Industrial Decay & Rebirth
№ 03 · Composition

A modernist building in Caracas swallowed back by the canopy. The smell of oxidised iron meeting damp bark; rust, asphalt and heated concrete surrendering to the heavy richness of ancient South American woods. Tonka pushed past sweetness into dry tobacco, guaiac wood that reads as smoked rubber. Shadows, oxidised copper, peeling brutalist facades — the forest reclaiming the city, scent by scent.

Top
Oxidised Iron Accord · Bitter Orange Petitgrain · Rose Oxide
Heart
Colombian Tonka Absolute · Guaiac Wood · Dry Tobacco
Base
Cabreuva Wood · Botanical Leather Accord · Damp Earth

Character
Intimate but heavy, like a wool coat. Dry woods and tonka pushed past sweetness into tobacco and smoked rubber.
Anchor
Caracas · Venezuela / Mata Atlântica · Brasil

  • Colombian tonka absolute · Comunidad Yuruparí, Colombia · 2024 harvest
  • Guaiac wood · Gran Chaco, Paraguay · 2024 harvest
  • Cabreuva wood · Mata Atlântica, Brasil · 2025 harvest

The oxidised-iron, botanical-leather and rose-oxide accords are the perfumer's construction, built in the studio rather than harvested.