Cuir de Russie

Name: Cuir de Russie Parfum / Extrait
Brand: Areej Le Doré

Areej Le Doré · Parfum / Extrait · 2020

≈ $250 · 50ml · approx. retail

A smoky birch-tar leather fragrance softened by violet, rose, and jasmine before an animalic, musk-and-amber base. Launched in 2020 and kept in the house's current Classic Collection lineup; a Cuir de Russie II followed in 2025.

Leather Musky Rose Animalic Amber

The scent

Top notes

The opening · first 15 minutes

Birch Tar

Heart notes

The core · the next few hours

Violet Rose Jasmine Lotus

Base notes

The dry-down · what lingers

Musk Castoreum animalic notes Amber

Best for

FallWinterEveningSpecial Occasion

Perfumer

Russian Adam

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