Incense City 2018

Incense City by AllSaints
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7.5 / 10 106 Ratings
Incense City is a popular perfume by AllSaints for women and men and was released in 2018. The scent is woody-smoky. It is being marketed by Revlon Inc..
Layers well with Cinéma (Eau de Parfum)
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Main accords

Woody
Smoky
Spicy
Resinous
Sweet

Fragrance Notes

FrankincenseFrankincense CedarwoodCedarwood CypressCypress
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Scent
7.5106 Ratings
Longevity
7.393 Ratings
Sillage
6.792 Ratings
Bottle
7.392 Ratings
Value for money
8.147 Ratings
Submitted by Franfan20, last update on 24.03.2024.

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Esscentiell

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Helpful Review 6  
Get away from me, demon!
Ohweiherauch - Incense City was a risky blind buy on my part. Was it worth it?

Incense is a fragrance that I am only just beginning to discover and learn to love. So absolutely a new resident of Incense City.

So I was afraid I had completely overestimated myself here. After all, this is supposed to be the absolute incense bomb that you get here - at least according to the reviews. Pure incense, so to speak, with which you can keep all kinds of demons, vampires and other creatures at bay. Useful for sure if your name is Buffy, but do I want to smell like that? Am I up to these clouds of incense as a newbie? I wasn't sure.

So it was with appropriately sacred reverence that I sprayed the scent for the first time. Wow. Very different from what I expected, very different from what I feared.

My first association was not a cold church in Incense City, but a soft, sweet desert at night, far from the city. With warm dunes of ambrette cedarwood sand on which - there it is - gently cooling veils of incense lie. So yes, the incense is present, and for me it becomes more present as the fragrance progresses, but it never becomes overwhelming. The balance between cold incense and warm, resinous wood is really well done and offers enough contrast for me to want to keep sniffing it.

Wage the fragrance seems familiar to me, I would like to say it reminds me of Ambre Khandjar from Une Nuit Nomade without the plum (would explain the desert association), but I no longer have my sample for direct comparison.

Longevity is okay, I get around 5 hours. At the beginning, it radiates at least well at arm's length, then gets quieter relatively quickly. I think it's absolutely solid for the price.

Where there's incense, there's fire, right? And that's true of this fragrance, because I'm on fire. Especially now for the colder season, I can already say: this will be a perennial favorite for me. It was definitely a risky blind buy, but it was worth it for me.

I am now well prepared for any demon encounters and can say with fervor: Get away from me demon! But don't leave me, scent!"
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Pollita

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Pollita
Top Review 43  
At night in the rehearsal room
It is pitch dark when the boys lead the two girls into the building complex in the middle of the industrial estate. The air is filled with the typical steam of an industrial area. Inside there are lots of small plots with partitions made of cheap wood. It also smells a bit like a party, slightly smoky-sweet. The girls sit down in the corner in the back, while the guys organize something to drink and afterwards plug their guitars into the amplifiers. But wait, there's one thing missing. The long haired guy rolls a joint, lights it with a match and passes it around. As he leans over to the girls, you can catch the masculine scent of his deodorant before the slightly sweet smell of marijuana hits their noses. The boys begin to play. Not as loud and brute as they usually do on stage. These are soft, very subtle sounds in perfect harmony. The cables, warm from playing and covered with dust, release their very special scent before the singer M. starts humming a beautiful melody. The two girls listen and enjoy.

Again a special, but still beautiful and also quite wearable fragrance awaits one with Incense City by AllSaints. After a smoky-woody start, which is remotely reminiscent of Kerosene's Broken Theories, the fragrance gradually becomes softer and more synthetic, but also brings a subtle softness and sweetness. For a long time, the impression of a freshly lit match lingers for me, but the smell of electrical appliances that have become warm also lingers in the air. May sound a little confused and not particularly pleasant at first glance, but smells really beautiful. I also think I perceive echoes of La Fin Du Monde by ELdO, even if the iris component is missing here. If you like it smoky and a bit experimental, just give it a try. Although it makes me superficially think of a men's fragrance, it also wears wonderfully as a lady. I find him great!
Many thanks to Ergoproxy for the test opportunity.

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Splitter

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Splitter
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Is it autumn?
Yes, it's definitely autumn in this block-ridden district. The cold air struggles to make its way through the ravines of the mass housing. Somewhere the melody of a barrel organ is playing and you can hear the laughter or screams of people on rides. From the same direction the smell of roasted nuts blows in. One runs past me and breathes out his smoke. Luckily it is gone again quickly.
The fair is getting louder, the rain turns to fog and a few more people stagger out of their houses to celebrate.
A couple of campfires on the square with various food stalls create a pleasant atmosphere and warmth on this day at this time of year and in this humid weather. But the people want to celebrate, because something is over. Nobody knows (anymore) exactly what, but that is not so important.
I'm celebrating. It feels good. Everything around me is pleasant, albeit tentative and slow. My memory tells me that things used to be different. But it feels good
At some point it is night and people go home person after person. Soon I, too, can no longer stand on my feet.
On my way home I pass a cemetery. People are mourning. People are lying in each other's arms. I walk on, because it's none of my business.

Neukölln.
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