5ml orders arrive in the labeled Base Note spray atomizer. Original bottle shown for fragrance identification.
Initio
Side Effect
5ml in a portable spray atomizer. Try it on your skin before committing to a bottle.
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Initio takes its name from Latin, where it means both "origin" and "initiation" — a deliberate double meaning for a house that built its whole identity around Patrick Süskind's novel Perfume, the story of a man who could smell what other people couldn't and used it as a form of control. Initio's founders lean into that: scent not as accessory but as a kind of power you wield. Side Effect, part of their Hedonist Collection, plays that out in a very literal way — a scent built to feel like the first stage of a night that's about to get out of hand. Built to blur a line rather than draw one.
Top Notes: Rum, Cinnamon
Heart Notes: Tobacco, Saffron
Base Notes: Sandalwood, Hedione
Key notes
Rum, Cinnamon Heart Notes: Tobacco, Saffron Base Notes: Sandalwood, Hedione
Tobacco, Saffron Base Notes: Sandalwood, Hedione
Sandalwood, Hedione
Best for
- Date night
- Evening out