Hiram Green
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The patchouli emerges with surprising gentleness, offering a green, almost galbanum-like quality rather than the typical dark earthiness one expects. Within moments, the sandalwood surfaces, soft and creamy, whilst cedarwood adds a dry, almost architectural quality that prevents the opening from feeling heavy.
A careful balance emerges as the spice accord blooms gently, creating subtle tension against the developing sweetness. The sandalwood and cedarwood create a wooden core that feels almost tactile, whilst tonka begins its slow creep into the composition, softening edges without dominating.
The fragrance settles into a predominantly woody-sweet profile where tonka and vanilla provide warmth rather than gourmand sweetness, shadowed throughout by the patchouli's green undertone. The composition becomes increasingly intimate and skin-like, clinging closely rather than projecting—a faint, creamy whisper of sandalwood and vanilla on the periphery.
Arbolé Arbolé Arbolé arrives as a meditation on wood rather than a conventional fragrance—a scent that privileges restraint and introspection over projection. Hiram Green has constructed something genuinely unusual here: a composition where patchouli doesn't announce itself with typical earthiness but instead functions as a green, almost herbal undertone, grounding the sandalwood and cedarwood that comprise the fragrance's true heart. The sandalwood carries a creamy, slightly powdery quality, whilst the cedarwood contributes a pencil-shaving brightness that prevents the composition from becoming merely sweet or heavy.
What makes this fragrance compelling is the interplay between its woody architecture and the tonka bean and vanilla that emerge gradually. Rather than the tonka turning the composition into a gourmand affair, it behaves almost as a softening agent—introducing a subtle sweetness that feels earned, almost accidental. The spice accord (likely from the patchouli's peppery facets) creates gentle friction against the sweeter elements, preventing any cloying tendencies.
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