The Story
Why it exists.
The beginning
SeZ was born from Antonio Lasheras's work with native herbs, resins, and woods. A Spanish perfumer who spent years studying the botanical wealth of his region before turning his attention to mate and hay absolute. Both ingredients are uncommon in perfumery. He built the fragrance around them, letting these unusual materials take center stage, their austere, green character shaping the composition into something distinctive and powerful.
The hay absolute is the key. Only 500 grams of it exist. It took 200 bottles to use it all up. That scarcity isn't marketing, it's just the math. What the hay brings to the composition is warmth, earthiness, and a slight animalic sweetness that rounds out the mate's bitter green and the tobacco's dry weight. Without it, Sez would still be green. With it, Sez becomes a specific kind of dark.
The evolution
The opening hits immediately, mate's bitter, almost medicinal green takes command of the first thirty minutes. It's sharp. It's alive. The green notes add an aromatic lift, but make no mistake: this is the mate show. Tobacco arrives quietly, building through the heart alongside woody notes that deepen the green into something richer, almost resinous. The Spanish hay absolute anchors the drydown. By hour six, you're in smoky, earthy vetiver territory. The hay lingers, warm, sweet, close to the skin. Strong projection for the first two hours. Then it becomes intimate. The longevity is substantial, the scent doesn't fade so much as it transforms.
Cultural impact
Sez has become a collector's piece for those who discovered it, with only around 200 bottles produced. Mate remains uncommon in perfumery, and this particular use of it alongside tobacco in a green context has drawn attention from those exploring unconventional fragrance compositions.
