02/22/2020

GewoonBB
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GewoonBB
Sandor 70's (@Nose.Knows.No.Notes)
• CARNER SANDOR 70's •
A leathery tobacco that doesn't get mentioned often in the fragrance community...but should it?
Absolutely. Sandor 70's is named after a Barcelona bar in the 1970's and that's definitely the type of setting this scent puts me in. It starts off with tobacco as the main note. There's a lot of sweetness from the opening, but I feel it's detached from the tobacco (to compare, I feel like it's closer to Tom Ford's Tobacco Vanille, which has a lifelike, dry tobacco, with a separate vanilla that overpowers it later on. Meanwhile, Parfums de Marly has a 'sweeter tobacco' smoke note, but that retains the tobacco until the end). Overall, the scent of Sandor 70's opening leans more towards Herod, but the tobacco note feels more ashy, more between cigarettes and pipe tobacco. The sweetness hangs around it, sometimes taking over, but some wafts of the tobacco are not as smooth as they are in Herod.
When smelled up close, a slight animalic, leathery accord lurks in the background and during the wear it becomes more prominent. This leathery note is the key distinguishing factor between Sandor and most of it's 'competitors'. It's a nice smelling, soft leather or suede, that somehow makes this less masculine, if that makes sense. Especially because there's a hint of rose underneath. I've heard the mention of booziness pertaining to this fragrance several times, but I can't say that I pick up on a particular boozy smell; I just think it's less dry and more syrupy than some of the popular tobacco fragrances. Later in the drydown, it becomes more suede and sweet to my nose. But weirdly enough, some moments the smooth suede/leather starts to smell a bit plasticy (or as others have described it, like a rubberband).
Herod is one of my favorite fragrances so far, and I think at it's core, it's nicer than Sandor 70's. It's close though, and Herod is far less complex, so I can see how after many wears, Sandor might stay more interesting. Definitely my favorite offering from Carner Barcelona so far (after having tried Palo Santo, Ambar Del Sur & D600 earlier) •
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A leathery tobacco that doesn't get mentioned often in the fragrance community...but should it?
Absolutely. Sandor 70's is named after a Barcelona bar in the 1970's and that's definitely the type of setting this scent puts me in. It starts off with tobacco as the main note. There's a lot of sweetness from the opening, but I feel it's detached from the tobacco (to compare, I feel like it's closer to Tom Ford's Tobacco Vanille, which has a lifelike, dry tobacco, with a separate vanilla that overpowers it later on. Meanwhile, Parfums de Marly has a 'sweeter tobacco' smoke note, but that retains the tobacco until the end). Overall, the scent of Sandor 70's opening leans more towards Herod, but the tobacco note feels more ashy, more between cigarettes and pipe tobacco. The sweetness hangs around it, sometimes taking over, but some wafts of the tobacco are not as smooth as they are in Herod.
When smelled up close, a slight animalic, leathery accord lurks in the background and during the wear it becomes more prominent. This leathery note is the key distinguishing factor between Sandor and most of it's 'competitors'. It's a nice smelling, soft leather or suede, that somehow makes this less masculine, if that makes sense. Especially because there's a hint of rose underneath. I've heard the mention of booziness pertaining to this fragrance several times, but I can't say that I pick up on a particular boozy smell; I just think it's less dry and more syrupy than some of the popular tobacco fragrances. Later in the drydown, it becomes more suede and sweet to my nose. But weirdly enough, some moments the smooth suede/leather starts to smell a bit plasticy (or as others have described it, like a rubberband).
Herod is one of my favorite fragrances so far, and I think at it's core, it's nicer than Sandor 70's. It's close though, and Herod is far less complex, so I can see how after many wears, Sandor might stay more interesting. Definitely my favorite offering from Carner Barcelona so far (after having tried Palo Santo, Ambar Del Sur & D600 earlier) •
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