Leather fragrances
Accords that recall leather, ranging from soft suede to smoky or animalic notes.
Scentorian assigns these categories for browsing. Fragrances can belong to several families; the house may describe them differently.
14 fragrances
1 Million Eau de Toilette
Rabanne — Riot police could use it in place of stun grenades, one reviewer proposed in 2013: a fixture of late-2000s nightclubs, candied orange and cinnamon on a sweet, leathery amber.
BOSS The Scent Eau de Toilette
Hugo Boss — A collector of over a hundred colognes never lets this one run out, and their wife sprays it on her pillow when they travel: ginger, a fruity maninka that one owner likens to passion fruit, and a soft leather, in a smooth, office-safe warmth.
Eau Rihla Eau de Parfum
Diptyque — Raspberry against leather, and wearers argue about which wins: jammy fruit and pink pepper over a soft, woody leather that reminds some of a new car seat or a good handbag.
Encelade
Marc-Antoine Barrois — Sour rhubarb, damp earth and leather with a strong green character, which some wearers liken to tomato leaf, compost or burnt matches.
Explorer Extreme Parfum
Montblanc — Bergamot opens it bright, then a dark licorice that no note list mentions takes over, with patchouli, vetiver and a damp leather underneath.
Fahrenheit Eau de Toilette
Dior — Mandarin, green violet and smoky leather, with an opening wearers keep likening to petrol or hot rubber.
Fantosmia Eau de Parfum
Jorum Studio — Dense and slightly medicinal to many wearers, drawing closer as it settles: pepper, pimento and fennel, green shiso and mate, over tobacco and leather..
Femme Eau de Toilette
Rochas — Elegant rather than girlish, the fruity chypre wearers describe starts from plum and peach cooked down to a compote and dusted with cinnamon and clove, on a dark, earthy base of moss and leather with cumin running through it.
Ganymede Eau de Parfum
Marc-Antoine Barrois — The whole appeal for some and a dentist's surgery for others, its cool, clinical character comes from mandarin, then something metallic, mineral and paper-like, above soft leather and immortelle.
Hwyl
Aesop — Dry thyme and elemi, wood dust and incense.
Ombré Leather Eau de Parfum
Tom Ford — Dry leather with flashes of floral and cardamom.
Oud Maracujá Extrait de Parfum
Maison Crivelli — Passion fruit you can almost taste, sweet, tart and a little bitter, then a leathery rose and oud with vanilla underneath: that is the arc most wearers describe, and it lasts.
Salome Eau de Parfum
Papillon Artisan Perfumes — Jasmine and rose with the lights turned down: cumin, honeyed musk and a warm animalic purr that wearers compare to Bal à Versailles and other vintage chypres.
Santal 33 Eau de Parfum
Le Labo — To the people who wear it, this is smoky sandalwood and cedar, spiced with cardamom and softened by something creamy, violet and iris.