Dragon SkinWoody Leathery Eau de Parfum

Dragon Skin by Indices Parfums is a woody, leathery, and spicy unisex eau de parfum. A chili pepper in the very first note.

A house born from a neuropsychiatrist

Indices Parfums is one of the very few Belgian perfume brands, based in Brussels. It was born from the meeting of Olga, a doctor in neuropsychiatry and biochemist, and Hubert Alexandre, owner of the Parfum d'Ambre perfumery and co-creator of L'Écrin à Parfums. Olga specialized in the therapeutic use of perfumes — she notably led Le parfum des anges, a project intended to soothe the daily lives of sick children and their families. Each creation is therefore built around a precise emotional effect. The house works collection by collection, with perfumers from different backgrounds, and donates one euro per perfume sold to the NGO Initiative Développement, which supports small ylang-ylang producers in the Comoros. Dragon Skin belongs to the Olfactory Adventures collection.

A piri piri opening

Piri piri opens the composition. It is not a perfumery spice but a chili pepper — the one from Mozambican and Portuguese cuisine — and its dry burn has nothing of the round warmth of pepper or cinnamon. The entry is aggressive, deliberately.

A heart of resins and smoke

Dark resins take over, dense and balsamic. Smoke settles in, and the temperature of the perfume shifts: from the bright burn of the chili pepper to the slow combustion of the resins.

A base of leather and birch

Leather occupies the base, accompanied by birch. Birch tar is the historical material of Russian leather: it is what gives perfumery leather its smell of smoke, soot, and tanned skin.

The house's signature

A chili pepper in the first note. Piri piri does not belong to the classic palette: it is a culinary ingredient, whose effect is a burning sensation rather than a smell. Using it at the opening is to provoke a physical reaction before any olfactory reading — which is consistent with a house founded on the effect of smells rather than their description.

For whom, for what occasions?

Woody, leathery, and spicy, this eau de parfum is aimed at lovers of smoked leathers and those looking for a perfume that does not seek to please. From autumn to winter, in the evening. It is the most radical of the house.

With Dragon Skin Indices Parfums, the first note provokes a sensation before being a smell.