12/17/2014
Tresor
12 Reviews
Tresor
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Labyrinthine Minimalism
There are some fragrances which are so powerfully meditative and achieve their beauty and grace not from the resolute complexity of their formula but rather the delicate touch and restraint exercised in their creation. One of these fragrances, for me, is Shaman. It opens on my skin with a cool violet leaf with a slight metallic edge that perfectly ricochets the light off of it's surface and adds a distinct luminosity to the already diaphanous incense that follows. The base is of a smoldering patchouli, tendrils of smoke rising from the cinders gathered at the edges of the leaves and coaxing their splendid essence into fiery vapor. The composition is positively symphonic in it's simplicity and is easily one of my favourites in the collection.