Gritti
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Tobacco smoke curls upward, immediately joined by a cool cedar that feels almost architectural in its precision, whilst patchouli grounds everything with an earthy, slightly musty undertone. Within moments, the composition settles into a woody-smoky haze, deliberately restrained rather than bold.
The oud emerges with quiet authority, its resinous quality binding with myrrh to create something resembling incense in a stone chapel—bitter, contemplative, slightly austere. Honey threads through almost imperceptibly, adding a subtle waxy depth that prevents the composition from becoming too austere, whilst the smoky accords intensify, making the entire fragrance feel like inhaling the aftermath of a ceremonial fire.
Sandalwood, ambergris, and musk settle into a soft, creamy woody base that's more intimate than grand, the fragrance now clinging gently to skin rather than projecting into air. What remains is primarily amber and woods—a warm, resinous finale that feels almost like a memory of the composition's former complexity.
Noctem Arabs arrives as a deliberate study in nocturnal restraint—a fragrance that seems to deliberately muffle its own projection. What you're getting here is less a declaration and more a whispered confidence, a scent that demands proximity to truly appreciate its architecture.
The tobacco-cedarwood pairing in the opening creates an immediate sense of aged leather-bound books and cigar boxes, but it's the Indonesian patchouli that prevents this from becoming another gentlemen's barbershop cliché. This patchouli is earthy and slightly fermented, almost tea-like, which grounds the composition's brighter woody elements and sets up the oud's arrival with considerable gravitas.
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