Lisboa
A ship leaves the Tagus. Portugal has already learned that the sea is a road.
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The idea
In 1543, a ship from Portugal reached a small island in Japan. Two worlds met, and neither stayed the same. Sentir keeps those moments, one voyage at a time, and turns them into scent.
The Voyage
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Goa, 1510
In India the route finds its first scent: oud and resin, dark and animal. The base of Namban begins on this coast.
Malaca, 1511
Spice, resin and silk pass through one port. Everything that burns, blooms or steeps travels east and west.
Tanegashima, 1543
A ship reaches a small island in Japan. The Japanese call the visitors nanban: people from the south. It is the first recorded meeting between Europeans and Japan.
Nº 1 · Namban · 1543
Icy yuzu and Japanese tea against smoky incense, dark plum and deeply animalic Indian oud. A mysterious, sensual, luxurious woody fragrance.
Top · first breath
Cold sea air
- Yuzu
- Mint
- Black pepper
An icy burst of yuzu and fresh mint, sharpened by the warmth of black pepper.
Heart · the meeting
Tea, smoke, plum
- Japanese tea
- Incense
- Plum
- Jasmine
- Hinoki
A mysterious blend of Japanese tea, smoky incense and dark plum, softened by sensual jasmine and hinoki.
Base · what remains
Oud, amber, dark
- Indian oud
- Guaiac wood
- Amber
Deeply animalic Indian oud meets smoky guaiac wood and warm amber, leaving a dark, intoxicating trail.
Olfactory profile
Cold against smoke
The whole idea of Namban is a contrast: two worlds, two temperatures. This is how the formula leans.
The object
A stone, left raw
Every bottle carries a rough stone where a cap would be. It is not polished into something it isn't.
Nature does not repeat itself, so neither does a Sentir. Hold one and you hold something that is only yours.
In ink and gold
The world of 1543
Every Voyage has its own imagery. It is the brief, the mood and the memory of the scent.
One date. One encounter. One scent.
The collection
The first voyage
Sealed
Sealed
A library of encounters
Every Sentir begins with one dated moment when two worlds met. Namban is the first. The next voyages stay sealed until they are ready.
The first voyage
Nº I
Namban
1543 · Portugal · Japan
Sealed
Nº II
To be revealed
The next voyage
Sealed
Nº III
To be revealed
Still at sea
We tell history as it is recorded, and we say where the record is uncertain. Details of that first landing are still debated by historians.
Namban · 1543
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