01/04/2024
Chizza
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Faust's soul
Myriads of cocoa grains trickle down sparklingly as cocoa dust swirls upwards, meeting in the middle for golden-radiant, warm-resinous wing beats, uniting to form a kind of sintering column; persistent and yet very fragile, constantly fading and appearing anew. Shimmering around the symbolic light, this fragrance develops further facets. Resinous nuances and damp wood evoke a balsamic heaviness that feels diametrically opposed to olfactory lightness.
In Roman mythology, the goddess of light merged with Juno, probably the most respected goddess in terms of rank. Like this, the first phases merge into a new fragrance, even if the bulk may simply represent the development of the oud. The eagle wood used here merely provides the foundation. Especially the beginning with the spicy entree, where cardamom and cocoa harmonize wonderfully.
The aforementioned resinous facets are then married with camphor. This creates fresh aspects, minty moments like in After Eight. Only with oud instead of chocolate.
Mineral-animalic ambergris gives us further facets, making the dusty, harsh-green element appear rounded and full-bodied. Dark wood, here soaked up like a sponge, in its most beautiful form. Lucina bathes this attar in light in all possible colors of the oud spectrum at ever new angles of incidence. Elegance, perfection, beauty.
More than two years ago, I wrote a few words about the extrait. I liked the fragrance, very much indeed. I can neither elevate the Attar above the Extrait nor do I want to place it below it. For this reason, I am not comparing the two. Sure, you can in terms of depth, sillage and so on. Both are successful, and I'll leave it at that.
Just one last word: anyone who judges oud fragrances by generalizing should try an Attar like this one to broaden their horizons. Perhaps one or the other will then follow Faust:
"If I say to the moment: Linger! You are so beautiful! then you may beat me in fetters, Then I will gladly perish!"
In this sense: I accept the bet on behalf of Mephisto.
In Roman mythology, the goddess of light merged with Juno, probably the most respected goddess in terms of rank. Like this, the first phases merge into a new fragrance, even if the bulk may simply represent the development of the oud. The eagle wood used here merely provides the foundation. Especially the beginning with the spicy entree, where cardamom and cocoa harmonize wonderfully.
The aforementioned resinous facets are then married with camphor. This creates fresh aspects, minty moments like in After Eight. Only with oud instead of chocolate.
Mineral-animalic ambergris gives us further facets, making the dusty, harsh-green element appear rounded and full-bodied. Dark wood, here soaked up like a sponge, in its most beautiful form. Lucina bathes this attar in light in all possible colors of the oud spectrum at ever new angles of incidence. Elegance, perfection, beauty.
More than two years ago, I wrote a few words about the extrait. I liked the fragrance, very much indeed. I can neither elevate the Attar above the Extrait nor do I want to place it below it. For this reason, I am not comparing the two. Sure, you can in terms of depth, sillage and so on. Both are successful, and I'll leave it at that.
Just one last word: anyone who judges oud fragrances by generalizing should try an Attar like this one to broaden their horizons. Perhaps one or the other will then follow Faust:
"If I say to the moment: Linger! You are so beautiful! then you may beat me in fetters, Then I will gladly perish!"
In this sense: I accept the bet on behalf of Mephisto.
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