Celt

Celt is the Parfum in Wales Perfumery's Celts range, a series that gives each ancient Celtic people its own scent. This one looks to Brittany, the strongest surviving Celtic region in Europe, and it reads dark, honeyed and deliberately heavy. There is no bright opening to speak of. The heart is honey over resins, and the base settles into tobacco, leather, amber and ebony wood. It starts rich and stays rich, closer to a leather armchair than a garden. The few wearers who have written about it disagree on strength. One found a cool, camphor-like start, then damp tobacco with dry woods and resins, and thought it too quiet. Another found it strong and boozy, with a honeyed tobacco character, compliments and a trail on skin that lasted. With so little to go on, how long it lasts and how far it travels cannot be stated with confidence. Wales Perfumery ties each scent in the range to a place and a people. The brand presents Celt as a story of endurance, and the scent matches that with weight rather than lightness. It suits anyone who likes honey, tobacco and leather in a dense, old-world mix. A sample on skin is the sensible first step.