How to Use tonka bean in a Sentence
tonka bean
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Maude’s kit has warm notes of amber, cedar leaf, and tonka bean.
—Malia Griggs, SELF, 18 Oct. 2024
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The base includes a warm and earthy blend of tonka bean, mossy evernyl and white musk.
—Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Nov. 2022
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The sweet and tart smell is deepened with patchouli, cardamom, warm oud, and tonka bean.
—Megan Wahn, Architectural Digest, 18 Oct. 2024
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The duo paired tonka bean and sandalwood essence, as well as notes of black coffee.
—James Manso, WWD, 3 Sep. 2024
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As the cologne dries down, you’ll be enveloped in tonka bean and sandalwood notes.
—Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Dec. 2022
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Available to shop now, the perfume features notes of rose petals, peach and tonka bean.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 9 Dec. 2024
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Bliss is composed of green vanilla, Rhum, tonka bean, and cast in suede leather.
—Cassell Ferere, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
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End on a sweet note with flourless chocolate date cake with maca, tonka bean and chai-beet gelato.
—Jan Waddy, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Feb. 2023
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That metaphor for love is captured with notes of salt grains, freesia, jasmine, clary sage, tonka bean and cashmere wood.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 25 May 2021
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This cologne’s base is finished with woody sandalwood, warm tonka bean, and earthy and green oakmoss.
—Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Nov. 2022
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The woody, warm notes of pepper, tonka bean, cedarwood, and vanilla will make colder months a bit more cozy.
—Tatjana Freund, Marie Claire, 30 Oct. 2020
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Fruity top notes of pear and bergamot mingle with a heart of jasmine flowers and a base of tonka bean and vanilla.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021
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The heart notes reveal incense and lavender, while the base notes blend rich and inviting tonka bean and amber.
—Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Dec. 2022
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Satisfy your sweet tooth with notes of pistachio milk, fluffy vanilla and tonka bean.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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Neroli, cocoa shell and tonka bean complete it, giving it all the gourmand goodness.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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Frankincense and amber blend with spicy cardamom and patchouli, softened by sweet tonka bean and a hint of sea spray.
—Michael Stefanov, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2024
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This scent incorporates cherries, tonka bean, and hints of floral for a full, warm scent.
—ELLE, 18 July 2023
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Warming notes of almond, green fig, and tonka bean transport to the Greek island.
—Kristin Limoges, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 May 2023
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The wood comes in later with base notes of amberwood, cedar, vetiver, olibanum and tonka bean.
—Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
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That’ll be the vanilla-esque tonka bean, creamy cedarwood and heady mimosa flower.
—Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 5 Apr. 2024
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Base notes of amber and tonka bean give the fragrance its power and commanding aroma.
—Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
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Like a warm hug, the woody, powdery musk combines suede, sandalwood, patchouli, musk, tonka bean and amber.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
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There’s also spiciness and warmth at the base, with tonka bean, cardamom, suede, cedar, and sandalwood.
—Kathleen Hou, The Cut, 23 May 2018
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Heartier middle notes of sage, lavender, and cannabis linger into beachy base notes of driftwood, patchouli, and tonka bean.
—Joseph Deacetis, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2022
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The warm notes of sandalwood alongside cardamom, and tonka bean are most noticeable with this cologne for men.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
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Now the original is even more potent thanks to an even bigger dose of leather and new notes of fir balsam and roasted tonka bean.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
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This twist on the original scent features all the same notes along with a touch of fruity-floral orange blossom and creamy tonka bean.
—Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 25 Mar. 2023
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Green notes of bergamot and patchouli keep things fresh, while a deeper, aromatic base of musk, incense, and tonka bean grounds the lighter side.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 8 Oct. 2025
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Amber adds depth to a scent, thanks to sensual notes in the family, like tonka bean (spicy) and vanilla (sweet).
—Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 25 May 2023
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The Sunset Cliffs scent contains notes of sea salt, jasmine, lily of the valley and tonka bean.
—Jennifer Ianni Managing Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2021
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