Umbra Ramón Monegal 2010

I initially had a bit of a hard time with this fragrance. Not because of the scent itself, but because of its name. Umbra initially represents for me a palette of rather muted earth tones - in plain terms, brown. Brown, in turn, I associate with earthy or woody notes, so I expected a woody-earthy and above all warm scent with the name Umbra.
However, my nose does not perceive that here. Nose and name were thus somewhat irreconcilable at first...
But aside from this meaning, Umbra comes from the Latin (core) shadow and also refers to dark sunspots as Penumbra or the umbra during a lunar eclipse, and particularly the latter image comes closest to my scent perception of Ramon Monegal's Umbra and ultimately reconciles the nose and the name:

Umbra is an elegant, rather cool fragrance that I perceive as silvery-green and shimmering, almost a bit mystical but definitely light and buoyant. I envision a blouse or shirt made of high-quality silvery-soft green silk when I sniff Umbra, perhaps with subtle ornamental tone-on-tone embroidery.
Green-woody, gently bitter vetiver is clearly at the center of this fragrance, surrounded by a bit of fir and moss - all green and shadowy in appearance and lightened by a hint of geranium. It’s more like the scent that arises when you brush over the leaves of a geranium than that of the Bourbon geranium flowers, which are often perceived as rose-like. The pepper strikes me as fresh, not spicy or sharp - at first, I suspected mint or eucalyptus as the source of this freshness, but pepper can also create this effect.
Due to its coolness, Umbra is essentially a summer fragrance for me, but it can also be worn in autumn and spring. It is soft enough to be considered unisex, but it is definitely not for sweet-toothed individuals - Umbra is not sweet at all. In the base, the fragrance does become a bit warmer and softer, but only minimally, as Umbra has not shown much development on my skin.

Umbra is quite noticeable in its projection to others but not overwhelming; I would classify the sillage as moderate.
The longevity is good, but in the end, the scent is very close to the skin.