1978 Les Bains Douches

Wormwood's green bite opens sharp, cut through with yuzu's citrus snap and whiskey's warm burn—a spirit-soaked aperitif before the steam rises. Heliotrope and rose soften the frame while white tobacco drifts in like smoke curling through a bathhouse, clary sage adding herbal earthiness. As warmth settles, amber glows beneath cedar's dry wood grain, patchouli grounds the base in dark soil, and myrrh brings a resinous whisper. The mate's subtle astringency lingers, tethering everything to something bitter, lived-in, and intimate.