Sahara Noir

Notes

Top notes

• Bitter Orange A sharp, slightly bitter citrus with a zesty, floral-peel freshness, drier and more complex than sweet orange.
• Calamus
• Cypress Dry, resinous and green-woody, with a clean, mineral coolness.

Heart notes

• Beeswax Soft, honeyed and faintly waxy, with a gentle sweetness and warmth.
• Cinnamon Warm, sweet and woody-spicy, with a cosy bakery glow.
• Papyrus Dry, pale and slightly smoky, like warm paper and reeds.
• Jasmine Sweet, heady white blossom with an indolic, almost animal warmth.
• Rose Petals, honey and a touch of wine; can lean fresh and dewy or deep and jammy.

Base notes

• Labdanum Sticky, golden, leathery-ambery resin with a warm, animal-like sweetness.
• Olibanum Cool, lemony and peppery resin smoke, like a quiet stone church.
• Frankincense
• Benzoin Warm, sweet, vanilla-like resin with a soft balsamic glow.
• Cedar Dry, pencil-shaving wood, clean and slightly smoky.
• Oud Dark, resinous, smoky and slightly medicinal wood, with a rich, leathery depth.
• Vanilla Warm, creamy, sweet and slightly smoky, like a custard-soft cloud.

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