While marketed as unisex, the dry, smoky nature of the cedar, vetiver, and frankincense, combined with the heavy animalic oud, often leads it to be perceived as leaning more toward a traditional masculine profile.
What are the primary differences between the opening and the dry down?+−
The opening is notoriously sharp, spicy, and animalic, often described as having a "fermented" quality due to the pepper and oud. The dry down becomes much smoother, more woody, and smoky as the cedar and incense take over, though the animalic musk remains in the background.
