Odin New York
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
A soft stone-fruit sweetness—peach skin and pear blossom meeting the slightly boozy warmth of amber—arrives without fanfare, almost apologetically. The composition feels hesitant, as though still deciding which direction to take, the fruitiness crisp but already beginning to soften into something more decadent.
The bourbon and star jasmine emerge as the real heart, creating a creamy, slightly intoxicating floral-gourmand hybrid that sits comfortably between a skin scent and something with actual presence. Perique tobacco becomes increasingly evident now, adding a dark, fermented quality that prevents the sweetness from ever tipping into pastry-shop territory; the purple iris whispers softly beneath, adding structure and a faint powdery undertone.
What remains is predominantly amber and benzoin, with the tobacco growing more pronounced and leathery as the florals recede—a genuinely warm, skin-scent intimacy that smells like amber resin mixed with old cigar smoke and a ghost of jasmine. The longevity issues reported mean this final stage may be brief, but what's present is genuinely compelling: close to the skin, slightly smoky, profoundly comforting.
Posala is a fragrance that refuses easy categorisation, oscillating between dessert-table indulgence and smoky sophistication with the restlessness of someone caught between two moods. Delphine Jelk has crafted something that smells distinctly unisex not through dilution, but through genuine contradiction—there's bourbon whiskey sitting comfortably alongside pear blossom, perique tobacco wrapping itself around star jasmine as though they were always meant to occupy the same olfactory space.
The opening gesture is fruit-forward but never bright; the peach and pear blossom arrive with an almost dusty quality, as though you're biting into fruit that's been sitting in an old wooden bowl. What's remarkable is how quickly the composition pivots. The heart reveals itself as genuinely gourmand—that bourbon-and-amber combination creates something that smells vaguely alcoholic and caramelised, like a dessert wine reduced over low heat—yet the star jasmine and orange blossom prevent it from becoming cloying. Instead, there's a floral brightness that cuts through the sweetness like a knife.
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