Boadicea Nemer

Scent Profile

Top notes: Black Pepper, Lemongrass, Saffron, Ylang-Ylang

Heart notes: Moroccan Rose, Rose, Turkish Rose

Base notes: Amber, Cashmere Wood, Cedar, Cypriol Oil Or Nagarmotha, Moss, Musk, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Vanilla

Why We Carry This

Provenzano knew exactly what he was doing with Nemer: the saffron-lemongrass opener is aggressively fresh, which makes the rose heart hit harder by contrast. That kind of structural thinking is exactly why this bottle earned its place.

Character

Accords: Woody, Rose, Earthy, Warm Spicy, Mossy, Citrus, Fresh Spicy, Amber, Patchouli, Floral

Perfumer: Christian Provenzano

Launched: 2012

Nemer (Arabic for tiger) was built by Christian Provenzano around the tension between a peppery, lemongrass-spiked saffron opening and two varieties of rose that follow with an almost unsettling fullness. Moroccan and Turkish rose here are not delicate, they're dense, carnally rich, and the cypriol in the base adds an earthy, slightly medicinal weight that keeps this from tilting sweet. It dries down to moss, patchouli, and vanilla, but the flowers are still there, just quieter.