Musc Dahabii - Maison Incens

«Hot, vegetal-but-deep animalics blend with honeyed woods, earthy aromatics,
pungent smoky haptics and sticky balsams to create an effect that is unexpectedly
burdening, historically atemporal, and as grand as the first clay hut built by humans.»
Inspired by a Touareg legend about the Sahara

The legend says that once the land was an immense garden populated by tall palm
trees, fragrant jasmines and nightingales whose song flooded the green landscape
with a cascade of melody. At that time all men were frank and loyal to the point that
the word “lie” did not exist. But one day someone told a lie: a small lie of course, but
that was the end of the miracle. Gods then gathered all men together and said to
them: “Every time you lie, I will throw a grain of sand on the world.” The men shrugged
their shoulders and all started laughing: “A grain of sand!… We can’t even see it.” And
yet from lie to lie, little by little the Sahara was formed, with here and there some
traces of the ancient Eden, because not all men lie.

Type: Musky & flowery
Top notes: Citrus
Heart notes: Rose, white flowers, orris, leather
Base notes: Balsamic, musc, vetiver, sandalwood

Perfumers: Jean-Claude Gigodot, Eric Gigodot