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Absolutely gorgeous resinous scent
STÉPHANE HUMBERT LUCAS
Ô’Hira (2014)
Totally unisex
One of the best Amber scents with very unique SHL’s dna - this is a little bit balsamic, warming and calming, even spiritual. It’s a little bit smoky and earthy and the whole composition feels like it’s wrapped in heavenly honeyed veil.
What makes this different from other SHL’s spiritual creations is the extraordinary warmth. Many of his scents has colder tones compared to this one despite of balsams and resins. I would describe for example Black Gemstone and Mortal Skin with a silvery spark and O’Hira has definitely a golden shine over it. This has as well an animalic side which some people may find intimidating. I think it just makes this more gorgeous.
What comes to the notes it’s not easy to find some exact list and in many sources has been mentioned only “Fossilized layered Amber”. This is anyway quite complex scent with many different nuances and that “Layered Amber” hides inside a hefty dose of different notes. Those are changing along with the weather and warmth of the skin.
•Gently leathery undertone from Labdanum
•Woody notes
•Pyrogenic Styrax / Tolu Balsam, dark and rich balsams and resins here are undeniable bringing that extraordinary warmth together with
•Cinnamon
•Tonka bean and torrefied Vanilla
•Musk which turns into a little bit dirty direction (it’s subtle though) so there might be Castoreum as well.
This is evocative, captivating and mesmerizing scent with oriental style.
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Ô’Hira (2014)
Totally unisex
One of the best Amber scents with very unique SHL’s dna - this is a little bit balsamic, warming and calming, even spiritual. It’s a little bit smoky and earthy and the whole composition feels like it’s wrapped in heavenly honeyed veil.
What makes this different from other SHL’s spiritual creations is the extraordinary warmth. Many of his scents has colder tones compared to this one despite of balsams and resins. I would describe for example Black Gemstone and Mortal Skin with a silvery spark and O’Hira has definitely a golden shine over it. This has as well an animalic side which some people may find intimidating. I think it just makes this more gorgeous.
What comes to the notes it’s not easy to find some exact list and in many sources has been mentioned only “Fossilized layered Amber”. This is anyway quite complex scent with many different nuances and that “Layered Amber” hides inside a hefty dose of different notes. Those are changing along with the weather and warmth of the skin.
•Gently leathery undertone from Labdanum
•Woody notes
•Pyrogenic Styrax / Tolu Balsam, dark and rich balsams and resins here are undeniable bringing that extraordinary warmth together with
•Cinnamon
•Tonka bean and torrefied Vanilla
•Musk which turns into a little bit dirty direction (it’s subtle though) so there might be Castoreum as well.
This is evocative, captivating and mesmerizing scent with oriental style.
Thank you for reading,
I would appreciate if you follow me on my
IG and/or YouTube (English subtitles available):
@ninamariahperfumes
It gives me a lot of motivation to write more.