Khanbaliq

Khanbaliq opens with warm spice—cinnamon and ginger ignite first, sharpened by coriander's green bite and bitter orange's tangy zest. The heart softens into clove-studded richness, where plum's stone fruit depth mingles with forest breath: fir and pine needle cool against peony's papery sweetness. Violet blooms as the composition settles, its powdery dust anchored by ambergris's salt and skin-like warmth, while peony returns one final time, now dry and pressed between warm amber and violet leaf.