Lubin
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Rum's fermented warmth hits immediately, but it's the caraway that seizes attention—peppery, almost medicinal—whilst saffron adds a peculiar metallic-spiced counterpoint. Within moments, the composition feels less like a bright citrus spray and more like walking into a spice merchant's shop where someone's just extinguished incense.
The sugar cane emerges as a subtle sweetening agent, never cloying, whilst frankincense and smoked ebony wood create an increasingly shadowed tableau. The resin becomes contemplative rather than cheerful, partnered with wood that tastes almost charred on the inside of your mouth—this is where the fragrance's character truly solidifies into something withdrawn and introspective.
Cistus, red sandalwood, and leather form the final statement—dry, slightly powdery, faintly animalic. The amber provides minimal warmth; instead, the composition sits close to skin, exhaling softly like smoke dissipating in still air, intimate and fading rather than lingering.
Idole de Lubin presents itself as a study in controlled combustion—a fragrance that smoulders rather than flames. Olivia Giacobetti has constructed something deliberately austere here, a composition where spice and smoke form the architectural skeleton, with precious resins and woods filling in the gaps like mortar in ancient masonry.
The rum absolute arrives with genuine teeth, its fermented sweetness immediately complicated by black caraway's peppery bite and saffron's metallic warmth. This isn't a gourmand interpretation; the sugar cane that lurks in the heart refuses to sweeten proceedings into anything approaching confectionery. Instead, it acts almost as a preservative, lending a slightly withered, aged quality—as though you're smelling the residue of Caribbean distilleries rather than fresh molasses.
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