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Cuir de Russie (Areej Le Dore)(2020)

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Brand

Areej Le Dore

Perfumer

Russian Adam

Launched

2020

Created by Russian Adam for Areej Le Dore, this Cuir de Russie opens on birch tar, moves through a heart of violet, jasmine, rose, and blue lotus, and closes on natural musk, castoreum, and animal notes, offering an independent house's reinterpretation of the classical Russian leather genre distinct from Chanel's and Guerlain's earlier versions of the same theme.

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