Irish Leather
EDP · 2013
Olfactive Profile
amber · woody · leather · aromatic · fresh spicy · animalic · powdery
About the Fragrance
Like a nod to the Irish origins of Memo Paris' co-founder, this fragrance blends green Leather with the windy freshness of Juniper Berries essence and Iris concrete.
Note Pyramid
The composition
Composed by Alienor Massenet. A unisex fragrance for spring & autumn.
Top notes
the opening- green maté absolute
- oil of juniper
- florentine iris absolute
Heart notes
the soul- fava tonka
- leather accord
Base notes
the trail- birch
- amber accord
- leather accord
Scent Profile
The fingerprint.
Performance
Wearable in
Main accords
Signature Moodboard
The world this scent lives in.
Smoke, sweat, saddle, midnight.
Textures
- — Aged hide
- — Birch tar
- — Riding glove
- — Beeswax
- — Honeyed resin
- — Warm wool
Materials
Vegetable-tanned leather · Bridle brass · Horsehair · Labdanum · Benzoin · Brass
Atmosphere
The room
A saddler's workshop after closing — leather and oil and dust
Weather
The air
Cold dry night, 6°C
Interior Design
Old-club library
Library with worn Chesterfield, brass desk lamp, single malt
Season
Spring · Autumn
Wears best in spring and autumn.
City Match
Tangier, the medina at midnight
Also at home in New York, Buenos Aires, Vienna.
Literary Match
McCarthy — Blood Meridian
Blood Meridian — McCarthy · The Sheltering Sky — Bowles
In one line
Memo Paris
Irish Leather — smoke, sweat, saddle, midnight.
Imagery courtesy of Unsplash
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Available samples.
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