The Scent of Banat

The Scent of Banat by the German house Wesker (2021) is a gourmand fragrance by every account, and about two thirds of wearers also call it leathery. A third find it green, woody, resinous or ambered. It is a gourmand of the dark, earthy kind, built on coffee and soil rather than sugar.

Roasted coffee beans and coffee give a bitter, smoky roast that anchors the scent. Blackberry adds a dark, tart fruitiness and chamomile a soft, hay-like, slightly apple-tinged herbal note. Earth and soil tinctures bring a damp, mineral, forest-floor quality, and oak and oakmoss add dry wood and moss. The leather side comes from suede and castoreum, the latter adding a warm, animalic depth. Frankincense and cistus bring resin and smoke, tobacco blossom a honeyed sweetness, and patchouli ties the earthy elements together.

It is a shared fragrance, worn by anyone. Coffee, leather and earth belong to autumn and winter, and to people who like dense, unusual scents with no obvious prettiness.

The Scent of Banat — unisex fragrance by Wesker (released 2021). Notes: Blackberry, Castoreum, Chamomile, Cistus Incanus, Coffee, Earth Tincture, Oak, Oakmoss, Olibanum, Olibanum (Frankincense), Patchouli, Roasted Coffee Beans, Soil Tincture, Suede, Tobacco Blossom. — Parfica open fragrance database