Rosenrot
Grapefruit cuts through first — clean and slightly bitter — but it yields quickly to a resinous core of incense and frankincense.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 accords.
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The note pyramid
- Grapefruit
- Incense
- Frankincense
- Sandalwood
- Ambergris
By the editors · 2 min readGrapefruit cuts through first — clean and slightly bitter — but it yields quickly to a resinous core of incense and frankincense. That shift is the defining moment of this fragrance, moving from brief brightness into something altogether heavier.
The incense accord is the backbone: dry, slightly smoky, with frankincense adding a cool, almost medicinal edge. Sandalwood in the base softens the austerity slightly, while ambergris contributes a faint oceanic warmth that keeps it from feeling purely ecclesiastical.
Overall this is a resinous, smoky fragrance — spare in construction but deliberate. It projects with quiet authority and suits cooler, darker settings.
Scent twins
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