The collection

Five editions. Five kinds of lingering.

What holds them together is not a shared smell. It is a shared question: what does this leave behind? Each edition answers it differently — closeness, a place, heat, an absence, a night you didn’t want to end.

Mood Reach Hour
  1. 001 Second Skin What remains close The scent of you, slightly amplified. Black tea · Citrus · Clean musk 50 ml · ₹8,000
  2. 002 Somewhere Else What remains of a place you’ve left Green, restless, and not quite where you left it. Fig leaf · Black tea · Vetiver 50 ml · ₹8,000
  3. 003 Burning Slow What remains after intensity What’s left in the room after the fire’s gone out. Saffron · Incense · Oud 50 ml · ₹8,000
  4. 004 After You What remains when someone leaves What’s left in the room, after the room is empty again. Iris · Orange blossom · Dry vanilla 50 ml · ₹8,000
  5. 005 Don’t Leave Yet What you want to remain, before it’s gone The hour you asked the night to give you back. Vanilla · Tobacco · Cardamom 50 ml · ₹8,000

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Prices are for the 50 ml and include all taxes. The 20 ml and the 2 ml vial are on each edition’s page.

Where each one sits

By the hour, and how far it reaches
DayAny hourEvening, night
CloseSkin-first001Second Skin
ModerateLeaves a trail002Somewhere Else004After You
NoticeableOthers will notice it003Burning Slow005Don’t Leave Yet

Presence, texture and hours are the brief set for the perfumer. Each is measured from the first batch and corrected here if it differs. What presence means · The materials

The five, side by side

Hours and presence are targets, measured from the first batch
001Second Skin002Somewhere Else003Burning Slow004After You005Don’t Leave Yet
In a wordClean · Tea · Musk · Skin scentGreen · Fig · Vetiver · FreshSmoky · Saffron · Oud · ResinPowdery · Iris · Vanilla · SoftWarm · Tobacco · Vanilla · Spiced
What remainsWhat remains closeWhat remains of a place you’ve leftWhat remains after intensityWhat remains when someone leavesWhat you want to remain, before it’s gone
OpensBlack tea · Citrus · Dry aromatic herbsFig leaf · Unripe green fruit · Black teaSaffron · Dark incense smokeIris · Orange blossomVanilla · Tobacco · Cardamom
SettlesDry woods · Clean muskDamp vetiver · SandalwoodCold mineral stone · Aged oud · Dry dark woods · ResinDry vanilla · Sandalwood · Powdery muskCacao · Sandalwood · Benzoin
TextureDry · Clean · AromaticGreen · Angular · DampDry · Mineral · SmokyCool · Powdery · CreamyWarm · Soft · Resinous
PresenceClose — bright for the first hour, then near the skinModerate — a clean, elegant trailNoticeable — a long trail, still in the air an hour after you leaveModerate — a soft trail a room keepsNoticeable — a warm trail; not a skin scent
Worn forEvery day. Mornings, commutes, an ordinary Tuesday.An office, a dinner, an ordinary day that stops feeling ordinary.Dusk into night, worn for yourself rather than for a room.For yourself, thinking of someone.Late nights, and the conversation that runs an hour too long.
Longevity targetEight hours or more.Seven to nine hours.Ten to twelve hours or more.Eight to ten hours.Nine to eleven hours.
Price₹8,000 · 50 ml
₹3,500 · 20 ml		₹8,000 · 50 ml
₹3,500 · 20 ml		₹8,000 · 50 ml
₹3,500 · 20 ml		₹8,000 · 50 ml
₹3,500 · 20 ml		₹8,000 · 50 ml
₹3,500 · 20 ml

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The five in 20 ml

₹3,500 each
The five 20 ml bottles, 001 to 005, in a row on a sunlit stone ledge above the sea
The discovery set All five at 2 ml, before you choose one. ₹799 · See the set Where to begin Four questions, and one edition to start with. Answer the questions