Counterplay

$390.00

Saffron and pink pepper in the opening are metallic and warm simultaneously, bergamot keeping the top from turning entirely opaque. Rose enters the heart with an unusual partner: oud that reads clean rather than barnyard, giving the floral a structural backbone it would not have otherwise. Leather and sandalwood in the base settle the composition into an amber warmth that wears close and long.

Why We Carry This

The saffron-rose-oud architecture here is a studied response to the dominant Middle Eastern accord, tightened and modernized. Sandalwood and leather in the base keep it grounded rather than grand.