Bortnikoff
Amber Cologne
The Story
Amber Cologne sits in the 3rd Collection of Bortnikoff, the house Dmitry Bortnikoff founded in Thailand in 2018 after co-founding a company distilling agarwood and sandalwood oils. It is the citrus end of the catalogue, a wide grapefruit opening laid over the grey and brown ambergris the maker lists.
Citrus
First bright zest of morning
The juicy, rind-snapping brightness of lemon, bergamot, and orange peel, tart and effervescent with a clean bitter edge. It opens a scent with instant lift and sparkle, fresh and energizing, evaporating quickly like sunlight on water.
Fresh
Clean air after cool water
A crisp, transparent brightness that suggests cool water, washed skin, and open air, often laced with a zesty or aquatic lift. It feels clean and weightless, instantly cooling and uncomplicated, like stepping outside after a rain.
Floral
Petals in soft full bloom
The rounded, dewy scent of flowers in bloom, soft and slightly sweet with a powdery, nectar-like glow. It reads romantic and gentle, conjuring a garden in late spring and a feeling of lightness against the skin.
Woody
Dry grain of cut timber
The smell of cedar shavings, sandalwood, and dry vetiver roots, a sanded, resinous warmth with a faint pencil-box rasp. It feels grounded and composed, the quiet backbone that makes a scent read as serious and lasting.
Salty
skin, brine, and sea breeze
A mineral, briny tang that reads like sun-warmed skin after a swim or the crust of dried sea spray. It adds a moreish, almost edible savoriness, intimate and bare, hovering between flesh and ocean.
Vanilla
Creamy bean steeped in warmth
The soft, custardy sweetness of cured vanilla pods, rich and balsamic with a faint boozy, smoky depth beneath the cream. It feels comforting and skin-warm, a tender glow that smooths and rounds everything it touches.
Bergamot
Sparkling citrus light with a bittersweet edge
What it is
Bergamot is a small citrus fruit, Citrus bergamia, grown almost entirely along the Calabrian coast of southern Italy. The aromatic oil sits in glands in the rind of the unripe green-yellow fruit and is cold-pressed mechanically from the peel rather than distilled, preserving its fresh brightness.
How it smells
Bright, zesty and green, a sweet citrus sparkle softened by a floral, almost tea-like smoothness. Underneath runs a faintly bitter, balsamic warmth that sets it apart from lemon or orange. It flashes lively on opening, then fades quickly into a soft, slightly spicy hum.
In perfumery
The classic top note, bergamot adds freshness and lift while blending sharp citrus into the heart. It defines eau de cologne and the fougère family, harmonizing with lavender, neroli and oakmoss. It opens countless modern fresh-floral compositions, and its oil gives Earl Grey tea its scent.
Good to know
Natural bergamot oil contains bergapten, a furocoumarin that makes skin highly sensitive to sunlight and can cause burns. IFRA caps how much expressed bergamot oil a leave-on product may carry, so perfumers either dose within that limit or reach for a furocoumarin-free (FCF) grade.
Lemon
Cold yellow zest snapping into bright sun
What it is
Lemon is the fruit of Citrus limon, a small evergreen tree grown around the Mediterranean, especially Sicily and Calabria, and in California. The aromatic oil sits in tiny glands in the colored peel and is cold-pressed mechanically from the rind, a squeezing and scraping rather than distillation.
How it smells
Sharp, juicy and instantly recognizable, a cold bright zest with sparkling sourness. The opening is tart, green and effervescent, driven by limonene and citral; beneath sits a faint sweet pith and a clean, slightly waxy peel facet. It is fleeting, fading within minutes.
In perfumery
A classic top note prized for lift, freshness and instant cleanliness, it powers the eau de cologne tradition alongside bergamot, neroli and petitgrain. Because it evaporates fast, it is often reinforced with citral. It defines the great classic colognes and the bright, sparkling opening of countless fresh fragrances.
Good to know
Cold-pressed lemon oil contains photosensitizing furocoumarins that can trigger sun-induced skin burns, so perfumers often use a furocoumarin-free version. It also oxidizes quickly, turning harsh and turpentine-like, which is why citrus fragrances are notoriously hard to keep stable in the bottle.
White Grapefruit
Bitter-bright citrus burst with a sulfurous tang
What it is
Grapefruit oil is cold-pressed from the peel of Citrus paradisi, a large subtropical citrus that arose as a natural hybrid of pomelo and sweet orange in the Caribbean. Mechanical expression ruptures oil glands in the rind, releasing a fragrant oil rich in limonene with trace nootkatone and sulfur compounds.
How it smells
Sharp, juicy and effervescent: tart citrus with a distinctive bitter rind edge and a faintly sweaty, sulfurous tang that reads as true grapefruit. It opens with a fizzy, mouth-watering brightness, then fades quickly, leaving a clean, slightly soapy and bitter-green impression behind.
In perfumery
A top note delivering an instant burst of freshness and a modern, slightly bitter sparkle, pairing with neroli, mint, vetiver and woody-amber bases. It is the bright opening of countless citrus-forward colognes, pomelo-themed eaux and many contemporary sport and unisex scents.
Good to know
Grapefruit's signature smell comes mostly from trace molecules: nootkatone and grapefruit mercaptan (1-p-menthene-8-thiol), the latter detectable at a fraction of a part per trillion. The oil is phototoxic from furocoumarins, so it is often used in furocoumarin-free form or capped under fragrance-safety guidelines.
Pink Grapefruit
Bitter-bright citrus burst with a sulfurous tang
What it is
Grapefruit oil is cold-pressed from the peel of Citrus paradisi, a large subtropical citrus that arose as a natural hybrid of pomelo and sweet orange in the Caribbean. Mechanical expression ruptures oil glands in the rind, releasing a fragrant oil rich in limonene with trace nootkatone and sulfur compounds.
How it smells
Sharp, juicy and effervescent: tart citrus with a distinctive bitter rind edge and a faintly sweaty, sulfurous tang that reads as true grapefruit. It opens with a fizzy, mouth-watering brightness, then fades quickly, leaving a clean, slightly soapy and bitter-green impression behind.
In perfumery
A top note delivering an instant burst of freshness and a modern, slightly bitter sparkle, pairing with neroli, mint, vetiver and woody-amber bases. It is the bright opening of countless citrus-forward colognes, pomelo-themed eaux and many contemporary sport and unisex scents.
Good to know
Grapefruit's signature smell comes mostly from trace molecules: nootkatone and grapefruit mercaptan (1-p-menthene-8-thiol), the latter detectable at a fraction of a part per trillion. The oil is phototoxic from furocoumarins, so it is often used in furocoumarin-free form or capped under fragrance-safety guidelines.
Sweet Orange
Sunlit zest squeezed straight from the peel
What it is
The essential oil of Citrus sinensis, the common sweet orange grown across Brazil, Florida, Spain and Italy. The aroma sits in tiny glands in the fruit's rind and is released by cold-pressing the peel, frequently recovered as a byproduct of the juice industry.
How it smells
Bright, juicy and instantly recognisable: sweet orange flesh with a sherbet sparkle and a faint green-peel bitterness behind it. It bursts open sunny and round, then fades quickly, leaving a soft, slightly waxy sweetness rather than the sharp tang of lemon or bergamot.
In perfumery
A top note prized for its cheerful, edible lift and natural sweetness that rounds sharper citruses. It pairs with neroli, clove, cinnamon and vanilla in colognes and gourmands, opening countless eaux de cologne and lifting the citrus chord of classic green-citrus blends.
Good to know
Unlike bergamot, cold-pressed sweet orange oil contains little bergapten, so it is essentially non-phototoxic on sunlit skin. It is also one of perfumery's cheapest naturals, since the world's vast juice industry yields orange peel oil as an abundant secondary product.
Cardamom
Green spice cracking open with citrus heat
What it is
Cardamom is the dried seed pod of Elettaria cardamomum, a tall perennial in the ginger family native to the forests of southern India and now widely farmed in Guatemala. The small green pods are hand-picked before fully ripe and dried; the cracked seeds are steam-distilled for their oil.
How it smells
Bright, green and spicy-fresh, with a cool eucalyptus-camphor lift over warm peppery sweetness. There are facets of lemon peel, pine resin and a faint smoky breadiness, like cracked pods in chai. It opens sharp and effervescent, then settles into a soft, balsamic warmth.
In perfumery
A top-to-heart spice adding sparkle and an airy, modern coolness, it bridges citrus openings and woody-amber bases without the heaviness of clove or cinnamon. It pairs with bergamot, rose, leather and oud, and is the defining spark of many a modern aromatic and woody-leather scent.
Good to know
Cardamom ranks among the world's most expensive spices, behind only saffron and vanilla, because every pod is hand-harvested at a precise unripe stage. India and Guatemala dominate supply, and the green pods rapidly lose aroma once cracked, so distillers work quickly.
Frangipani
Tropical petals breathing coconut and almond cream
What it is
Frangipani is the flower of Plumeria, a small tropical tree in the Apocynaceae family grown across the Pacific, Caribbean and India. The waxy five-petalled blooms keep releasing scent after picking, so the aroma is captured by solvent extraction or CO2 into an absolute, occasionally by traditional enfleurage.
How it smells
A creamy, sweet white floral with a pronounced coconut-and-almond lactonic softness, ripe peach or apricot fruit, and a green, slightly spicy edge. Less indolic than jasmine or tuberose, it reads sunny and milky, opening fresh and petalled before settling into warm, custardy sweetness.
In perfumery
A heart note bringing solar, tropical creaminess to white-floral and beachy compositions. It blends with coconut, ylang-ylang, jasmine, sandalwood and vanilla. Soliflore and sun-warmed compositions explore its lactonic, solar character.
Good to know
Yields are brutally low, well under a tenth of a percent from flower to concrete, so true frangipani absolute is scarce and most commercial accords are reconstructions. The name is widely traced to a Renaissance Roman noble family whose almond-scented perfume was used to perfume leather gloves.
Jasmine Sambac
The white flower of warm Eastern nights
What it is
Jasmine Sambac is a climbing shrub, Jasminum sambac, in the olive family, cultivated in India, China and the Philippines. Its small white flowers open after dusk, when their scent peaks, and the buds are hand-picked in the early morning, before they unfurl. Solvent extraction yields a waxy concrete, washed with alcohol into the absolute.
How it smells
Brighter, greener and more tea-like than grandiflorum jasmine, with less fruity heaviness. It opens crisp and slightly waxy, almost banana-tinged, then deepens into warm indolic sweetness. That indole carries an animalic, narcotic undertone that turns heady up close yet stays clear and luminous.
In perfumery
A heart note prized for lift and body, blending with rose, tuberose, sandalwood and green tea accords. It anchors white-floral bouquets and rounds sharp citrus. Some night-blooming soliflores build almost entirely on Sambac, and it threads through countless tea-floral compositions.
Good to know
Sambac is the Philippine national flower, sampaguita, strung into garlands and used to scent Chinese jasmine tea. Because the blooms are tiny and picked by hand every morning across a long season, the absolute ranks among the costliest florals in a perfumer's palette.
Virginia Cedarwood
Dry pencil-shaving warmth from the eastern redcedar
What it is
Oil from Juniperus virginiana, the eastern redcedar, a juniper rather than a true cedar, growing across the eastern United States. Sawmill shavings and wood waste are steam-distilled into cedarwood Virginia oil, rich in cedrol and the cedrenes; the same wood traditionally made lead pencils.
How it smells
Dry, soft and woody, smelling distinctly of freshly sharpened pencils and cedar closets. It opens clean and faintly sweet with a balsamic edge, then dries into a smooth, mildly resinous, pencil-shaving warmth, gentler and rounder than the sharper Atlas or Texas cedars.
In perfumery
A versatile base and heart note adding dry woody backbone, fixative power and structure to chypres, fougeres and masculine woods. It blends with vetiver, sandalwood, rose and citrus and underpins countless wood accords; crystalline cedrol is isolated from it for cleaner woody touches.
Good to know
Eastern redcedar oil long repelled moths and insects, the reason cedar chests and closet liners are cut from it. Its abundance as a pencil-mill and sawmill byproduct makes it one of perfumery's most affordable and sustainable woody materials, distilled in large industrial volumes.
Sandalwood
Creamy meditative woods that breathe in slowly
What it is
Sandalwood oil is steam-distilled from the heartwood and roots of slow-growing Santalum trees, classically Santalum album of Mysore, India. As the wild Indian source neared collapse, plantations of the same species in tropical Western Australia now supply much of the world's perfumery-grade oil.
How it smells
Soft, creamy and milky, with a smooth woody warmth and a faintly sweet, rosy, almost buttery edge. It carries no sharpness, only a rounded balsamic depth. It stays remarkably steady on skin, glowing quietly for hours rather than opening and drying in distinct stages.
In perfumery
A base note valued as both scent and fixative, sandalwood lends creaminess, warmth and a meditative softness that binds compositions together. It pairs beautifully with rose, jasmine, vetiver and spice. Many meditative woody and incense fragrances celebrate it at their heart.
Good to know
Genuine Mysore sandalwood was so overharvested that India tightened export controls and the wild tree became vulnerable, with oil prices reported around two thousand dollars per kilogram. Plantations of Santalum album grown near Kununurra in Western Australia now sustainably recreate the original creamy profile.
Grey Ambergris
The long-cured tobacco-marine heart of whale gold
What it is
Ambergris is a waxy concretion the sperm whale forms around indigestible squid beaks, expelled at sea and cured for years to decades by sun, salt, and oxidation. Grey is the prized intermediate grade: aged far longer than fresh black but not weathered all the way to the pale, near-spent white. Artisanal houses build whole ambergris lines on grey lumps cellared for decades (a cornerstone piece may have sat in a royal patron's personal collection for some forty years), while others lean on brown-grey-white qualities to temper raw black. This is genuine beach-found ambergris, tinctured in alcohol and matured for months, never the Ambrox/Cetalox (semi-synthesised from clary sage) that stands in for it commercially.
How it smells
Marine and mineral-salty up top (wet stone, sea spray, sun-warmed driftwood), laced with a dry tobacco-leaf and hay sweetness that reads as cured rather than sugary. Underneath runs a soft animalic warmth that smells less like an animal than like clean human skin: that famous radiant glow that makes flesh smell faintly of itself. There's a velvety, almost powdery roundness here that fresh black lacks and white has nearly lost; grey is the grade where character and refinement meet.
In perfumery
Grey ambergris is prized as both a fixative and a luminous diffuser, lengthening a fragrance's life while throwing every other note outward in a salty, sunlit halo. In artisanal houses it appears as a real tincture carried at high concentration (some compositions are rendered almost entirely on pure grey-ambergris tincture) rather than as a drop of synthetic ambroxide. It pairs gloriously with genuine oud, rose, deer musk, and orris, smoothing animalic edges and gilding resins; a little grey can carry a whole composition on its shimmer.
Good to know
Grey sits between two siblings worth naming: fresh black still smells of manure, stable, and barnyard and needs years more curing, while aged white is the palest and most refined (sweet, marine, almost powdery, but the faintest and least animalic). Grey keeps the marine-tobacco warmth and skin-radiance that white has surrendered to time. Because beach-found whale ambergris is rare, gathered from the tideline without harming a whale, and decades in the making, true grey at tincture strength is among the costliest materials in natural perfumery, and no synthetic captures its salty, breathing, living quality. The law does not turn on how a piece was found: in the United States and India, possession and sale are prohibited whatever its origin.
Brown Ambergris
Sea-aged whale gold breathing warm salt air
What it is
Ambergris is a waxy substance formed in the gut of the sperm whale, thought to coat the indigestible squid beaks it swallows. Produced by perhaps one percent of whales, it is expelled and drifts for years at sea, oxidizing under sun and salt before washing ashore as lumps.
How it smells
Fresh ambergris is fecal and marine; aged, it turns sweet, animalic and softly mineral. The scent is warm and skin-like, with tobacco, dry seaweed, old wood and a salty, faintly sweet musk. It reads less as a sharp odor than as warmth, diffusion and breath.
In perfumery
A prized base note and fixative, it lends warmth, diffusion and a luminous skin effect while slowing evaporation of lighter materials. Its bulk constituent is the near-odorless triterpene ambrein, whose oxidation products ambroxide and ambrinol carry the scent. Most fragrances now use synthetics like Ambroxan; rare real tinctures appear in bespoke work and vintage chypre and oriental compositions.
Good to know
Though salvageable in some countries, ambergris is illegal to collect, possess or sell in the United States, protected as a sperm-whale product under marine-mammal and endangered-species law; India bans possession and sale as well, while Australia restricts only its commercial import and export. Single boulder-sized finds have sold elsewhere for hundreds of thousands of dollars, earning the nickname floating gold.
Oud from Sri Lanka
Ceylon's green, spiced agarwood from a different tree
What it is
Sri Lankan (Ceylon) oud is distilled not from the Aquilaria trees that yield Hindi, Cambodi, and Borneo oils, but from Gyrinops walla (locally called Walla Patta), a slender hardwood endemic to Sri Lanka's wet-zone forests, including the protected Sinharaja rainforest. Genuine artisanal versions are true single-origin hydro-distillations of resin-suffused heartwood, not reconstructed accords. Because resinous wood appears in only a small fraction of mature trees and the species is under growing conservation pressure in Sri Lanka, the material surfaced commercially for a brief window and is now scarce.
How it smells
This is the bright, zesty, sour-fruity face of oud: lighter, higher-pitched, and more aromatic than the heavy oils of the mainland. Real Ceylon distillations open green and almost tropical (fresh frangipani and cooling mimosa over a faint marine salinity), laced with a dry, ambiguous spice that sits somewhere between cinnamon and pink pepper. Beneath the lift runs a clean resinous core with flickers of lemon blossom and a touch of medicinal bitterness, never the fecal funk of Hindi nor the syrupy sweetness of Cambodi.
In perfumery
Ceylon oud is prized as the radiant, transparent oud, a way to carry agarwood's depth without its weight, ideal for green-floral, citrus, incense, and marine compositions where a Hindi or Thai oil would smother everything. Artisanal houses pair it with frankincense, iris, or fir resin, or co-distil it with other woods (Sri Lankan walla patta with Moluccan filaria, for instance) to amplify its anise-and-fennel piquancy. Its zestiness makes it a top-to-heart performer rather than a brooding base, lending lift and brightness instead of animalic gravity.
Good to know
Distilling Walla Patta is technically unforgiving; it demands precise control of temperature curves and condenser design to preserve the volatile green-citrus top, which is why poorly made Ceylon oils smell flat or sour-off. Treat it as a collector's curiosity: Gyrinops has sat on CITES Appendix II since January 2005, and since 2012 Sri Lanka has banned the export of the tree's timber, tissue and extracts, so almost nothing new leaves the island. If you love oud but find Hindi too barnyard or Cambodi too sweet, this is the bright, spice-and-fruit oud to seek out.
Bouya Oud
Wild green oud from the last frontier
What it is
Oud distilled from wild Gyrinops and Aquilaria filaria trees in the rainforests of Papua and West New Guinea, a region only tapped for agarwood since the late 1990s. Its dense, lignin-heavy heartwood demands long water soaks and high-temperature steam distillation to surrender its oil.
How it smells
Raw, green and untamed, among the most feral of regional ouds. A wet, after-rain mud and forest-floor opening gives way to fermented herbal funk, mushroom, dark coffee and cacao, with vaporous, almost metallic edges. Less sweet than Cambodian, less fecal than Hindi, but vivid and primal.
In perfumery
A connoisseur material distilled in tiny batches by artisanal oud houses, rather than used in commercial scent. Storied single-origin distillations from densely resinated Gyrinops are near-mythic among oud-heads for their green, tart, wild character.
Good to know
Papua agarwood comes from a young, tightly quota-managed supply, with oil yields often a fraction of a percent, which is why genuine distillate is scarce and costly. Aquilaria and Gyrinops are CITES-listed. Anything labeled Papua oud in an affordable mass fragrance is a synthetic accord, never the real oil.
Vanilla
The warm sweet heart of comfort itself
What it is
Vanilla comes from the cured seed pods of Vanilla planifolia, a climbing orchid native to Mexico and Central America, now grown mainly in Madagascar and Indonesia; the vanilla of Tahiti is a different species, Vanilla x tahitensis. Green pods are picked unripe, then blanched, sweated in the sun and slow-dried over months until they darken and develop their aroma and vanillin.
How it smells
Sweet, warm and creamy, with a balsamic depth recalling custard, caramel and dried fruit, a faint smoky tobacco-like edge sitting underneath. It opens soft and gourmand, then dries into a powdery resinous warmth that clings close to skin and reads richer than synthetic vanillin alone.
In perfumery
A base note prized for richness and lasting warmth, vanilla rounds sharp edges and anchors oriental and gourmand compositions. It pairs naturally with tonka, amber, sandalwood and spice. Many of the most enduring oriental and tobacco fragrances build their core around it.
Good to know
Vanilla ranks among the costliest spices because each orchid flower opens for one day and must be hand-pollinated, a technique devised in 1841 by Edmond Albius, a twelve-year-old enslaved boy on Réunion. Most commercial vanilla flavor now relies on synthetic vanillin.
Fragrance Character
The opening is a broad, wet citrus, bergamot and lemon with both white and pink grapefruit, sweet orange, and a dry lift of cardamom. Jasmine sambac and frangipani soften it early, and underneath runs a salty, sunned-skin warmth. It settles creamy: sandalwood, Virginia cedarwood, vanilla, with the oud kept behind rather than leading.
Longevity
how long it stays on skin
This gauge reads the expected wear time, how many hours the fragrance keeps speaking on skin before it fades. A marker near the low end means a few fleeting hours, while a marker pushed to the far end promises a scent still present from morning into night.
Sillage
the size of its scent trail
This reads how far the fragrance reaches beyond you and the trail it leaves behind. Low sits soft against the skin, an intimate whisper noticed only up close; high climbs through moderate and strong toward enormous, filling a room and lingering in the air after you have left it.
Experimental
For the bold and curious
Unconventional, boundary-pushing scents for someone who wants to provoke a reaction and stand apart. Suited to artistic, challenging compositions: inky tar, rubber, fermented fruit, metallic or animalic facets that defy easy liking. On this wheel a glowing coin means it rewards the adventurous nose, a dim one means it plays things safe.
Office
Polished but never overpowering
Close-quarters professional settings where a scent should be noticed only by those near you. Suited to restrained, clean compositions with modest projection: tidy citrus, soft musk, pale woods that read competent and considerate. On this wheel a glowing coin means it works in shared workspaces, a dim one means it carries too far.
Evening
After dark, turned up
Dinners, drinks, and nights out when a fragrance can deepen and project with confidence. Suited to richer, warmer compositions: ambers, resins, smoky woods, or plush florals that bloom under low light. On this wheel a glowing coin means the scent comes alive after sundown, a dim one means it stays better suited to daytime.
Romantic
Close enough to be felt
Intimate moments and date nights meant to draw someone nearer. Suited to warm, sensual compositions that hum against skin: creamy florals, vanilla, soft musk, a touch of spice or amber that invites closeness. On this wheel a glowing coin means it sets an alluring mood, a dim one means it leans more practical than seductive.
Formal
Refined for the occasion that matters
Weddings, ceremonies, galas, and dressed-up affairs that call for composure and elegance. Suited to polished, structured scents with quiet authority: smooth woods, refined florals, soft leather, nothing loud or playful. On this wheel a glowing coin means it carries the right gravitas, a dim one means it feels too casual for the room.
Casual
Easy comfort for unhurried days
Everyday wear with no agenda: errands, coffee, friends, a slow weekend. Suited to soft, approachable scents that feel clean and natural, like fresh citrus, light woods, or a gentle skin warmth. On this wheel a glowing coin means the fragrance fits these laid-back moments, a dim one means it asks for more.
Day to Night
where its mood naturally falls
This slider reads the hour the fragrance was made for. A marker to the left leans luminous and bright, easy in daylight and open air; slide it right and the character turns deeper and warmer, the kind of presence that belongs to evening and candlelit rooms.
Winter
Warmth that carries through cold air
Cold air mutes and slows a fragrance, so winter rewards the dense and the warm: resins, smoke, vanilla, leather, and ambered spice that radiate heat against the chill. The bar shows how strongly this particular scent holds up and glows in cold weather.
Spring
Fresh blooms in mild, rising warmth
Mild, humid air lifts lighter compositions beautifully, so spring favors dewy florals, green stems, soft powder, and transparent citrus that feel alive rather than heavy. The bar shows how well this particular scent matches that fresh, gently warming season.
Summer
Bright and airy in real heat
Heat amplifies and projects scent hard, so summer calls for cool, crisp, breathable things: sharp citrus, salty marine air, aromatic herbs, and watery freshness that refresh instead of cloy. The bar shows how comfortably this particular scent wears in real warmth.
Fall
Spiced warmth for cooling days
As temperatures drop, richer materials read clearly without smothering, so autumn suits dry woods, warm spice, tobacco, amber, and golden fruit that feel cozy and contemplative. The bar shows how naturally this particular scent settles into crisp, cooling days.
Best Worn
Spring and summer, from morning through early evening. Office, travel and warm-weather days rather than formal night wear. It suits anyone; wearers consistently describe it as fully unisex.
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O Nariz
Dmitry Bortnikoff
Fundador e perfumista
Arquiteto de formação que se voltou para a destilação. Cofundou a Feel Oud em 2013, destilando óleos de agarwood e sândalo, e depois lançou a Bortnikoff na Tailândia em 2018. Seus perfumes têm de 95 a 100 por cento de naturais: Bortnikoff Sayat Nova, Bortnikoff Santa Sangre, Bortnikoff Musk Khabib, Bortnikoff Sir Winston.
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A Maison
Bortnikoff
Almíscar de veado genuíno, Oud de verdade, Ambergris autêntica. Extraits em pequenos lotes, feitos de materiais vivos.
Dmitry Bortnikoff constrói do jeito lento e artesanal, a partir de naturais que a maioria dos produtores simplesmente não consegue obter. Oud indiano de verdade, fermentado e destilado à moda antiga, almíscar de veado tinturado por meses, rosas ao mel destiladas direto sobre sândalo. O resultado parece vivo na pele, quente e um pouco indomado.
- Origem
- Tailândia
- Fundação
- 2016
- Conhecida por
- Animálicos de verdade, lotes minúsculos
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