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Resins mixed with smoky incense and some woods attacking your nose.
It's dark, smoky and extremely heavy in resinous part.
The resinous smell is not like the resins on the body of the tree that smell smooth and slightly woody.
Initially a rush of smoky,incense commingling with the Christmas tree aroma of balsam fir. At once, one is immersed in the resinous warmth of a lively incense coupled with the somewhat minty The enhanced resins flow to the receptive base. A gentle sandalwood, with its buttery and softly sweet woodiness, lifts the resinous, incense concoction. A soothing cypress infuses its pine-like woodiness with an ambergris nuance.
The base is a musky woody smoky scent with some sweetness in the background and it's very smooth against the opening and mid.
Projection is good (above average) and longevity is around 6-8 hours on my skin.
An initial burst of a very strong and sharp fir balsam note mellows after five minutes, allowing a warm myrrh to emerge. The smoky incense notes hover in the background. In addition to the notes listed at the top of this page, there are apple, labdanum and the above-mentioned fir balsam in the composition.
This is not a scent for the faint of heart. Both Parfum d'Empire and Serge Lutens have in common not only one size/one concentration, they both are very generous with their oils, making their edps seem more like parfum extracts with their strength and depth.
If you love incense blends, do try this by all means. For me it is not something I could imagine actually wearing. Although the dry down is an impressive mix of opoponax and myrrh, I'd rather encounter it in a small monastic chapel than on my skin.
A peppery, cinnamic, resinous scent with a dominant myrrh note that creates the image of a somewhat exotic, desiccated landscape. The root beer stewed fruits from Aziyade make an appearance, spinning the scent down a weird fizzy incense avenue, but one that's shaded by fir balsam. At its core, it's a wood fragrance—sandalwood and cedar, I think—with a smooth, balsamic finish.
It's an unusual smell, but it's not challenging or even that surprising. I'd recommend putting it on the radar when shopping for myrrh scents as that's what stands out the most. It feels hot to me in a spicy "Red Hots" candy kind of way, and that keeps it from being my thing (I'm not a cinnamon fan, although I suspect what I'm smelling is allspice). But as far as resinous scents go, at least it's doing something to distinguish itself from the rest of what's on the incense shelf. Intriguing, but I'd rather wear Aziyade myself.
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