Areej le Dore Cuir de Russie II

Cuir de Russie II by Areej Le Doré is a limited edition fragrance released in 2025. The composition pays homage to classic leather perfumes, blending smoky, animalic leather notes with exotic florals and natural musk. The scent features birch tar and beaver tail oil in the opening, a heart of lotus, violet, and various roses and jasmine, and a base of vintage deer musk, amber accord, and choya Luban.

"In the hallowed halls of perfumery, few legendary genres evoke as much reverence—and rebellion—as Russian Leather. A scent that once captured the essence of imperial cavalcades, birch-tanned boots, and the smoky decadence of pre-revolutionary Russia . Now, this style in perfumery is reborn for the modern connoisseur, weaving natural deer musk, ethereal blue lotus, and skin-friendly rectified birch tar into a potion that thrums with both romance and raw, untamed spirit.  This modern elixir is a dialogue between brutality and tenderness. Rectified birch tar—purified to a velvety, smoky whisper—replaces the archaic harshness of its predecessors, lending a suede-like warmth that clings to the skin like a lover’s memory. Deer musk ethically harvested and aged to perfection, pulses with animalic depth, evoking the untamed forests of Siberia and the intimate sweat of a midnight tryst. And then, the blue lotus, floating atop jasmine and rose like a dream: narcotic, honeyed, and faintly melancholic, a nod to the opium-laced fantasies of fin-de-siècle Paris.

This is not mere perfume—it’s a story etched in scent. The birch tar whispers of Cossack saddles and candlelit libraries; the musk hums of skin against fur-lined coats; the blue lotus drowns you in the decadence of a royal ball. It’s romantic in its nostalgia, brutal in its honesty, and unapologetically modern in its craftsmanship. For those who wear it, it becomes a second skin—a voice of desire that lingers like a half-remembered poem" - Russian Adam.