Ursa

Tiziana Terenzi Ursa features top notes of dried fruits, rum, elemi, and nutmeg. The heart reveals patchouli, tobacco, incense (olibanum), and vetiver, while the base settles into leather, oud/agarwood, and vanilla. Its olfactory character is a warm, woody-oriental with a boozy, spicy opening that develops into a tobacco-patchouli core with incense and leathery/oudy vanilla base. Descriptors across sources include woody, patchouli, warm spicy, balsamic, leather, amber, oud, smoky; animalic/earthy, slightly sweet from dried fruit/vanilla, and a boozy rum facet in the top notes. Many reviewers note a cured/nutty tobacco accord and prominent patchouli, with incense/olibanum providing a resinous, smoky backbone. Performance is generally strong, with many Fragrantica users reporting long-lasting wear and strong to enormous sillage, though some find it close-to-skin unless sprayed on clothing. It is often compared to By Kilian's Straight to Heaven but described as woodier/drier. It is primarily suited for fall/winter and evening/night occasions, described as a formal/night-out/business-leaning scent with a warm, reassuring, slightly animalic character.