Top Notes
Mahogany
Air accord
Heart Notes
Colophony
Maple wood
Cypress
Base Notes
Tree resin
Cedar
Moss
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Notes08/02/2020
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Olfactory instruction of a bow making
Bowmakers is by name alone a fragrance I really like, because first of all I like creative names and not just something like "Leather" (Forgive me, AdP) or something like that. Secondly - you may hardly believe it - but I like to do things like fishing, horseback riding or archery, mostly on holiday of course. In this respect I had sympathy from the beginning. Now I know both versions of Bowmakers, I find the older version slightly better, but I also have to admit that the new bottle has already started the maturing process and the wood is getting darker and more oily and gradually gets the characteristic lacquer note. In this respect I take a relaxed view and won't compare both versions in the further course of time, as the differences are marginal, although I would rate the older version (still) half a point higher.
Of course the violin varnish stands out at the beginning and only here the difference between the two versions is relatively clear to me. While on the one hand the perfume takes on the scent of a violin varnished some time ago, the reformulation shows us rather a freshly varnished violin. The mahogany reminds us of old furniture from our parents' house, for example; I think everyone can imagine something like that. Very noble but also with a mature character.
With a smooth transition Bowmakers travels back in time. Where just a moment ago the olfactory focus was on the finished product, we are now in a carpentry workshop and initially manufacture the final product. It smells of shavings, stains and varnish as well as a melange of a variety of woods. One can easily sense a hint of incense, which comes from maple. More dominant, however, is the cypress which, with its limey character, provides that little bit of freshness which catapulted us into the production process.
A sentence about the component colophony, here probably meant is violin resin: this consists classically of various coniferous woods and that's how Bowmakers smells. As much as I appreciate the cypress, the question of whether it is used sensibly here always resonates for me because I find the result good but it would have its charm to perceive these woods without cypress.
Maybe you don't have to wait that long, because at least in the older version the cypress retreats quickly or is displaced. In the newer version it offers more resistance and never quite goes.
It gets exciting in the base, because the cedar fights its way forward; the later one does not hurry the first violin (I had to install it) but the second one does. Actually more outstanding in the old version, if you know that it is included. Slightly cool and herbaceous moss rounds off the scent and appears more herbaceous the younger the scent is. Personally I appreciate a less herbaceous attitude but it is empirically clear that this point is only a matter of time. Like probably the cypress and the prelude.
Regarding durability and sillage, the newer version is stronger, although both are good. The newer one smells more intensive, longer lasting strong and stays in the room for hours even when sprayed, as my little daughter impressively demonstrated to me. Since then, the most important fragrances in my collection are also slightly higher but this is only mentioned as a small anecdote in passing.
Bowmakers is - if we use the older fragrances from D.S. & Durga - my favourite. Undisputed. Burning Barbershop is also nice, the rest is solid to good, but doesn't reach me as much as these two. This is simply because of the symbiosis of varnish and resin. In general I like darker wood scents like Norne but also Arso better than rather light variants. In this respect it's astonishing where we finally have the lime cypress here but it harmonizes extraordinarily here in the main.
In so far as my purchase recommendation for its implementation I can recommend a natural cosmetics supplier from Germany. There is not much to be found in the prices of the individual suppliers, unless you buy this fragrance with a bit of luck in rare offers. I stayed with my natural cosmetics retailer who added several samples including a 12ml bottle. Plus a handwritten and perfumed letter, I appreciate that.
Of course the violin varnish stands out at the beginning and only here the difference between the two versions is relatively clear to me. While on the one hand the perfume takes on the scent of a violin varnished some time ago, the reformulation shows us rather a freshly varnished violin. The mahogany reminds us of old furniture from our parents' house, for example; I think everyone can imagine something like that. Very noble but also with a mature character.
With a smooth transition Bowmakers travels back in time. Where just a moment ago the olfactory focus was on the finished product, we are now in a carpentry workshop and initially manufacture the final product. It smells of shavings, stains and varnish as well as a melange of a variety of woods. One can easily sense a hint of incense, which comes from maple. More dominant, however, is the cypress which, with its limey character, provides that little bit of freshness which catapulted us into the production process.
A sentence about the component colophony, here probably meant is violin resin: this consists classically of various coniferous woods and that's how Bowmakers smells. As much as I appreciate the cypress, the question of whether it is used sensibly here always resonates for me because I find the result good but it would have its charm to perceive these woods without cypress.
Maybe you don't have to wait that long, because at least in the older version the cypress retreats quickly or is displaced. In the newer version it offers more resistance and never quite goes.
It gets exciting in the base, because the cedar fights its way forward; the later one does not hurry the first violin (I had to install it) but the second one does. Actually more outstanding in the old version, if you know that it is included. Slightly cool and herbaceous moss rounds off the scent and appears more herbaceous the younger the scent is. Personally I appreciate a less herbaceous attitude but it is empirically clear that this point is only a matter of time. Like probably the cypress and the prelude.
Regarding durability and sillage, the newer version is stronger, although both are good. The newer one smells more intensive, longer lasting strong and stays in the room for hours even when sprayed, as my little daughter impressively demonstrated to me. Since then, the most important fragrances in my collection are also slightly higher but this is only mentioned as a small anecdote in passing.
Bowmakers is - if we use the older fragrances from D.S. & Durga - my favourite. Undisputed. Burning Barbershop is also nice, the rest is solid to good, but doesn't reach me as much as these two. This is simply because of the symbiosis of varnish and resin. In general I like darker wood scents like Norne but also Arso better than rather light variants. In this respect it's astonishing where we finally have the lime cypress here but it harmonizes extraordinarily here in the main.
In so far as my purchase recommendation for its implementation I can recommend a natural cosmetics supplier from Germany. There is not much to be found in the prices of the individual suppliers, unless you buy this fragrance with a bit of luck in rare offers. I stayed with my natural cosmetics retailer who added several samples including a 12ml bottle. Plus a handwritten and perfumed letter, I appreciate that.
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