Ramón Molvizar
Ramón Molvizar
152 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Coriander and pink pepper detonate first, bright and almost herbal-spicy, with mandarin zest providing a brief citric flicker before nutmeg and cardamom deepen the top notes into something more shadowed and complex. The geranium leaf grounds it all, preventing the spice from becoming shrill.
Frankincense takes command as the spice recedes, pairing with oud and sandalwood to create a resinous, almost liturgical dryness that feels centuries old. Violet emerges as a dusty, powdered undertone, whilst the white amber and magnolia add a subtle sweetness that never tips into gourmand territory—it remains austere, measured, controlled.
Cedar and benzoin create a warm, woody foundation that's almost creamy, whilst musk and the lingering sandalwood settle into skin-scent territory with that characteristic smoky, burnt-wood character still present. What remains is intimate and introspective, a fragrance that becomes part of you rather than announced to the room.
Black Cube arrives as a calculated collision between spice rack and sacred temple. The opening salvo—coriander, pink pepper, and Sri Lankan cardamom—crackles with an almost peppery heat, immediately signalling this isn't a polite fragrance. But Ramón Molvizar tempers that initial aggression with a stroke of geranium leaf and mandarin zest that feels almost green, almost fresh, before the resinous heart swallows everything whole.
What emerges is frankincense-driven and deliberately austere. The oud here doesn't announce itself with typical leather-and-animalic swagger; instead, it merges into the sandalwood and white amber to create something chalky and temple-like, as though you've stepped into incense smoke that's been hanging in a wooden shrine for centuries. Violet adds an unexpected dusty, almost powdered dimension—not floral in any conventional sense, but rather a whisper of something refined and faintly antique.
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