Previously known as Black Anise, Coat Check is the fragrance you reach for when you want to make an impression. Dark, smoky, and confidently intense - smoky tobacco meets juicy cassis and a hit of star anise, layered over a velvety cacao and tolu balsam heart, and grounded in cedarwood. Think black coffee after hours. The kind of scent that doesn't apologize for being exactly what it is.
What makes it genuinely interesting is how it's built. The star anise note is a biotech molecule - precise, natural, and engineered without fossil fuels. The musk is upcycled. The cassis is absolute. Abel's Radical Fragrance philosophy means every note here has both a story and a conscience.
Available in 6ml (travel) and 50ml.
Who's It For
Coat Check is for those who want a bold, character-led fragrance without the synthetic heaviness that usually comes with dark, smoky scents. It's an evening fragrance in its confidence - but it wears well enough to pull off in the right daytime setting too. For those who wear their fragrance like a statement.
Key Benefits
- 100% natural ingredients - no petrochemicals or synthetic fragrance molecules
- Biotech star anise note for precision and performance
- Upcycled musk for lower environmental impact without sacrificing longevity
- Full ingredient transparency - complete list published
- Eau de parfum concentration for lasting, deep wear
Scent Profile
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Top: Star Anise, Coffee, Cassis
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Heart: Cacao, Tolu Balsam
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Base: Tobacco, Cedarwood
Opens with a striking combination of biotech star anise, arabica coffee extract, and cassis absolute from France - dark, juicy, and immediately distinctive. The heart softens into cacao and tolu balsam, adding a velvety, balsamic warmth. The base settles into tobacco and cedarwood, with patchouli and guaiac wood adding earthy depth. It lingers.
Key Ingredients
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Cassis Absolute (Ribes Nigrum Bud Absolute) - France; dark, juicy black currant opening
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Coffee Extract (Coffea Arabica Extract) - Arabica; deep, roasted top note
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Star Anise Essential Oil (Illicium Verum Fruit Oil) - China; anise-spiced opening
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Patchouli Oil (Pogostemon Cablin Oil) - Indonesia; earthy, grounding depth
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Tolu Balsam (Myroxylon Balsamum Resin) - El Salvador; warm, balsamic heart
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Guaiac Wood Oil (Bulnesia Sarmientoi Wood Oil) - Paraguay; smoky, woody base
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Ambroxan - Biotech ambergris note; smooth base warmth and longevity
How To Use
Apply to pulse points - wrists, neck, behind the ears. Coat Check is a fragrance that evolves with wear - the bright, anise-led top notes give way to the deeper tobacco and wood base as the day or evening progresses. Best applied with intention - a little goes a long way. The 6ml size is ideal for travel or first-time wear before committing to the 50ml.
Why MASC Recommends This
Coat Check sits in a fragrance category - dark, smoky, tobacco-forward - that almost always relies on synthetic molecules to achieve its depth. Abel does it without. The biotech anise note is precise and natural, the cade oil and clary sage add genuine complexity, and the result is a fragrance that's bold, characterful, and completely clean. That's a combination that's genuinely hard to find.
