Oud
Patchouli
Saffron
08/24/2025
Omnipotato
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Omnipotato
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4
Top tier earthy oud-leather
The Voice of the Snake is one of those that isn’t necessarily innovative or ultra-unique but has instead taken an existing genre/DNA to its pinnacle. I see it as a combination of the rose/oud/ambrocenide of Ombre Nomade/Nouveau Monde , the woody earthy notes of Guilty Absolute pour Homme, and the dark filthy leather of Le Gemme - Falkar.
A reviewer said in a review of Dark Lord - Ex Tenebris Lux that Alberto Morillas used Guilty Absolute pour Homme as experimentation then perfected that experiment in Dark Lord. I can kind of see that, but I think the perfection was truly achieved one year later in Voice of the Snake. Funnily enough, both Dark Lord and Voice of the Snake have reviewers comparing them to Voldemort. Is it just the names that are inspiring this connection or is there some aromachemical common among these fragrances that is summoning He Who Must Not Be Named?
Because there is absolutely something sinister about Voice of the Snake. Biting leather, deep earth, venomous animalic oud. And no sweetness as the antidote to counteract it. Just all in on these ultra-dark yet sharp notes. Don’t let the “saffron” note fool you. There’s no medicinal spiciness here, it might as well be “leather” in the note pyramid. The oud is not too overwhelming, but it is a similar style to Ombre Nomade, so if you don’t like the oud there, you will probably not like it here. It dries down to a dark, deep, woody, mulchy patchouli. And it is potent! 12 hours on skin for me, and at least 6 of those it is projecting heavily.
I think even retail price is fair here, since this compares favorably with Bvlgari’s private line as well as the midrange of LV’s line in Ombre Nomade, but Voice of the Snake is currently available for $230 on Jomashop which is frankly a steal as far as I’m concerned.
A reviewer said in a review of Dark Lord - Ex Tenebris Lux that Alberto Morillas used Guilty Absolute pour Homme as experimentation then perfected that experiment in Dark Lord. I can kind of see that, but I think the perfection was truly achieved one year later in Voice of the Snake. Funnily enough, both Dark Lord and Voice of the Snake have reviewers comparing them to Voldemort. Is it just the names that are inspiring this connection or is there some aromachemical common among these fragrances that is summoning He Who Must Not Be Named?
Because there is absolutely something sinister about Voice of the Snake. Biting leather, deep earth, venomous animalic oud. And no sweetness as the antidote to counteract it. Just all in on these ultra-dark yet sharp notes. Don’t let the “saffron” note fool you. There’s no medicinal spiciness here, it might as well be “leather” in the note pyramid. The oud is not too overwhelming, but it is a similar style to Ombre Nomade, so if you don’t like the oud there, you will probably not like it here. It dries down to a dark, deep, woody, mulchy patchouli. And it is potent! 12 hours on skin for me, and at least 6 of those it is projecting heavily.
I think even retail price is fair here, since this compares favorably with Bvlgari’s private line as well as the midrange of LV’s line in Ombre Nomade, but Voice of the Snake is currently available for $230 on Jomashop which is frankly a steal as far as I’m concerned.
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