HARMONY & MEDITATION

Original Santal by Creed is a woody aromatic fragrance for women and men - the house's 2005 sandalwood, kept dry and herbal rather than creamy. Ginger, juniper berry, bergamot, coriander and rosemary open it bright and peppery, sandalwood sits in the heart with lavender, geranium and a touch of orange blossom, and tonka bean, cedar, musk and oakmoss round it off with a soft, slightly sweet warmth. Polished and close, it is a sandalwood for wearing every day. "Sandalwood kept dry - juniper, lavender and ginger, polished and close."

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My Love Has the Colour of the Night by Floraïku is a woody eau de parfum for women and men - composed by Sophie Labbé around three dark materials and the feeling of a warm summer night spent outdoors. Guaiac wood opens it smoky and faintly sweet, patchouli deepens the heart into damp earth, and vetiver dries it down to roots and smoke that stay close to the skin. "Smoke, wood and earth - the colour of the night, worn."

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The Scent of Thought by AromaMeta — What does thought smell like? Inspired by the speculative worlds of Robert Sheckley and the enigmatic depths of the human mind, The Scent of Thought is an abstract, molecular fragrance that captures the essence of imagination, emotion, and individuality. Like your inner dialogue, this scent evolves fluidly throughout the day, unveiling new facets with every moment. It's an intimate, ever-changing reflection of your consciousness — a fragrance that is entirely yours.

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Musc Nurāsana Extrait by Maison Crivelli is an amber spicy fragrance for women and men - Thibaud Crivelli's dawn stretch on a terrace, and the first scent in the house's Olfactory Escapes musk series. Bergamot, ginger and cardamom open it bright and clean, Damask rose and luban incense give it a quiet, ceremonial heart, and a luminous musk over labdanum, fir and tonka carries it for most of a day. "Clean musk, rose and incense - a return to the self at first light."

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Diadem by Thameen is an amber incense extrait de parfum for women and men - from the Sovereign Collection, and named for the British State Diadem with its bejewelled floral bouquets. Purest Omani frankincense sits at the centre of it, opened by lavender and cardamom, deepened by saffron and rose, and closed on amber, patchouli and a vanilla that reviewers describe as simply refusing to leave. It is the spiritual and the ceremonial in one composition, which is precisely what a diadem is for. "Frankincense and lavender over a smooth powdery amber - and nine hours later it is still there."

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Carved Oud by Thameen is a woody oud extrait de parfum for women and men - one of the five fragrances the London house launched with in 2013, and still the one most of its collectors start and finish with. Guatemalan cardamom, cypriol and cypress oil open it dry, oud, cedarwood, patchouli and iris fill the middle, and vetiver, sandalwood, labdanum, amber and musk hold it for the better part of a day. The name comes from temple carving and the Solah Shringar, the sixteen adornments of an Indian bride. "What Oud Wood should have been - smoother, deeper, and it lasts."

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14Hour Dream by Jusbox is a woody gourmand eau de parfum for women and men - the 14 Hour Technicolour Dream at Alexandra Palace, 29 April 1967, and Pink Floyd playing to an exhausted crowd as the sun came up. Antoine Lie built it deliberately without top notes: it opens straight into the heart, patchouli leaves, iris butter, black pepper absolute, saffron, vanilla flowers and ginger, then settles onto cedarwood, sandalwood and guaiac. The patchouli is the hippie-trail kind, and it does not apologise for it. "Patchouli and iris butter with no overture - straight into the middle of the dream."

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Radio Bombay by D.S. & Durga is an oriental woody eau de parfum for women and men - a transistor radio carved out of sandalwood, warming in the Bandra heat until the copper tubes release the wood. David Seth Moltz opens it on radiant wood, copper and cedar, works sandalwood, iris and boronia through the middle, and finishes on balsam fir absolute, coconut musc and ambergris. It is the house's quiet one, and one of its best. "Sandalwood warmed until it hums - a whisper, not a statement."

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Jazmin Yucatan by D.S. & Durga is a floral aquatic eau de parfum for women and men - jasmine as it actually smells in the jungles of the Yucatán, composed by David Seth Moltz around cenotes, limestone ruins and copal smoke. Water notes, passion flower and bergamot open it humid rather than fresh, jasmín yucateco and sambac with clove fill the heart, and snake plant, copal and vetiver give it the green, resinous floor. It is the house's most loved fragrance and the least perfumed-smelling. "Jasmine in wet heat, with copal burning somewhere out of sight."

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Attaquer le Soleil Marquis de Sade by Etat Libre d'Orange is an oriental resinous eau de parfum for women and men - one raw material, labdanum, examined from every angle by Quentin Bisch, who built it around a note he had spent his career avoiding. There is no pyramid and no development to wait for: the resin arrives sticky, smoky and faintly animalic, turns ambery and balsamic on skin, and stays there for hours. Reviewers keep reaching for the same image, an old stone church with the doors shut. "A single ode to labdanum - passion, strength and audacity, with nothing hiding behind it."

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  Reflection 45 Man by Amouage intensifies the classic Reflection DNA, delivering a more opulent, floral-wood synergy. The mood is plush, radiant, and sophisticated. Think refined galas and red-carpet ensembles -when you wish to stand out elegantly.

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