Quorum Puig 1982 After Shave
Cumin over citrus — the opening is immediately polarizing, the spice sharp and slightly animalic against the lighter grapefruit and bergamot.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 9 accords.
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- Leather70
- Mossy60
- Fresh50
- Soft Spicy
The note pyramid
- Cumin
- Lemon
- Grapefruit
- Bergamot
- Sandalwood
- Jasmine
- Patchouli
By the editors · 2 min readCumin over citrus — the opening is immediately polarizing, the spice sharp and slightly animalic against the lighter grapefruit and bergamot. Lemon provides some brightness but cumin's presence is assertive enough to define the early character.
Jasmine and sandalwood in the heart soften the edge without erasing the spice. Patchouli begins to show here, adding a darker earthiness that anticipates the base. Moss, leather, and frankincense close with a dense chypre structure, where tobacco and amber provide the final warmth. The whole arc reads as an assertive, resinous masculine — complex in a deliberate, layered way.
A textbook orientalized chypre with an unapologetic cumin signature. Not for the faint-hearted.
Scent twins
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