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Callitris and birch wood crash in with almost clinical sharpness, joined immediately by frankincense's resinous snap and an unexpected flicker of chilli that feels like static electricity across your skin. The honeysuckle attempts sweetness but is promptly trampled underfoot—this opening is all austere geometry and herbal defiance.
The composition pivots into introspection as oud emerges with a soft, woody warmth that partners with bushmans candle's tobacco-like herbal notes, creating something almost smoky without smoke. Magnolia and night-blooming jasmine arrive as ethereal, slightly powdery counterpoints, allowing the suede accord to begin its slow ascent, transforming the scent from crisp and confrontational into something touchably soft and intimately creamy.
Musk, black amber, and suede settle into a whisper—the chilli and frankincense have dissolved entirely, leaving only a warm, almost chamois-like dryness on the skin. Patchouli adds the faintest earthy anchor whilst praline provides a gossamer sweetness that feels like it's dissolving rather than strengthening, creating a scent that feels closer to skin than perfume.
Clean Reserve's Sueded Oud is a fragrance that refuses sentimentality, instead presenting oud as a grounding force rather than a mystical marvel. Claude Dir has constructed something genuinely unusual here: a woody composition where the oud doesn't dominate through sheer animalic presence, but rather weaves through the structure like leather through fabric, lending sophistication rather than smokiness.
The opening salvo of callitris columellaris and birch wood creates an architectural backbone—austere, almost architectural—before chilli and frankincense arrive to complicate matters. There's an almost medicinal quality here, one that the honeysuckle struggles to sweeten; this is where the fragrance's character becomes apparent. This isn't a seduction device. This is a statement.
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