Ginseng
Spices
Vetiver
Leather
Tobacco
Landshark321
768 Reviews
Landshark321
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Great spicy leather tobacco blend, lots of nuance and great performance.
Sampling d’Annam The Silk Road, part of the Chapter 3 collection, Majestic China, released toward the end of 2025. It’s a spicy, earthy, woody blend made up of tobacco leaf, ginseng, leather, vetiver, and spices, and is unsurprisingly a bit sharp and dark, with the tobacco/leather blend at the centered, modified by the earthy, ashy aspects of vetiver, raw sharpness of ginseng, and spicy notes that, to me, seem like a vague amalgamation of cumin, coriander, and even a bit of castoreum, perhaps the result of the dry leather/tobacco blend. It’s powerful, and from what I recall, there’s nothing quite like it in the d’Annam catalogue to date. As far as evolution, the opening moments after application lean toward a savory/sweet/spicy mix and the experience becomes drier and more leathery, more resinous over time. Overall, this is a great experience with great performance.
As with the rest of the house, this is EDP concentration and priced currently at $160 for 50ml, sold in the US via the house website and great boutiques like Perfumology. I find this pricing reasonable in the current market for niche perfume with clear care and thought put into its conception and execution. I’d say this and Chinese Calligraphy are my two favorites of Chapter 3.
8 out of 10
As with the rest of the house, this is EDP concentration and priced currently at $160 for 50ml, sold in the US via the house website and great boutiques like Perfumology. I find this pricing reasonable in the current market for niche perfume with clear care and thought put into its conception and execution. I’d say this and Chinese Calligraphy are my two favorites of Chapter 3.
8 out of 10
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