Top Notes
Violet leaf
Indian ambergris
Heart Notes
Mysore sandalwood
Vanilla
Base Notes
Tonka bean
Cypress
Oakmoss
Nagarmotha
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Notes09/24/2021
Ropanski2020
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Ropanski2020
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5
*Ambra*kadabra - fall for a scent painting
Introductory words:
Perfumes in general can be met with a great deal of passion, that is, with the deepest fervor. One can pay homage to the perfumer for his congenial ingenuity or, for example, the brand behind it, for its courage and determination. At the same time, fragrances always represent a hurdle, a task, so to speak, which - like life itself - should only be faced with a great deal of time and passion, but also with all kinds of experience and daring. Especially for the latter, one is rewarded from time to time, which opens the view for the new and lets the own horizon of expectations constantly wander.
Fragrances should tell stories - of places, characters and exciting events. At best, experiences from one's own biography are taken up or touched upon in the approach. To sound out intersections that inspire us to dream, to lead us to contexts that lie buried under the ballast of time, should be a goal. At least, it is just such fragrance experiences that often make me interested to listen, where I then simply grab the curiosity, which ultimately decides whether I am inclined to a purchase or not.
Perfumers do well to provide for such experiences and / or stories imaginatively continue to spin, which are already laid out in our biography, by letting their fragrances speak for themselves. A fragrance that manages to pick me up both mentally and physically, and moreover let me enter new realms, is Baikal Gris by Areej Le Doré (AlD).
In this, Baikal Gris surprises (me) in several positive ways. Firstly, Russian Adam refers to a motif, Lake Baikal - the largest freshwater lake in the world, located in the southern Siberian mountains and covering an area of almost 31500km². That piques my interest! On the other hand, it puts a note in the foreground that I hardly knew until now: No eaglewood, no musk, it's the amber that owns the stage. I want to test that!
First impression:
Minimally salty, somewhat ozone-like - stripped of seaweed, some wood, swollen and shrouded in haze, floats on the surface of the water, surrounded by pine forests and rocky crevices. A scent painting that pleases me, picks me up, lets me experience a scent journey - a bull's eye. But how is the progression? Quite linear, I would say, how could it be otherwise when a lake serves as leitmotif(s)?! The amber dominates from the first second on and doesn't let up even after several hours. Only and alone the woods gain in the further course of the fragrance in contour.
Second impression:
Approaches of musk recognizable (nut grass?!), yet not at all pungent (animal), bar any form of mustiness or even dryness, rather in the width extremely transparent drawn. In the course of the fragrance quite softening, the base is always perceptible, perhaps not on several meters, rather close to the body, but carrying all the trump cards on the skin - craftsmanship really succeeded.
Result:
Rarely allowed to test such a natural seeming, mineral fragrance. Even after 12-14 hours still clearly perceptible on the skin escapes me the thought of wanting to acquire it, this skillfully implemented, salty base. Another highlight is definitely the sandalwood note, spicy-creamy unfolds this not too demanding in the base and harmonizes perfectly with the balsamic amber. The durability is AlD-appropriately on the highest level, the sillage just right.
I do not know the Atlantic Ambergris, insofar it is not up to me to be able to assess to what extent Russian Adam revived here an already applied / known formula in Baikal Gris, however, I like Baikal Gris extraordinarily. It is unique in the positive sense and counts to me to the best and above all most exciting releases of AlD.
(Thanks and love go out to Antoniacreed for the opportunity to test Baikal Gris)
Final words on the subject of niche and scarcity:
Around the label entwine, as is well known, quite a few, downright diversifying myths and legends, which are accompanied by real purchase and especially resale EXCESSES. Strangely, possibly morally viscous and yet falling perfectly into the capitalist pattern, a structural dynamic has developed over the last few years that can and should rightly be criticized. If scarcity is stylized as the primary reason for buying, then something is going wrong and threatens to degenerate more and more as a result. Be that as it may. The loyal clientele is demanding and greedy for new unknown shores - I was and still am not completely exempt from this partly excessive intoxication.
Russian Adam offered and still offers a supposedly safe haven for all those to whom the only seemingly meager >Normal
Perfumes in general can be met with a great deal of passion, that is, with the deepest fervor. One can pay homage to the perfumer for his congenial ingenuity or, for example, the brand behind it, for its courage and determination. At the same time, fragrances always represent a hurdle, a task, so to speak, which - like life itself - should only be faced with a great deal of time and passion, but also with all kinds of experience and daring. Especially for the latter, one is rewarded from time to time, which opens the view for the new and lets the own horizon of expectations constantly wander.
Fragrances should tell stories - of places, characters and exciting events. At best, experiences from one's own biography are taken up or touched upon in the approach. To sound out intersections that inspire us to dream, to lead us to contexts that lie buried under the ballast of time, should be a goal. At least, it is just such fragrance experiences that often make me interested to listen, where I then simply grab the curiosity, which ultimately decides whether I am inclined to a purchase or not.
Perfumers do well to provide for such experiences and / or stories imaginatively continue to spin, which are already laid out in our biography, by letting their fragrances speak for themselves. A fragrance that manages to pick me up both mentally and physically, and moreover let me enter new realms, is Baikal Gris by Areej Le Doré (AlD).
In this, Baikal Gris surprises (me) in several positive ways. Firstly, Russian Adam refers to a motif, Lake Baikal - the largest freshwater lake in the world, located in the southern Siberian mountains and covering an area of almost 31500km². That piques my interest! On the other hand, it puts a note in the foreground that I hardly knew until now: No eaglewood, no musk, it's the amber that owns the stage. I want to test that!
First impression:
Minimally salty, somewhat ozone-like - stripped of seaweed, some wood, swollen and shrouded in haze, floats on the surface of the water, surrounded by pine forests and rocky crevices. A scent painting that pleases me, picks me up, lets me experience a scent journey - a bull's eye. But how is the progression? Quite linear, I would say, how could it be otherwise when a lake serves as leitmotif(s)?! The amber dominates from the first second on and doesn't let up even after several hours. Only and alone the woods gain in the further course of the fragrance in contour.
Second impression:
Approaches of musk recognizable (nut grass?!), yet not at all pungent (animal), bar any form of mustiness or even dryness, rather in the width extremely transparent drawn. In the course of the fragrance quite softening, the base is always perceptible, perhaps not on several meters, rather close to the body, but carrying all the trump cards on the skin - craftsmanship really succeeded.
Result:
Rarely allowed to test such a natural seeming, mineral fragrance. Even after 12-14 hours still clearly perceptible on the skin escapes me the thought of wanting to acquire it, this skillfully implemented, salty base. Another highlight is definitely the sandalwood note, spicy-creamy unfolds this not too demanding in the base and harmonizes perfectly with the balsamic amber. The durability is AlD-appropriately on the highest level, the sillage just right.
I do not know the Atlantic Ambergris, insofar it is not up to me to be able to assess to what extent Russian Adam revived here an already applied / known formula in Baikal Gris, however, I like Baikal Gris extraordinarily. It is unique in the positive sense and counts to me to the best and above all most exciting releases of AlD.
(Thanks and love go out to Antoniacreed for the opportunity to test Baikal Gris)
Final words on the subject of niche and scarcity:
Around the label entwine, as is well known, quite a few, downright diversifying myths and legends, which are accompanied by real purchase and especially resale EXCESSES. Strangely, possibly morally viscous and yet falling perfectly into the capitalist pattern, a structural dynamic has developed over the last few years that can and should rightly be criticized. If scarcity is stylized as the primary reason for buying, then something is going wrong and threatens to degenerate more and more as a result. Be that as it may. The loyal clientele is demanding and greedy for new unknown shores - I was and still am not completely exempt from this partly excessive intoxication.
Russian Adam offered and still offers a supposedly safe haven for all those to whom the only seemingly meager >Normal
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