Spicy

Black pepper smells sharp, dry, and almost peppery—obviously—but not like the dusty spice in your kitchen cupboard. Imagine biting into a fresh peppercorn: there's an initial brightness, almost citrusy, followed by a warming, slightly woody heat that tingles your nostrils. It's spicy without burning, with an almost piney, green undertone. The sensation is crisp and energising, like inhaling cool air that somehow feels warm simultaneously.

Woody

Cade juniper is utterly austere and smoky—imagine standing in a pine forest after a controlled burn, where charred wood mingles with resinous evergreen branches. There's a burnt, almost medicinal quality that feels neither fresh nor sweet, but rather deeply earthy and tarry. It smells like aged leather that's been exposed to campfire smoke, with an underlying mineral dryness. Not a note you'd want on skin alone, but darkly compelling in small doses—like the smell of a woodsman's workbench.