Koyum opens with clear oily black pepper and fresh mandarin, well hidden under a woody-leather accord.
They're here to lift the scent, to wake it up, and then Koyum moves into a warm, dark woody heart: an ionic accord of warm violet plus patchouli with cedar wood that blends seamlessly with the leathery base accord described above.
This tough skin is softened by the sweet smell of labdanum, and there is also a little smoke in the distal base – the black smoke of juniper tar and the bitter white smoke of styrax, giving the styrax a slightly burnt shade in the base.
