumer: David-Lev Jipa-Slivinschi House: Toskovat, an independent, conceptual niche perfumery Release Year: 2022 Why Try It as a Sample The gap between Age of Innocence's candy-shop opening and its gasoline-and-agarwood base is exactly the kind of contrast that's hard to judge from a notes list alone. A 1mL sample lets you live through both halves of the story before deciding whether the transformation works for you. Ships in a 2mL vial, filled halfway. 100% Authentic Every Toskovat fragrance at Venba is verified for authenticity. Backed by 200,000+ orders and a 4.9-star Trustpilot rating, with free U.S. shipping on orders over $100 and hassle-free returns. FAQ Q: Is Age of Innocence a sweet fragrance? A: Only at first. The bubble gum and cotton candy top notes give way quickly to gasoline, rubber, metallic heart notes, and a real agarwood base. Overall the fragrance wears woody and smoky, not sweet. Q: Does it really contain agarwood? A: Yes. Real agarwood (oud) sits in the base alongside cedar, vetiver, and cade oil, driving the fragrance's dominant woody character. Q: What's the concept behind the name? A: Toskovat frames it as a meditation on childhood memory colliding with something harsher and more adult. The imagery of cars and skid marks alongside candy sweetness leaves the exact story open to interpretation, in true Toskovat fashion. Q: How long does it last? A: Strong. Expect 6–8+ hours with noticeable projection.