De Profundis unisex

Scent story

To me this smells like chrysanthemum garlands left on cold temple stone after the mourners have gone. Galbanum and violet leaf open green and funereal, clary sage drifts like incense smoke that has lost its fire, and dried fruits add a strange, sweet decay. Then leather and vetiver rise from underneath — dark, woody, solemn. It is beautiful the way a requiem is beautiful. Serge Lutens called it beauty in the depths, and he meant depths. Not for beginners — beginners stay away.

⚠ Not for beginners