Marfa

Scent Profile

Top notes: Orange Blossom, Pear, Lemon

Heart notes: Jasmine, Rose, White Flowers

Base notes: Oakmoss, Vetiver, Musk, Amber Wood

Why We Carry This

Marfa sits outside the cultural geography of the other Memo leathers and that is exactly why it earns shelf space. The sage-suede combination is the most original accord in the collection, and the elemi opening sets a register that nothing else in our inventory shares.

Character

Accords: Earthy, Green, Chypre, Floral, Woody, Fresh

Perfumer: Alienor Massenet

Launched: 2013

Elemi resin in the opening gives Marfa a slightly citrus-sharp, coniferous quality that bergamot does not fully domesticate. The Texas high desert has that quality: bright and dry, with something resinous underneath. Sage and suede in the heart are a rare pairing, the herb giving the leather a gray-green, dusty quality that suits the landscape the name invokes. Cedarwood and vetiver in the base are clean and arid, amber providing the only warmth in a composition that mostly runs cool and spare.