Composed by Euan McCall
Before cities and screens, we carried citrus, spices, smoke, medicines, and food through the same human hands. NEANDERTAL Us™ distills this shared journey into a scent that is at once ancient, familiar, and contemporary.
Bergamot, orange, elemi, and two types of pepper open the composition brightly, resinously, and spicy. Eucalyptus adds a green, medicinal breath, like those found in nature long before perfumery.
Euan McCall explores universal scent profiles that appear across various cultures. Rose, cardamom, geranium, and frankincense evoke materials used throughout history in rituals, healing, cooking, and body adornment.
On the skin, vetiver, hyraceum, and labdanum settle peacefully, along with cypriol, cade, and oud. Moss, sandalwood, and musk provide rooted security, while citrus still retains energy on the surface.
If you desire clean modern freshness or sleek oud without animality, Us™ will be too layered and earthy for you. Hyraceum, smoke, and resins remind us that collective history was not sterile.
In the end, a trace of cade remains on sandalwood and moss, with cardamom and orange peel — a fragrant cross-section of what we gathered, burned, and wore as we became us.