Monolith

To me, this fragrance tells a story: on first spray, I'm smelling a campfire at night from beneath, I'm shallowly buried in healthy soil; as the scent slowly evolves over many hours, the soil slowly erodes around me while the fire gradually dies out until all I'm left with is peat and black tea at the break of dawn.
The fire aspect reminds me of Firewater, but Monolith is completely unique in it's storytelling; I absolutely love wearing it to bed.

If you like the smoky aspect of peat, this is for you. It's blended so well that the overwhelming peat will still leave room to everything going around here, frankincense, coffee, castoreum, to name a few. Quite a masterpice.

The opening salvo here is enormous, I'm not entirely sure how to describe what hits me first. A roar of resinous, spicy-peppery-cardamom campfire smoke, doused coals, the cork from a bottle of salty, peaty single malt - wet with spirit and evaporating - wafted close under the nose. Over time it keeps that bone-dry smoke and adds some far-off greenery too, very gentle sweetness, a touch of burnt pipe tobacco. Comforting, like returning to your cabin after a hike to dry out next to the fire with a dram as the night draws in.

The dry down turns this Beast much more sociable, too, IMHO. I look forward to exploring it further as the months grow colder!

Ordered this one on a whim after only trying Askr a couple times from a sample. I'm so glad I didn't miss this one! I'm from British Columbia, Canada, and spent every summer of my childhood camping, and this fragrance is the smell of a walk through a campsite as the sun sets. Campfire smoke meets fresh, green trees, and the faintest sweetness of toasted marshmallows. Monolith is described as a beast, and it is. The opening is a very strong smoke, but given some time, becomes a beautiful summer night. I can almost hear the waves lapping at the shore of the lake and the cicadas humming. I will cherish this bottle, and I can't wait to see what Jorum Studio does next. Much love from BC :)

This is a BEAST of a fragrance, in the biggest of compliments. It's dark, it's burning, it's boozy, it's unforgettable.