Umbral · No. 04
A sansho pepper perfume
Umbral is the darker one. Pia Long built it around a silk kimono and a tobacco pipe: sansho pepper and star anise, a fruity tobacco with jasmine, then champaca, cedar and labdanum. It is warm. It is not a heavy oud or a church incense.
It lasts, and it stays nearer the skin than most woody perfumes. Cooler weather suits it better than a hot day.
- Top
- Sansho pepper, bergamot, star anise
- Heart
- Tobacco, jasmine
- Base
- Champaca musk, cedarwood, labdanum
In Umbral I was trying to evoke a combination of a silk kimono and a traditional tobacco pipe.
Choose it if
You want pepper, tobacco or a quiet woody perfume, and you are tired of thick ones.
Skip it if
You want smoke, leather or a big oud. Umbral will feel too polite.