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Notes01/07/2021
DonJuanDeCat
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Tree bark boiled in milk
Hello all you sniffing animals and welcome to my latest fragrance review. Today I'm sharing Palo Santo by Carner, a brand that means nothing to me, so this is also my first time trying a fragrance by Carner.
The fragrance name Palo Santo comes from a species of tree perhaps better known as guaiac. An exotic tree that is supposed to smell quite pleasant (and to me, smells good in fragrances, at least when I'm also supposed to recognize the scent correctly. I have not yet been able to smell guaiac pure or as a strong scent, so I would not be able to recognize it as quickly as I would, for example, if I smelled cedar). I know unfortunately only the essential oil of Palo Santo and well, more about that later... :D
Anyway, this fragrance here has a big flaw for me, which I've already mentioned so in some fragrances. No, I'm not talking about stuffy floral scents that only brainless ladies like.... Uh... hey hey, I was just saying that stuffy floral notes are just unpleasant :D
No, I'm talking about a scent that is 100 times worse and next to which the mentioned stuffy scents seem like the best scent in the world: milk! Better said boiling milk, a scent that can't be beaten in abartness and actually often causes a gag reflex in me when I'm strongly confronted with it, because for me it just smells overwhelmingly bad... bah!
But well, first to the scent:
The sillage is strong, so you can easily smell the scent on people who are "somewhere" in the room or space without having to get very close to them. Also the durability is strong or long turned out. Here are loosely eight to ten hours in it.
The flacon:
The flacon is quite nice in itself. The actual bottle is a solid looking rectangular container with a label with the name and logo stuck on it, and it all looks a bit simple. But it still has a rather large lid made of wood, which comes across super and enhances the whole bottle tremendously. Therefore, all in all, quite nicely done.
Conclusion:*
Okay, now that was Palo Santo. First of all, to me, this fragrance doesn't smell like Palo Santo at all. Alright, I first have to say that I don't know Palo Santo as a woody scent away from perfumes (which actually smells great in fragrances, at least when I smell out the guaiac wood), but more from essential oils and those struck me as very different from this scent. The Palo Santo essential oil (at least the one I sniffed once) smelled to me like a mix of general herbs, camphor, and a scent that had strongly resembled anise. I didn't like the oil at all because I don't like anise or anise-like scents, so I was glad that Palo Santo wasn't included as an oil in this fragrance. But unfortunately, there is milk for that. And I'm just wondering, why? I mean, the scent here has nice woods, pleasant tonka bean, all just great scents that come across very nice and pleasant, and then someone thinks you could pour boiling milk over it, baaah, what an outrage. In the middle note, it even smelled for me for quite a while consistently strongest after the milk note, which was for me already all over with this fragrance. Since it plays then also no more role, if the milk in the base occurs somewhat weaker (but still appears now and then) and one can smell then more beautiful Tonka.
Well, for all who like milk, the fragrance is certainly heavenly, because as I said the rest of the fragrance itself smells good. All others should really look around for other fragrances...
Usable would be the fragrance only in autumn and winter, and well, I would not necessarily use it for going out, because maybe other people might not really like boiling milk, who knows.
Anyway, I only recommend testing it for those who like milk, otherwise you can look for other woody scents. And with that I come to the end and wish you all a nice evening, until then or until the next time :)
The fragrance name Palo Santo comes from a species of tree perhaps better known as guaiac. An exotic tree that is supposed to smell quite pleasant (and to me, smells good in fragrances, at least when I'm also supposed to recognize the scent correctly. I have not yet been able to smell guaiac pure or as a strong scent, so I would not be able to recognize it as quickly as I would, for example, if I smelled cedar). I know unfortunately only the essential oil of Palo Santo and well, more about that later... :D
Anyway, this fragrance here has a big flaw for me, which I've already mentioned so in some fragrances. No, I'm not talking about stuffy floral scents that only brainless ladies like.... Uh... hey hey, I was just saying that stuffy floral notes are just unpleasant :D
No, I'm talking about a scent that is 100 times worse and next to which the mentioned stuffy scents seem like the best scent in the world: milk! Better said boiling milk, a scent that can't be beaten in abartness and actually often causes a gag reflex in me when I'm strongly confronted with it, because for me it just smells overwhelmingly bad... bah!
But well, first to the scent:
The scent:@!
The scent starts off quite woody and spicy. The wood is pleasant and gentle, guaiac wood should therefore apply, even if the scent seems to me a little different than usual. The specified rum I can hardly perceive, if, then only if I smell quite close to the sprayed.
A little later it smells sweeter and more powdery by the beautiful tonka bean. Milk comes with time to what I like least of all, because I do not like milk in fragrances or generally the smell of it (especially boiling milk) as just described, and here milk is just clearly to smell.
Still later, the milk but again stronger, which for me personally the fragrance so pretty pulls down, because I find the scent really disgusting, which is a pity, because he had otherwise had quite a nice beginning with woods and so.
Luckily, however, that tonka bean is present here, which saves a lot, for example, by masking the bad milk scent a little. The sweetly powdery tonka bean is anyway one of the nicest fragrance notes ever (at least in my opinion), so you can at least smell this fragrance note out very well, even if the milk should seep through stronger now and then.
Only with Palo Santo per se I am unsure whether I perceive it really or correctly. Palo Santo is, after all, guaiac wood and should I perceive this type of wood in fragrances in general correctly, then guaiac smells for me actually very pleasant and beautiful. Here I smell the woody note quite little or can not recognize it as guaiac wood, but maybe I'm just too annoyed by the milk or the tonka bean also covers everything else with his sweetish scent.
All in all, actually a nice fragrance, but the milk for me too much pulled down and almost made me, especially in the middle part, quickly wash off the arm again. At the end he is indeed softer and nicer,... but you have to get there first and even then the scent is not soo nice.
The sillage and the durability:The scent starts off quite woody and spicy. The wood is pleasant and gentle, guaiac wood should therefore apply, even if the scent seems to me a little different than usual. The specified rum I can hardly perceive, if, then only if I smell quite close to the sprayed.
A little later it smells sweeter and more powdery by the beautiful tonka bean. Milk comes with time to what I like least of all, because I do not like milk in fragrances or generally the smell of it (especially boiling milk) as just described, and here milk is just clearly to smell.
Still later, the milk but again stronger, which for me personally the fragrance so pretty pulls down, because I find the scent really disgusting, which is a pity, because he had otherwise had quite a nice beginning with woods and so.
Luckily, however, that tonka bean is present here, which saves a lot, for example, by masking the bad milk scent a little. The sweetly powdery tonka bean is anyway one of the nicest fragrance notes ever (at least in my opinion), so you can at least smell this fragrance note out very well, even if the milk should seep through stronger now and then.
Only with Palo Santo per se I am unsure whether I perceive it really or correctly. Palo Santo is, after all, guaiac wood and should I perceive this type of wood in fragrances in general correctly, then guaiac smells for me actually very pleasant and beautiful. Here I smell the woody note quite little or can not recognize it as guaiac wood, but maybe I'm just too annoyed by the milk or the tonka bean also covers everything else with his sweetish scent.
All in all, actually a nice fragrance, but the milk for me too much pulled down and almost made me, especially in the middle part, quickly wash off the arm again. At the end he is indeed softer and nicer,... but you have to get there first and even then the scent is not soo nice.
The sillage is strong, so you can easily smell the scent on people who are "somewhere" in the room or space without having to get very close to them. Also the durability is strong or long turned out. Here are loosely eight to ten hours in it.
The flacon is quite nice in itself. The actual bottle is a solid looking rectangular container with a label with the name and logo stuck on it, and it all looks a bit simple. But it still has a rather large lid made of wood, which comes across super and enhances the whole bottle tremendously. Therefore, all in all, quite nicely done.
Okay, now that was Palo Santo. First of all, to me, this fragrance doesn't smell like Palo Santo at all. Alright, I first have to say that I don't know Palo Santo as a woody scent away from perfumes (which actually smells great in fragrances, at least when I smell out the guaiac wood), but more from essential oils and those struck me as very different from this scent. The Palo Santo essential oil (at least the one I sniffed once) smelled to me like a mix of general herbs, camphor, and a scent that had strongly resembled anise. I didn't like the oil at all because I don't like anise or anise-like scents, so I was glad that Palo Santo wasn't included as an oil in this fragrance. But unfortunately, there is milk for that. And I'm just wondering, why? I mean, the scent here has nice woods, pleasant tonka bean, all just great scents that come across very nice and pleasant, and then someone thinks you could pour boiling milk over it, baaah, what an outrage. In the middle note, it even smelled for me for quite a while consistently strongest after the milk note, which was for me already all over with this fragrance. Since it plays then also no more role, if the milk in the base occurs somewhat weaker (but still appears now and then) and one can smell then more beautiful Tonka.
Well, for all who like milk, the fragrance is certainly heavenly, because as I said the rest of the fragrance itself smells good. All others should really look around for other fragrances...
Usable would be the fragrance only in autumn and winter, and well, I would not necessarily use it for going out, because maybe other people might not really like boiling milk, who knows.
Anyway, I only recommend testing it for those who like milk, otherwise you can look for other woody scents. And with that I come to the end and wish you all a nice evening, until then or until the next time :)
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