Oulan Bator sits at over 1,300 metres on the Mongolian steppe — one of the coldest capitals on earth, surrounded by vast grassland and sky. This fragrance takes the landscape as its premise: the smell of worn leather, woodsmoke from a distant fire, the dry herbal air of the steppe at the edge of the city.
In a room, it is dark, resinous, and genuinely unusual — leather and tobacco at the foreground, the softer notes emerging slowly. The throw is good; it fills a medium to large room with authority. A winter scent, or an evening one — suited to spaces where something with character and weight is welcome.
Leather and tobacco absolute form the core — worn, smoky, and dry rather than sweet. Birchwood and incense add a campfire smokiness, austere and unhurried. Angelica root introduces a bitter, faintly herbal edge that keeps the composition from settling into comfort alone. Patchouli and cistus add earthy, resinous body in the base. Ambergris and a vanilla leather accord close with a smooth, animalic warmth that holds long into the dry-down.
Scent family — Leather, Spicy
Scent profile — Leather, tobacco, birchwood, incense, angelica root, patchouli, cistus, ambergris
Perfume designed with Françoise Caron.
Hand-blown glass vessel, 260g. Dimensions 90 x 90 x 100mm.
Burn time 60–70 hours.
ABOUT the MAKER
Astier de Villatte
