Cuir de Russie

Birch tar cracks open sharp and smoky, a leather-like rawness that immediately grounds into the skin. Violet and rose emerge quietly beneath, their powder softened by blue lotus's aquatic whisper and jasmine's creamy undertone. The heart settles into a velvety warmth as amber and castoreum rise—animalic, slightly funky, skin-close—layered with natural musk that smells lived-in and intimate. Cuir de Russie dries to leather-tinged amber and a faint animalic hum, the birch tar's initial bite now a shadowed memory, leaving only warmth and shadow mingling against skin.