A Better Man

A Better Man opens with the bright snap of gin and bergamot, pepper crackling across the skin like carbonated tonic water—crisp, almost medicinal. The heart settles into warm juniper and ginger, cedar rising beneath like the interior of a cabinet just opened. Vetiver and patchouli anchor the base while musk softens everything into a second skin, grounded and quietly animalic. The whole arc feels sober, composed, deliberately restrained.