Onthamara vs Ondarea

Shared character

Onthamara and Ondarea both feature oakmoss, lavender, blackcurrant, and labdanum. They share woody, earthy, aromatic, and fresh spicy accords.

How they differ

Onthamara is characterized by spicy, animalic, resinous, amber, musky, and oud accords, utilizing notes such as musk, vetiver, benzoin, amber, artemisia, cinnamon, beeswax, palisander rosewood, castoreum, violet leaf, amyris, orris root, cumin, balsam fir, black tea, camphor, pine tar, black spruce, choya ral, celery seeds, hyrax, lovage root, nard himalayan, olibanum, and thailand oud. In contrast, Ondarea focuses on citrus, green, herbal, and rose accords, incorporating notes such as geranium, patchouli, coriander, petitgrain, juniper berries, haitian vetiver, basil, indonesian patchouli, coriander seed, egyptian geranium, turkish rose absolute, sicilian lemon, turkish rose, blood orange, buchu, french lavender, oakmoss absolute, blackcurrant bud absolute, italian blood orange, moroccan mastic, basil absolute, buchu or agathosma, mastic or lentisque, and tunesian petitgrain.

Who each suits

Onthamara suits those drawn to animalic, resinous, and oud-heavy profiles. Ondarea suits those who prefer citrus, green, herbal, and rose-centric compositions.