Desert Sermons

Desert Sermons opens with brightness that feels almost bittersweet—calamus and sumac bite against honeyed warmth and delicate cake-like sweetness, while petitgrain and chamomile flutter like late-afternoon light. The composition settles into a softer, almost papery middle where tobacco leaf meets the faint floral hush of buddleia and acacia, grounding the sweetness. Amber and resin build beneath, joined by incense and sandalwood that deepen toward skin, while musk anchors the drydown into warm, woody softness—leaving only amber, sandalwood, and a whisper of resinous smoke.