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Rare Carbon
Afnan · Eau de Parfum (EDP) · 2020
≈ $20 · 3.4oz · approx. retail
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Rare Carbon is a leathery, floral-woody fragrance opening on violet leaf and warm spice before a rose-and-oud heart, finishing on a polished vetiver-sandalwood-amber base. It reads as animalic and dark without losing a refined, wearable edge.
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