A blast of oil as the engine fires. A vintage leather jacket laced with tobacco. A diplomat dressed as a punk rocker. Rook was a scent perfumer Nadeem Crowe created for himself and with a little convincing decided to share. The opening is strong and phenolic with a big puff of smokey firewood and birch tar. Dirty/clean as the leathery animalic notes juxtapose a soapy accord at its heart. The base is woody and dark with a warm incense accord and the memory of the smoke that started the journey.
Perfumer
Nadeem Crowe
Notes
birch tar, tobacco, castoreum (vegan), cardamom, ginger, civet, agarwood, incense, ambrette, ambergris, guaiac wood and musk