Amyi III

Cedar is a peculiar choice for a signature material. It's everywhere in perfumery, usually buried in the drydown where it does the structural work no one sees. Casagrande refused that role. Here, Atlas cedar occupies the full composition, its warm wood, its creamy almond nuance, its faint floral suggestion all given room to breathe. The heliotrope adds powdery softness, the tonka bean brings a balsamic counterweight, and the cloves give the opening a spiced edge that keeps the wood from getting too comfortable. It's a leaner pyramid than most, but that's the point.

The evolution

The opening arrives already warm, mandarin orange brightens for a moment, then cedes immediately to the cloves and the cedar. No delay. No hesitation. For the first hour, the composition reads as a single block of warm wood with a faint spiced halo. Then the heliotrope begins to surface, introducing a powdery sweetness that softens the edges. The drydown belongs to the tonka and vetiver, a creamy, slightly green warmth that lingers close to the skin for hours after. What remains on fabric the next day is faint cedar and the ghost of tonka, like the scent of a wooden drawer in an old library.