Ma Bete

Ma Bete opens with a peppery snap of nutmeg and bright Tunisian neroli, aldehydes lending an almost soapy shimmer that lifts the spice skyward. The styrax and jasmine sambac deepen into a creamy, slightly animalic warmth, while cypriol oil introduces an earthy, almost leathery undertone. Virginia cedar and patchouli anchor the dry-down, where the animal notes become more tactile—musky, skin-like, grounding Ma Bete into something intimate and faintly feral beneath the lingering floral-woody skeleton.