Nyx opens on incense, smoky and serious from the first spray with no easing in. It's the most direct opening in the Velixir catalog.

Sandalwood follows at the heart, creamy and grounding, before amber settles it into a warm, resinous close. Three notes total, and each one doing real work rather than filling space.

Moderate-to-strong sillage, 7 to 8 hours on skin. If Icarus is the daytime bottle and Poseidon the beach one, Nyx is the after-dark pick.