The guests are ready, the game is ready to begin. The cup containing the small piece of wood is passed from hand to hand, the essence is slowly consumed, while wisps of incense scatter to the four corners of the room. Incensum is a tribute to kōdō, the ancestral Japanese ceremony where people burn different woods and play at guessing their nature. The master perfumer Alberto Morillas imagines the scents smelled in this scene, according to the rules of an ancient art that draws its origin from the land of the Rising Sun.
Just like a meeting between East and West, this fragrance presents at once the dark, pyrogenic accents of smoked woods and incense, the warmth of myrrh, and the depth of papyrus wood and Woodleather. In Japan, it is said that one "listens" to perfume, which in turn heals both the soul and the spirit.
OLFACTORY FAMILY: WOODY
Top notes: Ginger Essence
Heart notes: Smoked Incense Essence, Myrrh Essence
Base notes: Woodleather®, Papyrus wood essence
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