The colors of the day are melting. In the shadows, feelings take surprising shapes. The night is calling. Softness is in the air. Silent connections form. The alchemy is real. Two shadows. One.
Sombra is a dirty shadow of tough rose and oud, spiced with saffron and nutmeg. Tolu balsam bathes the composition in a twilight effect of almost-sweet tobacco and leather, for an animalic result that purrs.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
Sombra belongs to close quarters and low light, where its leathery rose and animalic undertow can unfold without feeling loud. It suits a late, intimate setting with a certain tension in the air: polished, but with something untamed just beneath the surface.
How to wear
Best worn in cooler weather or after dark, Sombra benefits from a restrained hand: one to three sprays is enough for the extrait concentration. On skin it opens with spice and citrus before settling into a dense, smoky leather-oud trail that projects steadily and lasts well.
Who it’s for
For wearers who enjoy dark leather scents, smoky rose, oud and spicy animalic compositions with real texture. It will appeal to people who like fragrances that feel bold, sensual and slightly uncompromising rather than smooth or transparent.
Release year
2023
The nose
Marie Urban Le Febvre is an independent perfumer trained at ISIPCA in Paris, known for working in a traditional, ingredient-led style that favours texture, balance and expressive raw materials. Her work for D:SOL MMXVI reflects that approach: Sombra is built as a dense rose-oud composition with leather, spice and animalic shading, showing her ability to make bold materials feel composed rather than chaotic. She has also created fragrances for D:SOL MMXVI’s earlier collections, helping define the house’s sun-drenched yet modern signature. In Sombra, her craft is especially visible in the way the composition moves from bright citrus and spice into a darker, more tactile base of oud, balsam and leather.
Collaborators
Dennis Werner, D:SOL MMXVI’s founder and creative director, shaped the brand’s Berlin-to-Mallorca concept and the poetic brief behind Sombra, framing it as a study in shadow, warmth and contrast. Marie Urban Le Febvre translated that vision into the fragrance formula, giving the idea its leathery rose-oud body and animalic tension.
D:SOL MMXVI’s story
D:SOL MMXVI builds modern niche perfumes around a Mediterranean sensibility filtered through Berlin: minimal, sensual and emotionally charged rather than decorative. The house favours artisanal production, small-batch quality and a unisex point of view, with compositions that explore sunlight, longing and the contrast between urban edge and southern warmth.
Sombra’s concept
Sombra was created as part of D:SOL MMXVI’s oud-focused direction, drawing on the brand’s Berlin and Mallorca duality and its interest in emotional contrasts. The fragrance’s imagery is nocturnal and tactile: melting daylight, shadows taking shape, and an oud-led composition that turns rose, saffron, balsam and leather into something dark, intimate and animalic.
Extra info
Sombra was launched in 2023 and later reworked in 2024 as Sombra 24, with the original first batch limited to 135 pieces. It is part of D:SOL MMXVI’s Oud Collection and comes as a 75 ml extrait de parfum.
The colors of the day are melting. In the shadows, feelings take surprising shapes. The night is calling. Softness is in the air. Silent connections form. The alchemy is real. Two shadows. One.
Sombra is a dirty shadow of tough rose and oud, spiced with saffron and nutmeg. Tolu balsam bathes the composition in a twilight effect of almost-sweet tobacco and leather, for an animalic result that purrs.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
Sombra belongs to close quarters and low light, where its leathery rose and animalic undertow can unfold without feeling loud. It suits a late, intimate setting with a certain tension in the air: polished, but with something untamed just beneath the surface.
How to wear
Best worn in cooler weather or after dark, Sombra benefits from a restrained hand: one to three sprays is enough for the extrait concentration. On skin it opens with spice and citrus before settling into a dense, smoky leather-oud trail that projects steadily and lasts well.
Who it’s for
For wearers who enjoy dark leather scents, smoky rose, oud and spicy animalic compositions with real texture. It will appeal to people who like fragrances that feel bold, sensual and slightly uncompromising rather than smooth or transparent.
Release year
2023
The nose
Marie Urban Le Febvre is an independent perfumer trained at ISIPCA in Paris, known for working in a traditional, ingredient-led style that favours texture, balance and expressive raw materials. Her work for D:SOL MMXVI reflects that approach: Sombra is built as a dense rose-oud composition with leather, spice and animalic shading, showing her ability to make bold materials feel composed rather than chaotic. She has also created fragrances for D:SOL MMXVI’s earlier collections, helping define the house’s sun-drenched yet modern signature. In Sombra, her craft is especially visible in the way the composition moves from bright citrus and spice into a darker, more tactile base of oud, balsam and leather.
Collaborators
Dennis Werner, D:SOL MMXVI’s founder and creative director, shaped the brand’s Berlin-to-Mallorca concept and the poetic brief behind Sombra, framing it as a study in shadow, warmth and contrast. Marie Urban Le Febvre translated that vision into the fragrance formula, giving the idea its leathery rose-oud body and animalic tension.
D:SOL MMXVI’s story
D:SOL MMXVI builds modern niche perfumes around a Mediterranean sensibility filtered through Berlin: minimal, sensual and emotionally charged rather than decorative. The house favours artisanal production, small-batch quality and a unisex point of view, with compositions that explore sunlight, longing and the contrast between urban edge and southern warmth.
Sombra’s concept
Sombra was created as part of D:SOL MMXVI’s oud-focused direction, drawing on the brand’s Berlin and Mallorca duality and its interest in emotional contrasts. The fragrance’s imagery is nocturnal and tactile: melting daylight, shadows taking shape, and an oud-led composition that turns rose, saffron, balsam and leather into something dark, intimate and animalic.
Extra info
Sombra was launched in 2023 and later reworked in 2024 as Sombra 24, with the original first batch limited to 135 pieces. It is part of D:SOL MMXVI’s Oud Collection and comes as a 75 ml extrait de parfum.