Juniper and leather from the Atlantic coast: Memo Paris's Irish Leather opens on juniper berry, pink pepper, and clary sage before iris and leather settle over tonka and birch, for men.
Irish Leather takes the classical leather fragrance structure and relocates it to the Atlantic northwest. Juniper berry in the top provides a dry, slightly piney-resinous citrus quality; pink pepper adds sharp, dry spice; clary sage contributes an herbal, slightly musty aromatic quality. Green mate adds a slightly grassy, bitter freshness. Together the opening reads as cool, slightly wild, and distinctly northern.
Iris in the heart adds powdery, slightly rooty structure; leather introduces dry, animalic depth. The birch note, like birch tar, carries a smoky, slightly medicinal quality that references traditional Nordic leather processing. Tonka bean in the base provides warm, sweet-vanilla support; tobacco adds dry, slightly fermented depth; musk extends the drydown. Eight to ten hours on skin.
Irish Leather suits autumn and winter from daytime through evening. The juniper and leather combination reads most clearly in cool air. A fragrance suited to casual and smart-casual occasions.
