06/20/2022
Kurai
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Kurai
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5
06 + 06 = 12
As if 06 L'Eau Rare Matale was not intense enough, Pierre Guillaume decided it would be cool to inflate this tea-woods-bergamot concentration to huge proportions and see what happens. I was not too enthusiastic about 06, so I feared the worst. But aside from the sticky density, this actually wears more comfortably.
Hyperessence opens with a shot of minty bergamot. Its vibrance is boosted by a dose of vetiver. Where 06 keeps hanging in this vetiver-bergamot dualism, Hyperessence becomes more intense-woody after a cedar note joins in. It then remains in this citrus-woody state with a smoky black tea note and the bergamot slowly fading.
The density of the perfume is a thing, though. It sticks to skin like a leather sofa on a hot and humid day. I don't like that. On top of that, I realized that black tea has too much woody and smoky tendencies for my taste, contrary to the refreshing green species. Lesson learnt.
Hyperessence opens with a shot of minty bergamot. Its vibrance is boosted by a dose of vetiver. Where 06 keeps hanging in this vetiver-bergamot dualism, Hyperessence becomes more intense-woody after a cedar note joins in. It then remains in this citrus-woody state with a smoky black tea note and the bergamot slowly fading.
The density of the perfume is a thing, though. It sticks to skin like a leather sofa on a hot and humid day. I don't like that. On top of that, I realized that black tea has too much woody and smoky tendencies for my taste, contrary to the refreshing green species. Lesson learnt.
