SAMARKAND

The forests of Borneo are among the oldest on earth, 130 million years of unbroken evolution, creating trees that dwarf cathedrals. Here the Aquilaria trees grow and produce agarwood.

SAMARKAND captures oud at its most refined, rich and commanding. Not the barnyard funk of young wood, but the clean, animalic elegance that develops with time. Leather and smoky notes.

There is a reason oud has been called the wood of the gods. Something about its density, its willingness to transform trauma into beauty, speaks to human aspiration.

Oud opens with its full character, animalic, smoky, commanding. Leather joins immediately. Vanilla softens without sweetening, while birch and smoky accords add depth.

SAMARKAND does not apologize for its presence. This is fragrance as gravity: grounding, substantial, deserving of space.