Chapter VIII · The Taproot
Royale Oud
Leather · Oud · Smoke
$18550 ml
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- Complimentary 30 day returns and exchanges.
Deep and slow. Leather and smoke that stay all night and into the morning.
Chapitre VIII de L'Arbre de Vie · La Racine Pivotante
Cuir · Oud · Fumée
Le voyage s'achève là où l'arbre commence. Royale Oud est la racine pivotante, le chapitre le plus profond et le plus ancien de la collection, où le cuir, la fumée et les bois résineux et sombres se pressent comme les cernes d'un cœur de bois ancestral, une rose rougeoyant encore quelque part en son centre. Il sent comme sent le temps : mûri, patient, immuable. Le parfum d'une force qui a mis des années à croître et n'a aucun regret de se montrer. Et ici, tout au fond de l'obscurité, la collection prononce sa dernière phrase. Plus les racines sont profondes, plus les branches s'élèvent haut. Tout ce qui se trouve en bas existe pour atteindre la lumière. C'est là toute l'histoire de l'arbre.
- TopSaffron, Guatemalan Cardamom, Juniper Berry
- HeartRose de Mai, Chinese Osmanthus, Oud
- BaseSuede Leather, Somali Frankincense, Styrax Smoke, Australian Sandalwood, Patchouli
Delivery and returns
Fast, complimentary shipping on every order.
Complimentary returns and exchanges within 30 days. Returns and exchanges
Presentation and gifting
Presentation. The signature coffret, black for Les Racines.
Every full bottle leaves the house in its signature coffret, ready to give. A handwritten note on request: write it in the note field of your bag.
With every full bottle comes one 2.5 ml chapter of your choice, so the bottle can stay sealed until you are certain. Choose it in your bag. It travels beside the bottle in the coffret.
Format and ingredients
Format. 50 ml eau de parfum, spray. Composed and hand finished in house.
Chapter VIII · The Taproot
Provenance
Where the materials come from
The naturals in Royale Oud and the places they are grown. Where no origin is printed, none is claimed.
- 01 Bergamot Condofuri, Calabria
- 02 Juniper berry Bulgaria
- 03 Cardamom Cobán, Guatemala
- 04 Davana India
- 05 Wormwood United States
- 06 Rose Morocco and Bulgaria
- 07 Osmanthus China
- 08 Patchouli Indonesia
- 09 Cypriol India
- 10 Guaiacwood Gran Chaco
- 11 Amyris Haiti
- 12 Virginia cedarwood United States
- 13 Atlas cedarwood Morocco
- 14 Sandalwood Western Australia
- 15 Frankincense Somalia
- 16 Benzoin Sumatra, Indonesia
Origins as recorded in the house formula books. Every material, its origin and its story
Chapter VIII · The Taproot
Inspired by Time
It smells the way time does.
Time teaches patience: you watch things arrive, burn bright and go, and slowly you learn which things stay. I composed the taproot, the deepest chapter of the tree, so you live the passage of time on your own skin. Saffron, cardamom and juniper arrive bright and leave, the way the loud things do. Rose de Mai and osmanthus bloom and slowly fade, the way the beautiful things do. What remains is suede leather, styrax smoke, frankincense and sandalwood. The leather and the smoke hold on while everything else passes.
The Perfumer
