Osmanthe Kodoshan
There's no clear top — the fragrance enters with osmanthus's apricot-leather glow already mid-bloom, star anise lending a cool licorice-tinged spice that sharpens the floral.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 15 accords.
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- Leather80
- Smoky60
- Fresh50
- Soft Spicy
The note pyramid
- Oakmoss
- Leather
- Star Anise
- Patchouli
- Osmanthus
- Nutmeg
By the editors · 2 min readThere's no clear top — the fragrance enters with osmanthus's apricot-leather glow already mid-bloom, star anise lending a cool licorice-tinged spice that sharpens the floral.
The heart layers nutmeg's warm aromatic spice over patchouli's earthy depth, with leather emerging quickly. The osmanthus-leather pairing reads polished and slightly suede-soft, while the spice keeps everything dry. There's an herbal undertow that lifts the composition from going too heavy.
The base on oakmoss and patchouli brings a chypre shadow — green-grey, slightly smoky, with the leather persisting throughout. The drydown is woody, soft-spicy, animalic at close range. Overall the character is a floral-leather chypre with osmanthus at its heart, cool-weather-leaning, evening or smart casual, restrained and confident.
Scent twins
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