Sirene
Incense opens the composition with a dry, resinous smoke — cool and slightly austere rather than church-heavy.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 13 accords.
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- Balsamic50
- Woody50
- Nutty
The note pyramid
- Incense
- Oud
- Moss
- Labdanum
- Benzoin
By the editors · 2 min readIncense opens the composition with a dry, resinous smoke — cool and slightly austere rather than church-heavy. Oud follows closely, raw and woody with a faint barnyard edge that keeps the opening from feeling polished.
Labdanum and benzoin deepen the base into something thick and tenacious, all dark resin and amber warmth. Moss adds a damp, earthy undercarriage that prevents the composition from going purely abstract. The result is dense and deliberate.
This is a close, considered fragrance — smoke and resin twisting slowly over skin, best experienced up close. It projects modestly but persists, suited to cool evenings where its somber, meditative weight earns its place.
Scent twins
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