Karasu by Apoteker Tepe is a Oriental Spicy fragrance for women and men. Karasu was launched in 2016. The nose behind this fragrance is Holladay Saltz. The fragrance features Paper, Costus, Hinoki, Woody Notes and Cardamom. The karasu tengu of Japanese mythology are powerful and vengeful spirits who live deep in the forest and are known for taking the appearance of crows or of wandering priests. Brave individuals who are lost, confused or helpless may summon them through prayer and the burning of incense. Apoteker Tepe’s Karasu combines traditional raw materials used in kōdō , the Japanese incense ritual, to create a fragrance that expresses the spare, transcendent asceticism of a prayer rendered in smoke, dissipating in midair. Karasu features notes of Costus root, Siam wood, hinoki, smoldering paper and spicy cardamom. The fragrance is available as a 50 ml eau de parfum.