Eight of Spades
Eau de Parfum · 50 ml · Dark · Spiced · Resinous
€149
The first fragrance of the house. Black pepper and elemi over palo santo, incense and iris, settling into labdanum and amber — the hour before the start, when the engines are warm and nobody speaks.
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- Top
- Black pepper, Elemi, Pink pepper
- Heart
- Palo santo, Incense, Iris
- Base
- Patchouli, Labdanum, Amber
The story
Eight of Spades is the fragrance with which Maison Stravers introduced itself. It was born in the world of classic rallies and the quiet hours before them: leather seats cooling in a paddock tent, the dust of a mountain pass settling into a driving jacket, the rhythm of an engine at dawn.
The number eight is personal. Almost fifty years separate a photograph of the founder as a toddler on a toy racing car — a number eight painted on its bonnet — and the emblem of this first fragrance. The meaning arrived only in hindsight.
On the skin it opens dry and peppered, turns smoky and resinous at its heart, and leaves a warm, leathery amber trail that lasts well into the evening.
Eight of Spades
€149