Shihan
Sensei
2014

Shihan / Sensei by Piotr Czarnecki
Bottle Design Piotr Czarnecki
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7.6 / 10 118 Ratings
A popular perfume by Piotr Czarnecki for women and men, released in 2014. The scent is spicy-oriental. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Spicy
Oriental
Smoky
Woody
Resinous

Fragrance Notes

SpicesSpices Arabica coffeeArabica coffee Cuban tobaccoCuban tobacco MyrrhMyrrh Ambrette seed absoluteAmbrette seed absolute FrankincenseFrankincense LabdanumLabdanum WhiskyWhisky MuskMusk

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Ratings
Scent
7.6118 Ratings
Longevity
8.188 Ratings
Sillage
7.493 Ratings
Bottle
8.389 Ratings
Submitted by Gwiazdka72, last update on 18.12.2023.
Interesting Facts
This perfume was finalist of "The Art and Olfaction Awards For Excellence in Perfumery" which was organized in 2014 by the Institute for Art and Olfaction. In 2016 it was renamed to Shihan.

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2 in-depth fragrance descriptions
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Pricing
7.5
Bottle
8
Sillage
8
Longevity
7
Scent
Taurus

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The Gingerbread Whip
What I was curious about this fragrance and had correspondingly high expectations. Finally, the bottle with these three concentration levels under one lid suggests an almost eccentric exclusivity. An eye-catcher is Sensei certainly, but also a Hinriecher?

Where you can say or write about the fragrance what you want: you can not over-smell him or you can not accuse him that he is weak on the chest.

This is mainly because of the almost overambitious entry with this feisty gingerbread spice note, which seems to slay everything or one or the other could take flight - possibly even those who are inclined to the theme of Christmas and associated sweet biscuits.

The steadfast among them can perceive afterwards at least a slight development and something of the tobacco, which for me goes more in the direction of sweetish pipe than cigar, a splash of whiskey and some coffee grounds withbekommen. In between hold gossamer resinous notes and more spices.

One could think, here the perfumer quotes his personal experiences of the holidays in a cozy adult round after the Bescherung. A nice performance with certainly relaxed contemplative mood, however, even the gingerbread spice orgy at the beginning turned out a little too rustic for me. This is mainly because I associate these notes more with plain and quite firm brown gingerbread, less with flaky soft and juicy premium Elisenlebkuchen with wafer as well as at least 25% nut content.

All the gourmand rest unfortunately comes far too short and only towards the end recovers Sensei to a pleasing delicious fragrance experience, although the question now arises overall, which of the three versions, so Eau de Toilette, Eau de Parfum or Extrait de Parfum, was tested by me. I wish I knew, because there was nothing on the official sample from Piotr Czarnecki. From the coloring, I would definitely rule out the extrait and lean towards the EdP. Accordingly, it would now be interesting to find out how the other two versions do. But there must probably other experience comments.

Thus, I find Sensei or Shihan as the composition is now called, made quite appealing, but still a bit too unbalanced and brute. Less would have been there indeed more, while gingerbread aficionados come completely at their expense.
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Carboytony

116 Reviews
Carboytony
Carboytony
3  
Great blind buy, rich and sumptuous
This was a blind buy, and one of my best at that. This is one of my go-to winter scents.
I get what can be interpreted as a chocolate vibe from this. But it's really the beauty of the deliciously inebriating whiskey, mixing with the sweet leafy tobacco, spices and the jolting java note of coffee beans. Into the drydown Piotr adds another warming note: amber. This rich amber is mated with myrrh, labdanum and musk to provide a warm blanket of base notes.
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TombbbTombbb 3 years ago
6
Scent
Tons of dark chocolate, gingerbread and spices. Not so sweet as Mugler's scents, it is more dry and refined. A tiny bit of tobbacco too.
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HermeshHermesh 9 years ago
10
Bottle
7.5
Sillage
7.5
Longevity
7
Scent
Spicy gingerbread with distinct clove note and a slight touch of whiskey. Over time, it becomes softer, warmer and cozier.
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