It opens like honey off the spoon, poured over tobacco leaf before it is ever lit. Then the oud arrives, smoky and resinous, deepening the honey instead of hiding it. Hours later it is soft leather and amber on your scarf, the part of the evening you keep. Twenty-five percent extrait, so two sprays are enough, and the honey is still there on the drive home.
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Top:
Golden honey drizzled over warm tobacco leaf, the way a pipe smells before it is ever lit.
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Heart:
Smoky oud folds into the honey: resinous and low, like a fireplace two rooms away.
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Base:
Soft leather, amber and warm woods that settle close to the skin and are often still on your collar the next morning.
