Orca by House of Matriarch
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8.2 / 10 94 Ratings
A popular limited perfume by House of Matriarch for women and men, released in 2015. The scent is resinous-spicy. It is still in production.
Limited Edition
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Main accords

Resinous
Spicy
Oriental
Smoky
Sweet

Fragrance Notes

AmberAmber ResinsResins Choya NakhChoya Nakh HoneyHoney SpikenardSpikenard ClementineClementine

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8.294 Ratings
Longevity
7.579 Ratings
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6.880 Ratings
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7.762 Ratings
Value for money
5.115 Ratings
Submitted by Estherica, last update on 16.03.2024.

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Chizza

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Top Review 31  
Pleasant incense mixture
With Orca I have to think about many things but not about perfume. Also not necessarily about Free Willy. I was curious about the ingredient Choya Nakh, which has only two recent perfumes in the Parfumo database. The whole thing is - if I understood it correctly - distilled oil from heated shells. How exactly do you imagine this? One roasts wild mussels slowly in a large cauldron, a choya. The mussels release a light brown oil with an intense aroma, but are destroyed during the process. Choya Nakh is said to smell of the sea, mossy and smoky. It is said to give scents more depth. Against this background, the combination with various resins and plants should be recommended. Resins, amber and the nard are available, the best conditions for this Indian oil production
Even without knowing this, a salty, oceanic element is noticeably present in the background of the fragrance. But this does not dominate. If I had to compare one of the well-known salty oceanic scents with it, I would use squid but in a drier and therefore not so "powdery" version, which is disturbing for me. This facet is gradually receding. The already strong incense gets now even more stage presence.

It seems sacral, rather friendly but not bright. This is due to the Indian nard. Its olfactory footprint is characterized by warm and sensual herbaceousness. This spicy-warm element resonates in the incense. The scent is sometimes difficult to describe, especially when you consider that the honey note orca does not allow the honey to become sweet, but the wood is soaked and now smells like a honey mixture. This note joins the nard and is rather unconventional to call.

Hours later the picture is a different one. Resins and nard have said goodbye, only a pleasantly cool and bright incense lingers, but does not do so too strongly. I have to think of a starry night in summer, my own thoughts wander into the stellar distance, the mind is in a transcendental state. Beautiful to perceive for the comfortable being, in everyday life probably too contemplative for me.

Orca then fades away and is not an incense scent for everyone because of the spicy admixture. All in all a beautiful fragrance which one must know to appreciate. In everyday life I could probably not do that.
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FFL

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Very helpful Review 8  
The gentle nature of a killer...
... describes this fragrance from House of Matriarch's limited "Vintage 2015" collection. The killer whale, a seal-eating predator of the oceans, does not really live up to its name with this fragrance. But is he really a killer just because whalers call him that? As the largest species of dolphins, it is very socially oriented, the mothers look after their children touchingly, and with their intelligence trained specimens perform tricks in dolphinariums. Almost friendly and gentle, this mammal seems to be...

This gentleness is also embodied in "Orca", a fragrance that recalls the depth and clarity of the oceans... Ambergris (an excretion of whales) gives the fragrance a balsamic animality. Choya Nakh, a distillate obtained from roasted mussel shells, adds smoky oceanic notes. The perfume smells like the ocean as you would imagine it if all the salt had evaporated in one fell swoop....

Honey gives the fragrance a subliminal sweetness. The Clementine probably reinforces it - but it is not perceptible to me. The fragrance is anything but citric or fruity. Resins enhance the smoky amber aroma of Choya Nakh. The oil of the Indian Nard finally complements a warm earthy aroma. As a medicinal plant from the Himalayas, this baldrian-like plant is said to have a calming effect.

According to the website, the fragrance is 100% natural, and I believe that after intensive testing - I haven't had such a smooth fragrance on my skin for a long time, which even releases some etheric when warm.

Orca is unique to me. There's no flowers in here, no woods. No oud that could sting, no jasmine that could be annoying... everything that's in here... is the pure deep ocean.

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Sanji

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best by House of Matriarch
I ordered a total of 11 samples and I liked Orca best. Orca was also the first fragrance ever to remind me of a specific situation in life. The scent reminded me of the church consecration incense in my childhood.

I don't even have positive associations with the church. It used to be a must for me, which is what they did. Today I am an atheist.

That is why I believe that this association has not clouded my assessment and I find the fragrance just so hammering.

The fragrance is best for the cold seasons and rather chic dressed and for creative people who want something very special.

Coco Blanc and Devotion were my other favourites, by the way. Devotion is even more hardcore incense without the honey etc. and strangely hasn't caused this memory.
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