O Hira

How it moves

Up top: ambergris and cinnamon. Enjoy them; they will not stay. Then the heart turns up — amber, leather and styrax — and the whole thing slows down. It dries down to Tonka Bean, vanilla and musk, close to the skin and hard to forget.

What wearers say

4.32 out of 5 from 463 ratings.

• Widely praised as an ultra-rich, long-lasting amber, though many find the price extreme for the genre.
• Considered one of the most opulent ambers available, with a warm, balsamic, slightly animalic character.
• Some feel it is beautiful but not radically different from cheaper resinous ambers.

Who made it

Stéphane Humbert Lucas composed it in 2014, for Stéphane Humbert Lucas 777 in France. O Hira, Bengali for diamond, was Stéphane Humbert Lucas's attempt at an ideal amber, considered the crown jewel of his 777 collection.