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Cardamom
Green mandarin orange
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Geranium
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Opoponax
Musk
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Notes04/11/2021
Valdar
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Half past nine in the morning, hungover in the teutonic forest
Who doesn't know it? You wake up in the morning to gentle rays of sunlight shimmering through the dense branches of the forest. Dewdrops sparkle like diamonds in the leaves of the trees. Birds are singing and the sound of a brook can be heard in the distance. This would be beautiful if it weren't for that piercing pain raging in your head, the tired limbs and the lack of memory, immediately linked to the question, "Where the hell am I? What happened yesterday?"
But that smell in the damp clothes slowly brings fragments of last night back to mind. It is the scent of sweet Malibu coconut liqueur and mead (the honey wine, not that meaty spread).
Exactly! That damn mead! And that devilish coconut liqueur! There you were just walking in the woods for a bit in the evening and suddenly there was this wooden bar! Exactly! An outdoor bar, in the middle of the wilderness, made from fresh, resinous wooden planks. And those trolls and elves who ran the bar. "Why don't you try a sip of our liquor...a little glass won't hurt...and a little mead to wash it down...come on boy, just a glass or two, they're really small glasses too" they said.
And now you're lying like a fool in the moss, somewhere, hidden in the deep woods, with a headache and no sign of the bar. As if it never existed. A look in the wallet reveals the next shock. 160 euros drunk!
Well, but funny it was still somehow...
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So, what to expect with Amber Teutonic?
First of all, more amber than teutonic. And this amber accord comes around the corner sweetish, chewy, honey-like and part of it really has a fruity coconut association. It also has a boozy undertone that makes me think of various liqueurs.
The Teutonic woodiness forms a kind of cool background noise and is also dominated by a certain resinousness. Background noise is perhaps not an entirely accurate way of putting it. Let's say it shapes the amber's surroundings.
Now, unlike other scents from D.S. & Durga, like "Bowmakers" or "Mississippi Medicine," which I liked right off the bat, this one took a few tries. In the end, though, it still develops a greater magic and mystique than the two I just mentioned, which are beautiful but also easily transparent, which is more than you could say for Amber Teutonic. The chords here are an art in themselves, creating associations and images that have absolutely nothing to do with the individual notes that make them up. Fascinating....
The durability is relatively good with about 9 hours, the sillage reasonable and the wearability felt best in spring and autumn, certainly quite versatile and absolutely unisex.
Only and only the price of 165 euros for 50 ml gives me a headache, but as a worthy alternative, if you want a sweetish, honey-like forest, I can only think of "WALD" by Euphorium Brooklyn, which is in the same notch, but with (I think) about 150 euros for 50 ml is also not really cheaper (and does without the coconut liqueur).
So people... if you have a little spare change and want to be as cool as someone who gets drunk at night in a forest bar with mead and coconut liqueur to stagger hungover in the morning through the wilderness, then get the stuff!
But that smell in the damp clothes slowly brings fragments of last night back to mind. It is the scent of sweet Malibu coconut liqueur and mead (the honey wine, not that meaty spread).
Exactly! That damn mead! And that devilish coconut liqueur! There you were just walking in the woods for a bit in the evening and suddenly there was this wooden bar! Exactly! An outdoor bar, in the middle of the wilderness, made from fresh, resinous wooden planks. And those trolls and elves who ran the bar. "Why don't you try a sip of our liquor...a little glass won't hurt...and a little mead to wash it down...come on boy, just a glass or two, they're really small glasses too" they said.
And now you're lying like a fool in the moss, somewhere, hidden in the deep woods, with a headache and no sign of the bar. As if it never existed. A look in the wallet reveals the next shock. 160 euros drunk!
Well, but funny it was still somehow...
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So, what to expect with Amber Teutonic?
First of all, more amber than teutonic. And this amber accord comes around the corner sweetish, chewy, honey-like and part of it really has a fruity coconut association. It also has a boozy undertone that makes me think of various liqueurs.
The Teutonic woodiness forms a kind of cool background noise and is also dominated by a certain resinousness. Background noise is perhaps not an entirely accurate way of putting it. Let's say it shapes the amber's surroundings.
Now, unlike other scents from D.S. & Durga, like "Bowmakers" or "Mississippi Medicine," which I liked right off the bat, this one took a few tries. In the end, though, it still develops a greater magic and mystique than the two I just mentioned, which are beautiful but also easily transparent, which is more than you could say for Amber Teutonic. The chords here are an art in themselves, creating associations and images that have absolutely nothing to do with the individual notes that make them up. Fascinating....
The durability is relatively good with about 9 hours, the sillage reasonable and the wearability felt best in spring and autumn, certainly quite versatile and absolutely unisex.
Only and only the price of 165 euros for 50 ml gives me a headache, but as a worthy alternative, if you want a sweetish, honey-like forest, I can only think of "WALD" by Euphorium Brooklyn, which is in the same notch, but with (I think) about 150 euros for 50 ml is also not really cheaper (and does without the coconut liqueur).
So people... if you have a little spare change and want to be as cool as someone who gets drunk at night in a forest bar with mead and coconut liqueur to stagger hungover in the morning through the wilderness, then get the stuff!
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