Téo Cabanel
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The bergamot and coriander combination strikes first with citric snap and spiced warmth, whilst tea enters peripherally—more aromatic suggestion than defined note. The rose accord hasn't yet revealed itself; you're met instead with herbaceous brightness and an almost Mediterranean clarity that feels unexpectedly fresh.
By the second hour, the three rose varieties coalesce into a unified floral statement, deepened considerably by Egyptian jasmine's creamy indolence and cardamom's persistent spice. The composition shifts from arid and bright to enveloping and powdery, the iris beginning its gentle emergence beneath the florals. This is where Oha's complexity reveals itself fully—no single rose dominates; instead they layer with jasmine and spice into something both elegant and slightly ambiguous.
The fragrance retreats into skin territory, the florals fading to memory whilst patchouli, tonka, and iris establish a soft, woody-sweet base. White musk diffuses quietly throughout. What remains is fundamentally powdery and intimate—less fragrance, more a gentle whisper of vanilla, iris, and dampened woodsmoke that lingers with understated presence rather than projection.
Téo Cabanel's Oha arrives as a floral composition that refuses easy categorisation—it's simultaneously a rose fragrance and something altogether more austere. Jean-François Latty constructs this 2005 release around a trinity of rose variants, yet rather than indulging in rosy sentimentality, he uses them as anchors for something far more architectural. The Bulgarian and Moroccan roses establish warmth and complexity, whilst Egyptian jasmine introduces a creamy, almost animalic undertone that prevents the composition from veering into conventional femininity.
What distinguishes Oha is its commitment to spice and structural tension. Coriander and Guatemalan cardamom create a peppery dialogue with the florals, lending the fragrance an almost culinary edge—imagine rose petals scattered across a cardamom-scented kitchen counter. The bergamot top provides citric brightness without dominating, merely illuminating the floral arrangements beneath rather than establishing dominance.
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