Sidi Bel-Abbès

Tobacco unfolds first—dry, papery, with a faint sweetness that reads almost honeyed. That warmth softens as beeswax emerges in the heart, adding a waxy, almost candlelit density that tempers the leaf's sharp edge. Sidi Bel-Abbès settles into leather that's supple rather than harsh, grounded by creeping vanilla that doesn't sweeten so much as deepen the skin-like texture. The drydown holds leather and a whisper of that honeyed tobacco, warm and faintly resinous against the warmth of aged hide.