This is the freshly cracked black pepper with nothing but dry woods that pepper heads have been looking for. There are some longevity issues, but this captures the woody facets of black pepper better than most.
Read MoreIn our wear of a 2020 decant, we found that Avignon lives up to the hype as a transformative treatment of incense, but confounds an easy description. The opening of Avignon has a remarkable similarity to the scent of fossilized amber purchased from Eden Botanicals. There is a bright fruity, leathery, phenolic note that is a unified scent. It could be the fruit from the Roman chamomile combined with the peppery, lemony brightness of the elemi resting on the deeper cistus and vanilla. A blend of different myrrh oils and resinoids could also support this. Still, it goes beyond our understanding.
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