Scent Three: Sugi
Sugi opens with Mediterranean cypress and black pepper—coniferous and spiced simultaneously, the combination generating a cool, piney sharpness that establishes the fragrance's register immediately.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 7 accords.
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- Woody70
- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy50
- Iris
The note pyramid
- Black Pepper
- Mediterranean Cypress
- Iris
- Virginia Cedar
- Haitian Vetiver
By the editors · 2 min readSugi opens with Mediterranean cypress and black pepper—coniferous and spiced simultaneously, the combination generating a cool, piney sharpness that establishes the fragrance's register immediately. There is nothing rounded about the opening.
Florentine iris in the heart introduces a powdery, rooty quality that adds gentle complexity beneath the cedar. The two work in parallel rather than merging: cedar's woodiness and iris's mineralic dryness create texture without drama.
Pine and Haitian vetiver in the base deepen the coniferous character while adding earthiness. This is a cedar fragrance in orientation but not execution—it avoids commodity pencil-shavings by staying dark and natural throughout. Antoine Maisondieu made this for a Monocle collaboration; 'Sugi' is the Japanese word for cedar (Cryptomeria japonica).
Scent twins
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