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Dark tobacco hanging in velvet air. Cacao and dried fruit sweetening the leather. The private study after midnight.

Rose petals crushed into oud smoke. The ceremonial application of something sacred to skin — velvet, resinous, and so opulent it borders on devotional. This is not worn. It is administered.

Candles going out one by one. Cannabis accord, coffee, oud, dark resin — each note swallows light progressively until you are sitting in the dark and do not want to leave.

Concentrated pineapple that opens like a declaration. Smoky birch and oakmoss underneath — territory claimed, not asked for. Ambergris and musk that simply refuse to leave.

Saffron and oud burning like incense in a forge. Wild oregano cutting through smoke. Iris and amber holding the center while everything around them is remade.

The crowd parts before you arrive. Apple and lavender opening like doors, cardamom warming the hall. Sandalwood and vanilla closing behind you.

Lavender and tobacco sweetened with honey. Cinnamon warming the offering. Vanilla and benzoin sealing it — something placed on the altar too good to take back.

Iris and black pepper behind closed doors. Leather and labdanum that smell like negotiations where nothing is written down. Amber and sandalwood in the base like terms that cannot be renegotiated.

Rose absolute and saffron opening like a coronation. Agarwood and ambergris in the heart — something that took a lifetime to build. Sandalwood and frankincense closing like a legacy that outlives its maker.

Rum and cinnamon that hit like a side effect you did not plan for. Benzoin and heliotrope sweetening the damage. Vanilla and caramel in the base like the habit you cannot break.

Liquid amber cashmere as the light fades — warm, enveloping, never loud. Benzoin and tonka settling like the last hour of a conversation that changed everything.

Grapefruit and pineapple sharp as a calculated opening move. Cypress and vetiver building structure underneath. Sandalwood closing like a position that was never as casual as it looked.

Gold erupting from fractures. Rose and patchouli so intertwined you cannot tell where beauty ends and darkness begins. Benzoin and incense at the base like secrets kept in amber.

Cognac poured slowly in amber light. Cinnamon and pastry sweetening the air. Oak and praline settling into vanilla and sandalwood — the first pour offered to whatever you worship.

Something was here before you. Aldehydes and saffron opening like a page being turned. Rose and leather in the heart — one layer revealing what the last concealed. Amber and sandalwood closing like the oldest text, still visible beneath everything.

The diplomatic oud — never announces itself, never miscalculates. Rosewood and cardamom in a whispered conversation. Vetiver underneath like a protocol only visible to people who already know it exists.

Fig leaf and sunlight. The garden nobody else knows about — green, warm, slightly milky. White cedar and vetiver anchoring you to the earth while light hits your skin through the canopy.

Grapefruit and juniper cutting a clean line through vetiver and ambroxan. Power that smells like soap and steel — immaculate, angular, and absolutely certain of itself.