Insense

As a desert craving lover, how could I pass Andy Tauer's beautiful creation! I use it when I feel nostalgic of the greater of solitudes, of the unbelievable mystic night I danced under the sound of touareg's music, or when I walked on the dunes of Tunisia, the moon smiling complacent...

For me, this is my dream of the future: my place of desire, the mythic Timbuktu, where I want to be one day. Such is this amazing scent: quiet, spiritual, in peace and harmony with nature, and evocative of mankind origins.

It really was a miracle I met this cologne. I was looking for a good cologne but not too classic, and otherwise I wanted my cologne realized my dark side. Light and shade of a Sagittarius then. But I did not believe in this possibility.
And yet: here it is. Je Suis Un Homme (I Am A Man) captures the deeper and complex masculinity, one that takes the eternal dialectic of duality. That of the man with the brightest smile hiding the darkest soul, and reveals the whole man.
Citric, spicy and leathery cologne (with the usual leather quality of this brand), all much more than the parts. Thank you, ELdO!

The first time I tested Oud Ispahan (without much expectation given that being fan of oud had tested enough), was in Paris last April, at Galleries Lafayette. Imagine how, in perfume section thousands of smells permeating the environment, so only a few hours and then tested various perfumes began to notice something amazing and outstanding.
Would be which one?
A friend of Fragrantica sent me, a few weeks later, luckily, a sample of this, and, miracle, was such, as I suspected!
Yes, the one of that rainy and magic day of Paris, which ended in a wonderful late afternoon at Olympia Café taking an aperitif, continuing to follow a perfect dinner the best steak tartare I've ever eaten in a bistrot in the Marais, and finally come to my hotel room beheld this smell that lingered from the first moment.
Became the end of my quest for the perfect scent, my Holy Grail!
Dry. Intoxicating. Exotic rose but not of bouquets, yes the one you can smell in the hot fields of Iran. And finally oud used subtly (but not hidden) in a fascinating scent of choice in fine tradition of Western school.
Compliments? Immense. Known and unknown women, mainly. Makes me feel the Suskind’s character.
There are many ouds I like. One day I will speak of them here. But for now, this is the one to which I will be eternally faithful. And I've never been a faithful guy ;)

PdN's Amber Oud is a complex concoction, as always in this brand. It brings to me a tridimensional experience, from the top notes to the dry down. Lively at first, then balsamic, I notice the oud all the time, but not the more usual oud: here, it stays in the shadow, as if it were the 3rd dimension of a composition transporting us to the future, when the nostalgia of the great perfumes of the past century will lead us to a returning movement actualized for the technologic world of the present.
A bit skanky? Yes!
A bit well behaved? Yes again!
Out of the box? Definitely!
(And a plus: not too expensive, an excellent quality for the price)