01/01/2014
aoe
24 Reviews
aoe
2
Solvent, Rubber, Heavy Machinery, and Spices ...
I have an art historian in my not too extended family which can have its perks: in 2013 I got this interesting perfume from the MAK shop for Christmas.
The scent opens with a benzaldehydic almond accompanied by an acetone like solvent note that quickly fades into a soothing pear without a trace and leaves a fruity river. It reminds me a lot of the practice to dry tubes and flasks with acetone common ages ago ;-)
The next part of the pyramid presents itself to me in a powdery form with a hint of caramel, only to make way for a huge tuberose - a difficult smell for me, one that I don't want to be caught with often, but it is only logical to use a substance frequently associated with rubber and heavy machinery with a conceptual perfume representing rivers used for transport, shipping, probably waste water disposal.
Changing into the base the tuberose stays on while losing some power. I seem to perceive cinnamon, carnations, possibly a hint of cloves.
I'd list cinnamon and a light musk as basenotes, it takes the perfume an estimated 10 hours to fade out completely.
I didn't catch Ines Lechleitner's presentation, but there's some material about the project on her homepage, the MAK shop has rudimentary information on the perfumes and artist's editions available and more material can be found at the "Freie Flusszone Elbe" website and in various newspapers, most of it seems to be in German though.
The scent opens with a benzaldehydic almond accompanied by an acetone like solvent note that quickly fades into a soothing pear without a trace and leaves a fruity river. It reminds me a lot of the practice to dry tubes and flasks with acetone common ages ago ;-)
The next part of the pyramid presents itself to me in a powdery form with a hint of caramel, only to make way for a huge tuberose - a difficult smell for me, one that I don't want to be caught with often, but it is only logical to use a substance frequently associated with rubber and heavy machinery with a conceptual perfume representing rivers used for transport, shipping, probably waste water disposal.
Changing into the base the tuberose stays on while losing some power. I seem to perceive cinnamon, carnations, possibly a hint of cloves.
I'd list cinnamon and a light musk as basenotes, it takes the perfume an estimated 10 hours to fade out completely.
I didn't catch Ines Lechleitner's presentation, but there's some material about the project on her homepage, the MAK shop has rudimentary information on the perfumes and artist's editions available and more material can be found at the "Freie Flusszone Elbe" website and in various newspapers, most of it seems to be in German though.