Red Hoba

Notes

Top notes

• Bergamot Sparkling peel of a green-gold citrus, juicy and slightly floral, with a bitter edge that keeps it elegant.
• Cardamom Cool, aromatic and sweetly spicy, with a camphor and citrus lift.
• Cinnamon Warm, sweet and woody-spicy, with a cosy bakery glow.

Heart notes

• Olibanum Cool, lemony and peppery resin smoke, like a quiet stone church.
• Patchouli Earthy, damp and chocolatey, dark leaf with a camphor edge.
• Jasmine Sweet, heady white blossom with an indolic, almost animal warmth.
• Iris Cool, buttery, powdery and slightly earthy, like lipstick and cold stone; taken from the root, not the flower.

Base notes

• Guaiac Wood Smoky, sweet and tea-like wood with a gentle, leathery warmth.
• Castoreum Leathery, animalic and warm, with a smoky sweetness.
• Labdanum Sticky, golden, leathery-ambery resin with a warm, animal-like sweetness.
• Cashmeran Soft, musky, woody-spicy effect, like a warm cashmere sweater.
• Musk Soft, clean, skin-like warmth, from fresh laundry to warm skin.
• Sandalwood Creamy, milky and softly sweet wood, smooth as polished timber.

Smells like Red Hoba

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2. Incense Rosé Tauer Perfumes
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4. Wonderwood Comme des Garçons
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5. Empiryan Xerjoff
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7. Epic Woman Amouage
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9. Interlude Black Iris Amouage
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