YATAGAN - CARON

Yatagan: The Scent of a Blade Drawn from Its Sheath

Yatagan does not begin, it lunges forward. It is a dry, ferocious strike of patchouli, oakmoss, and incense, a scent that cuts through the air like steel. No sweetness, no softness—just the raw, unpolished edge of juniper, rosemary, and galbanum, as sharp and bracing as cold metal.

This is not a perfume that unfolds, but one that marches relentlessly. Cinnamon, cumin, and immortelle add a dusky, almost medicinal heat, simmering under the resinous darkness. Castoreum and vetiver growl in the shadows, reinforcing the animalic intensity that made Yatagan a legend.

Its legacy? Chanel’s Antaeus. If Yatagan is the weapon, Antaeus is the warrior—refined, but still untamed. Both scents share the same defiant masculinity, but where Yatagan is the raw attack, Antaeus is the controlled power, a perfect evolution of Caron’s audacious creation.

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