by Mark
Leather is my favorite fragrance family, and Russian Leather is my favorite leather family; this is a rare and beautiful rendition.
Originally produced by Johann Maria Farina some 200 years ago, it has for some time been produced by Parfums Regence in Paris.
Russian Leather is generally understood to be distinguished by smoky birch tar, and this is an archetypal example. It also has a pronounced meaty odor at first; it conjures an image of wearing an old black leather coat while frying pork over a wood fire.
There is sweetness underneath the meaty smoke, though, and spice, and as the meaty accord wears off, it is more the sweetness, spice, and amber that one notices suffusing the leather.
In the drydown one finds the patchouli that is all but absent in Le Labo's Patchouli 24.
Kölnisch Juchten is not easy to find, but if you love Russian Leathers, you'll want to try it.
Originally produced by Johann Maria Farina some 200 years ago, it has for some time been produced by Parfums Regence in Paris.
Russian Leather is generally understood to be distinguished by smoky birch tar, and this is an archetypal example. It also has a pronounced meaty odor at first; it conjures an image of wearing an old black leather coat while frying pork over a wood fire.
There is sweetness underneath the meaty smoke, though, and spice, and as the meaty accord wears off, it is more the sweetness, spice, and amber that one notices suffusing the leather.
In the drydown one finds the patchouli that is all but absent in Le Labo's Patchouli 24.
Kölnisch Juchten is not easy to find, but if you love Russian Leathers, you'll want to try it.
Notes: Leather, Charred Wood, Tobacco, Spices, Amber, Patchouli
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