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08/21/2021
Belleotero
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Belleotero
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A delicate amber
I didn’t realize I like my amber slightly beastly till I tried this one. Molinard Ambre is not a beast. It’s a refined, verging on delicate amber. Not at all gourmand-sweet-sticky, not at all floral: it doesn’t bother with a bunch of notes in other categories and in principle it’s the kind of amber I want. It plays out a beautiful blend of resins that smell like the real thing — dried nuggets of frankincense, myrrh, benzoin (although in hot weather it also gives me lactonic, orange creamsicle or orange sherbet).
But I can’t help measuring it against SL Ambre Sultan, my so far favourite amber by a mile, which is similarly dry and rich, but also really digs in and sort of grasps your skin while simultaneously trying to have a conversation with you. Molinard’s amber more lays alongside your arm, chilled out, beautiful, and making no conversational demands.
I like it very much. I wish it bent my brain a bit more, like Molinard’s Cuir and Patchouli do.
But I can’t help measuring it against SL Ambre Sultan, my so far favourite amber by a mile, which is similarly dry and rich, but also really digs in and sort of grasps your skin while simultaneously trying to have a conversation with you. Molinard’s amber more lays alongside your arm, chilled out, beautiful, and making no conversational demands.
I like it very much. I wish it bent my brain a bit more, like Molinard’s Cuir and Patchouli do.
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