Nappa Leather
Note Profile
About
A soft leather note. It reads as fine-grained and creamy rather than tanned and sharp, and it keeps an animal warmth that the other soft leather notes drop. Nothing in the sources gives it smoke, tar or tannin bite. It closes on a woody, musky base.
Scent Profile
Nappa Leather smells fine-grained and soft rather than sharp or tanned, closer to a refined suede than to raw hide. It keeps a real animal warmth, the trait that sets it apart from other soft leather notes. A creamy accord runs through it, and it closes on a soft, woody musk base. There is no smoke, tar or tannin bite anywhere in it.
ScentWheel
Read off the wheel, not a label applied to the note.
ScentArt
Origin
Napa leather is a physical leather, not a distilled material. Wikipedia describes it as leather from calves, lambs and kid goats, chosen for soft hides, and states plainly that 'it is a generic term in the leather field and has no distinct test for characterization'. As a perfumery note it is a built accord, not an extract. The only maker who describes it is Premiere Note, which sells it as a named raw material.
Usage in Perfumery
Attested on 4 Parfumo note listings across 3 brands, and absent from the Fragrantica note vocabulary. Only one of those three uses can be traced to descriptive copy: Premiere Note's Cuir Nappa, where the accord sits under jasmine and raspberry and over sandalwood and musk.
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Perfumes featuring Nappa Leather
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