Derviche II

When I released the original Derviche in 2018, it was my modern homage to the golden-era “orientals”, resinous, sweet, and built for depth. Three years later, I wanted to revisit that language, not to repeat it, but to speak it in a different register.

Derviche II shares some of the same words (and many of the same raw materials) but the sentence is completely different. The proportions have shifted; the story has changed.

It opens with a bright, sparkling lift of citrus and Mediterranean herbs, the olfactory equivalent of light streaming through an open window. Beneath that freshness, the weight gathers: an amber heart woven with incense woods, sugared fruits, and a hum of fine oud that moves like a bassline under the melody. The sweetness here is never heavy. The light on top keeps the richness from turning cloying.

Vanilla and musk smooth the edges, bringing the whole into balance; fruit, resin, wood, and light coexisting in a single breath. Where Derviche was a deep night sky, Derviche II is the same horizon at the golden hour, still rich, still mysterious, but touched with a glow.

Fragrance Notes: Citrus, Mediterranean Herbs, Incense Woods, Amber, Sugared Fruits, Vanilla, Musk