Number Twenty Nine / No. 29

At first it's a little too much to bear - it's not tobacco-smoke, but pure smoke enfatised by resins and something balsamic. The opening almost made me cough, but the dry down gets better. I honestly like the leather that comes out in the bottom notes, and the woody part. It gets better, as I said, but it's still too much for me.

Begins beautifully & hauntingly acrid, with some of the richest, rawest woodsmoke and leather I’ve encountered in natural perfumery. Upon inhaling further you can also immediately sense the pines lurking just below—as if before your eyes a searing hot iron was plunged deep into a log saturated with aromatic resins and tree saps. After fully roasting that log, only fragrant coals remain… This scent is their scent, still in the context of a crisp, Northern evergreen forest, fresh air blowing in the background… This could definitely be considered a difficult perfume as rather than being a typical leather or forest scent, the main event here is the smoke with the former as it’s accompaniments. It makes me think of a forester’s heavy leather gloves, smeared with pine from a long, cold day in snowy woods, set to dry next to a woodstove for the night—their aromas mixing and permeating throughout a log cabin as night passes by… There’s also a particular resemblance I receive to the scent of decaying leaves in the tail end of Fall—earthy, smoky and with an interesting, once thought inimitable balsamic tang. There’s also a moderate resemblance between some facets here and some found in Pomare’s Stolen Perfumes’ Piano Tuner 2025. It could also be considered a richer, smokier version of La Curie’s Incendo. The incense present here isn’t particularly forward but when focused on does lend a clean sanctity to the blend. The deep smokiness is derived mostly from gaiac, birch and pine tars, conjuring, to me, less of ‘barbecues’, though that connotation is certainly there, and more of the intimate, almost spiritual settings mentioned above. The resemblance of the pines here to those in Ghost Pine and Hemlock Shade can also easily be seen, including some of their characteristic misty, shadowy features. All in all, I find this to be nothing less than an entrancing, oddly tantalizing and delectable blend, that I prefer to don only in moments of solace and deep reflection. For lovers of leathers, forests and woodsmoke alike. Sillage moderate to strong, longevity superb. Lvnea truly exceeds all expectations in these regards given their natural parameters. Priced competitively in the niche market. Bravo, madames!!! Long live Lvnea!!!!! Updated on 10/15/2025

Initial blast of fresh pine boughs and campfire, drying down into pleasantly balsamic resins that transition into a smooth vanillic amber. Heavy wood smoke accompanies you on each part of your journey through the autumn forest. Feu is gorgeously wild but also comforting, a perfect fall hike/snuggled in bed watching a scary movie after said hike kind of scent.

I found this scent to be primarily sweet. There is a prominent Smokey quality as well, but unfortunately the overall profile is very similar to crème brûlée. I don’t pick up on much as far as any forest or earth related notes. It mostly smells like charred sugar. The smoke is more prominent after the initial spray, but soon after the scent morphs into something that is primarily sweet and sugary. I’ve tried wearing it, and also tried spraying it on paper several times to see if it was just my skin chemistry, but the sweetness persisted. When I asked my partner what he thought I smelled like when wearing it, he told me it smelled like burnt desert.