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.
Chapter VIII of L'Arbre de Vie · The Taproot
Leather · Oud · Smoke
The journey ends where the tree begins. Royale Oud is the taproot, the deepest, oldest chapter of the collection, where leather, smoke, and dark resinous woods press together like the rings of ancient heartwood, a rose still glowing somewhere at its core. It smells the way time does: matured, patient, immovable. The scent of strength that took years to grow, and is not sorry it shows. And here, at the very bottom of the dark, the collection lands its final line. The deeper the roots, the higher the branches climb. Everything below exists to reach for the light. That is the whole story of the tree.
- 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
