Legacy of Petra

Fennel seed and bergamot collide in sharp, almost peppery flourish—bracing rather than welcoming—whilst green tea immediately tempers the spice with a delicate, slightly grassy astringency. Within moments, you're caught between the herbal-aromatic and the citric, as though standing in a medieval spice merchant's stall filtered through pale morning sunlight.

Myrrh and liquorice emerge as an unexpected conspiracy, the former's smoky resin playing against the latter's subtle root-sweetness with fascinating tension. Cistus blooms into this conversation with honeyed, almost floral warmth, transforming the composition from sharp and intriguing into something more enveloping—still dry and resinous, but now tinged with amber-gold tonality that suggests autumn dust and weathered stone.

Benzoin's vanilla-powder softness dominates whilst Belambre provides woody structure, creating a skin-close, almost textile quality—imagine expensive linen worn close to warmth. The liquorice sweetness lingers faintly beneath, preventing the vanilla from becoming candied, leaving a sophisticated amber-woody finish that feels less like fragrance and more like a scent memory.