Description
An ode to the fragrance of an expensive and luxurious raw material: patchouli. The fragrance of this rich, highly complex and refined composition is built around a fraction (redistilled essence) of Patchouli that is refined as it is separated from its overly camphoraceous roughness to become sublimated and magnified.
It begins with a surprising but seductive spirituous accord. This luscious display is accompanied by a pronounced woody facet that lingers right through to the base notes, and an allusive and mysterious touch of mustiness that becomes more fleeting as the minutes pass. The magic of patchouli with its musty, resinous, earthy facet initially coexists here with the fascination of dry cedar: this is how this fragrance mixes extremes, appearing musty, and therefore damp, but also dry. It is then adorned with a few delicate notes of Australian Sandalwood, which is neither creamy nor unctuous like Mysore Sandalwood, but rather dry and bitter in its first notes, although like its Indian cousin, it has a fine, soft woodiness. With the addition of the contemplative notes of frankincense, the fragrance seems to build towards a softer, resinous, woody trail with a hint of vanilla. In the end, this stroll through the undergrowth turns into a softness embodied by the warm, sensual imprint of Cashmere Wood. A scent for initiation, a symbol of freedom and distant horizons, bewitching and dense, evoking dreams, escape and mystery.
