London-based niche line Gallivant will launch Accra, the latest in their series of "urban exploration" fragrances, next week. (Amsterdam has been discontinued to "make way" for Accra.)

Accra: Africa’s capital of cool on the Gulf of Guinea.

Tropical mango, papaya, passion berries and hot peppers. Mouth-watering, green and spicy Afro-Jazz energy. Vintage vinyl. The sensual heat of the tropics. Coffee and cocoa. And the vibrant colours of West African waxed kente cloth.

"Reading the novels of VS Naipaul, and later discovering the playful writing of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, I was particularly attracted to West Africa; the colour, the style, the joie de vivre, the warmth. So with this journey to Accra, I wanted to evoke a bygone glamour, the tropical sensuality, and an enveloping heat. I wanted to feel the easy-going charm of Accra, a happy-go-lucky lightness of being..." -Founder Nick Steward

Accra was developed by perfumer Stephanie Bakouche. Additional notes include eucalyptus, davana, cognac, carrot seed, saffron, tobacco, styrax, leather skin accord, cedar, patchouli, liatrix and musk.

Gallivant Accra is available now for pre-order at Etiket in Canada, in 30 ml Eau de Parfum. 

(via etiket.ca, additional information via gallivant-perfumes, hat tip to tulipani!)

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