Cicatrices

By the editors · 2 min readBergamot flashes quickly, a brief metallic citrus that shears away to reveal the core partnership: leather and iris. The leather is tanned, matte, carrying a faint animalic warmth, while iris powders the texture, turning it suede-like rather than slick. Myrrh seeps in next, lending a resinous thickness that bridges the opening brightness to the resinous base. Labdanum and patchouli arrive together, amplifying the myrrh’s balsamic heft; the patchouli adds earthy leaf rather than camphor, keeping the structure grounded. Vanilla blooms late, softening the edges without overt sweetness, letting the leather-iris accord linger as a skin-close, tobacco-hued veil. Projection sits at arm’s length for four hours, then pulls inward, making it office-safe yet quietly distinctive. The composition stays linear after the first hour, so wear it when you want a steady, resinous leather presence rather than dramatic evolution.