Original Wood.

DSQUARED² has built an entire vocabulary around wood, He Wood, Rocky Mountain Wood, Ocean Wet Wood. Each one explores a different relationship between timber and terrain. Original Wood, launched in 2022, takes the freshwater angle. Daphné Bugey composed it with a focus on damp fir and open water, aiming for something that felt alive rather than harsh. The fragrance opens with aquatic and green notes that suggest moisture and movement, then settles into woody depths that breathe with the skin rather than sitting static on it. It's an invitation to a lakeside forest in the early hours, when mist still clings to the trees and the water holds the coolness of the night.

What makes Original Wood distinctive is its refusal to commit fully to either direction. It's not quite an aquatic, the woody heart is too present for that. And it's not quite a woody, the aquatic opening is too insistent to ignore. Guatemalan cardamom sits in the top notes as a bridge, its spice arriving briefly before the violet leaf and ozonic notes sweep it away. Silver fir and Haitian vetiver form the backbone, giving the fragrance its identity, something that sits at the intersection of water and forest.

The opening hits fast. Violet leaf and aquatic accord arrive together, not fresh laundry, not ocean wave, something in between. A cool, green dampness that reads as morning rather than afternoon. Guatemalan cardamom flickers briefly in the first few minutes, then disappears. What replaces it is silver fir: cool, aromatic, slightly resinous without being sharp. Cedarwood layers in, giving the composition more structure. Haitian vetiver anchors the heart, its earthy, slightly smoky quality keeping everything grounded. The aquatic note fades first, leaving a clean, aromatic forest. The drydown is where Original Wood earns its name. Musk and amber soften the vetiver and patchouli into something warm and close. The sillage drops from moderate to intimate. By the later hours, you're the only one who knows it's there.

Original Wood occupies a specific space in the DSQUARED² catalogue, it's an exploration of the wood theme with a freshwater perspective. Daphné Bugey composed it in 2022, creating a fragrance that approaches the forest concept differently than sharp, dry woody scents. The result is a scent that feels like a first exploration of the theme rather than a statement meant only for dedicated woody fragrance wearers. It invites discovery without demanding prior familiarity with the genre.