The Ascent
Tailored for the boardroom and the close. A crisp metallic signature — Grapefruit rind and cold Aldehydes opening into sheer Fig Leaf. An aggressive leather base that projects without crowding the room.
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Grapefruit Rind · Metallic Aldehydes
The opening has no warmth in it. Bitter Grapefruit stripped of sweetness, paired with cold Aldehydes — the scent of a city at open, not yet sweating. Decisive. Self-possessed.
Fig Leaf · Boardroom Aura
Fig Leaf softens the metallic edge — green, faintly milky, the air quality of a room at peak occupation. Iso E Super projects everything further without adding a single note of its own.
Refined Leather · Vetiver
Isobutyl Quinoline renders leather without coarseness. The grip of a portfolio, the lining of a jacket worn daily for years. Dry, authoritative, earned.
Grapefruit Rind · Metallic Aldehydes
The opening has no warmth in it. Bitter Grapefruit stripped of sweetness, paired with cold Aldehydes — the scent of a city at open, not yet sweating. Decisive. Self-possessed.
Fig Leaf · Boardroom Aura
Fig Leaf softens the metallic edge — green, faintly milky, the air quality of a room at peak occupation. Iso E Super projects everything further without adding a single note of its own.
Refined Leather · Vetiver
Isobutyl Quinoline renders leather without coarseness. The grip of a portfolio, the lining of a jacket worn daily for years. Dry, authoritative, earned.
Methyl Pamplemousse
Grapefruit Distillate · Italian Rind
Bitter citrus stripped of all sweetness. The aggressive opening note — cold air, morning light, the scent of markets opening before the day has temperature. Nothing romantic. Only ready.
Aldehyde C-12 MNA
Synthetic Isolate
The metallic crispness of a freshly laundered shirt at six in the morning. Not a natural material — manufactured to recreate a specific sensation: cold, clean, slightly industrial. The scent of discipline before the day begins.
Fig Leaf Accord
Synthetic Reconstruction
Green, creamy, with a faintly milky edge that softens the metallic opening. The room temperature of a conference room at peak occupation — inhabited without being heavy. What a full room smells like when the deal is going well.
Iso E Super
Givaudan Aura Molecule
The invisible amplifier. No discernible scent of its own — only a diffusive quality that makes everything around it project further into the room. The reason The Ascent is noticed before you speak. You may not be able to smell it on yourself. The room is smelling it for you.
Isobutyl Quinoline
Firmenich Leather Isolate
Refined aggression. Clean leather without tannin or animal — the grip of a portfolio case, the lining of a suit jacket worn daily. Demands respect without asking for it. The base note of someone who has already decided.
Methyl Pamplemousse
Bitter citrus stripped of all sweetness. The aggressive opening note — cold air, morning light, the scent of markets opening before the day has temperature. Nothing romantic. Only ready.
Aldehyde C-12 MNA
The metallic crispness of a freshly laundered shirt at six in the morning. Not a natural material — manufactured to recreate a specific sensation: cold, clean, slightly industrial. The scent of discipline before the day begins.
Fig Leaf Accord
Green, creamy, with a faintly milky edge that softens the metallic opening. The room temperature of a conference room at peak occupation — inhabited without being heavy. What a full room smells like when the deal is going well.
Iso E Super
The invisible amplifier. No discernible scent of its own — only a diffusive quality that makes everything around it project further into the room. The reason The Ascent is noticed before you speak. You may not be able to smell it on yourself. The room is smelling it for you.
Isobutyl Quinoline
Refined aggression. Clean leather without tannin or animal — the grip of a portfolio case, the lining of a suit jacket worn daily. Demands respect without asking for it. The base note of someone who has already decided.
The Early Advantage
When the desk is yours alone.
The Open
When everyone is watching.
The Long Negotiation
When endurance matters more than impression.
The Transition
Between the last call and the first drink.
The Residue
What remains when the day is complete.
The Early Advantage
When the desk is yours alone.
Applied before the city wakes, the crisp metallic opening establishes the day's register before anyone else arrives. The Ascent works at low occupancy — sharp, deliberate, promising nothing it does not intend to deliver.
The Open
When everyone is watching.
Aldehydes and Fig Leaf in full lift — the fragrance reads as authority in close quarters. Neither loud nor subtle; it lands in the space between sentences. A note people remember without knowing why.
The Long Negotiation
When endurance matters more than impression.
By midday, Iso E Super's diffusive quality maintains presence without reapplication. The leather base begins its approach. You smell of work well done, not of effort. The fragrance does not declare itself — it has already been decided.
The Transition
Between the last call and the first drink.
IBQ brings the leather fully forward — dry, assured, slightly warm. The Ascent now reads differently. Less institutional. More personal. The identity behind the professional, revealed on its own terms.
The Residue
What remains when the day is complete.
Vetiver and leather on skin — compressed, intimate, the scent of the day's entire arc distilled into the last hour. A fragrance that earns its ending. The notes you catch on a jacket thrown over a chair.
Prepare the Canvas
One Spray Per Area
Let the Metal Land
Wear Into the Room
Catch the Leather
Prepare the Canvas
After showering. On clean, warm skin.
Apply unscented moisturiser to pulse points if your skin runs dry. The metallic top notes of The Ascent require clean skin to land correctly — anything competing in the opening will distort the Aldehyde accord before it settles into the Fig Leaf heart.
One Spray Per Area
Inner wrist. Base of the throat. Inner elbow.
Hold the bottle 10 centimetres from skin. One spray per point — no more. The Ascent projects further than expected. Iso E Super amplifies diffusion invisibly. Over-application is the only mistake this fragrance cannot forgive.
Let the Metal Land
The first five minutes are the Aldehydes.
Cold, sharp, metallic — this is The Ascent introducing itself. Do not evaluate the fragrance in the opening; the character is not yet in the room. The Fig Leaf and Iso E Super arrive at ten minutes. Reserve judgement until then. What reads as hard at application becomes assured by the heart.
Wear Into the Room
From the first hour onward.
Iso E Super's diffusive quality begins projecting into the space around you. You may no longer be able to smell it on yourself — this is the signal that it is working. The room smells different. You are the reason. Do not reapply.
Catch the Leather
Four to six hours in.
Isobutyl Quinoline arrives fully in the fourth hour. Dry, refined, authoritative — the leather base that was always there, finally speaking. The Ascent has run its full arc. Catch it on a collar at the end of a very long, productive day.
Parfum, 21%+
Crisp Metallic Leather
50ml
Glass bottle with Zinc alloy cap
Created in Bombay
Alcohol Denat., Aqua, Parfum, Tocopherol Acetate (Vit. E Acetate), Avobenzone, Tbhq, Denatonium Benzoate, Amyl Cinnamyl Alcohol, Amyl cinnamal, Benzyl Alcohol, Benzyl Benzoate, Benzyl Cinnamate, Cinnamyl Alcohol, Cinnamal, Citral, Citronellol, Coumarin, Eugenol, Farnesol, Geraniol, Hexyl Cinnaldehyde, Hydroxy Citronellal, Isoeugenol, Limonen, Linalool, Methyl Heptyl Carbonate, Alpha Iso Metyl Ionone, Ecarnia Prunastri (Oakmoss) Extract, Evernia Furfuracea (Treemoss) Extract
Performance benchmarks reflect lab testing under controlled conditions. Results on skin vary by chemistry and environment.