Earth, Concrete, Violet in Gasoline: 5 Avant-Garde Niche Fragrances
Are you tired of sweet, floral, and powdery scents? Yearning for something daring, strange, almost s...
Perfume extract
Jorum Studio Monolith
Gender:
Unisex
Segment:
Lux perfumes
Fragrance information:
Monolith — an expressive fragrance by Jorum Studio
Monolith Parfum, or Extrait de Parfum, is a unisex fragrance by Jorum Studio, released in 2024.
The composition belongs to the oriental, spicy and woody family, yet its character cannot be reduced to a single familiar formula: it is a dark, textured and slightly mysterious perfume with an artistic mood.
Jorum Studio is a Scottish niche perfume house founded in 2019.
The brand was created as a creative platform where perfumery becomes a way to explore materials, atmosphere and emotional states.
Monolith conveys this DNA particularly well: it does not smell like a universal background fragrance, but rather like an independent olfactory statement with a pronounced texture.
Character and development
At first, the composition can be perceived as a spicy impulse: anise, black pepper, cardamom and saffron create a dry, slightly cool tension.
Black tea, clary sage and coffee appear alongside them, adding bitter depth, a smoky nuance and an almost tactile impression of a dark drink.
As it develops, Monolith becomes more resinous and woody.
Elemi, fir balsam, frankincense, labdanum and myrrh create a dense balsamic backdrop, while guaiac wood, juniper, oud and oakmoss lend it dryness, a forest-like coolness and a refined roughness.
Peat intensifies the mineral-smoky facet, giving the fragrance an especially unusual character.
The top, middle and base notes are not separated in the database, so Monolith is best understood as a cohesive, multi-layered composition.
Its accords gradually intertwine, moving from a spicy, tea-like opening to a resinous-woody, earthy and slightly smoky trail.
Positioning and wearability
Monolith was created for women and men who are drawn to niche fragrances with character and an unconventional presentation.
It is more suited to cool weather, evening walks, intimate gatherings and moments when you want to emphasize your individuality rather than simply add a sweet or fresh accent.
The fragrance is reported to have a subtle sillage, so it develops quite intimately and does not strive to fill the entire space.
For application to the skin, the “walk into a cloud” technique works well, while one or two sprays are enough for clothing.
This approach helps preserve the nuances of tea, spices, resins and woods without overwhelming the composition.
The perfumer and the fragrance’s place in the brand’s style
Monolith was created by Euan McCall, founder and chief perfumer of Jorum Studio.
His work here is built around contrast: spicy notes meet bitter coffee and tea, while coniferous woods meet peat, moss and dark resins.
As a result, the fragrance reinforces the brand’s reputation as a house that transforms a perfume formula into an atmospheric work of art.
If you would like to explore more unusual woody-spicy compositions, consider Naso Di Raza Cyrano.
Monolith nevertheless remains more restrained and intimate: its strength lies not in volume, but in the intricate interplay of half-tones, smoky materials and spicy darkness.
Favorites
Add to comparison
Share
0
Comment
