1921. A correspondence between France and Russia unfolds, its intensity building as each letter gives shape to an imagined other, from the confines of a study. A whisper of cumin mingles with the gentle ripples of the Seine, while the languor of sacred oud evokes the lights along the Neva. Passionate exchanges give way to fantasies of an untamed elsewhere, carried by the warmth of sandalwood. Benzoin finds its perfect companion in the art of flirtatious correspondence, as bodies are gradually conquered through the successive touch of yellowed pages.