Le Roi Louis XIV

Bergamot and grapefruit open with sharp, almost citric brightness—a clearing of palace air. Le Roi Louis XIV quickly settles into leather warmed by black pepper's bite and white pepper's clean heat, a tactile, spiced backbone. Vetiver grounds what follows, earthy and dry, while patchouli adds a soft, woody depth beneath rising wisps of incense that linger like smoke curling through corridors. Regal without grandeur, austere and sensually present.