Ferrari
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The rose arrives tinged with golden saffron, bright and almost rosy-cheeked for precisely ninety seconds before frankincense smoke begins creeping in at the margins. Elemi resin adds a subtle green-resinous crispness that prevents the composition from feeling heavy-handed.
The caraway and frankincense now dominate completely, creating an oddly peppery, almost ecclesiastical quality that transforms the oud into something less perfume-like and more raw—leathery, slightly smoky, almost untreated. The woody accord becomes insistent, and there's that peculiar animalic undercurrent that prevents you from ever quite relaxing into the scent.
Labdanum emerges as the primary player, dusty and resinous, with leather providing a second skin of earthy, slightly faded warmth. The smoke lingers as a phantom note, becoming progressively lighter, until the fragrance settles into barely-there skin scent territory.
Ferrari Essence Oud is a masterclass in restraint wrapped in leather and smoke. Rather than the honeyed, creamy oud often found in designer fragrances, Nathalie Feisthauer constructs something altogether more austere—a composition that treats oud as a supporting player in a darker narrative. The opening rose and saffron arrive with unexpected brightness, almost sharp against what follows, before the heart pivots decisively toward incense and smoke. Here's where the fragrance reveals its true character: frankincense and caraway create a peppery, almost medicinal quality that sits uncomfortably alongside the oud, as though two opposing forces are locked in quiet argument. This tension is precisely what makes it compelling.
The woody and smoky accords dominate throughout, lending a distinctly masculine edge despite its unisex classification. There's something faintly animalic and leathered that emerges from the base—labdanum adding a dusty, slightly resinous warmth that prevents the composition from becoming austere to the point of coldness. This isn't a fragrance that seduces; it intrigues. It's worn by those who favour intellectual complexity over olfactory comfort, who appreciate the marriage of automotive ambition (the Ferrari provenance) with genuine perfumery craft.
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