03/05/2013
Sherapop
1239 Reviews
Sherapop
3
The Strict Antithesis of an Abstract Floral
Every time I review one of these all-natural, mostly organic Sama perfumes, I realize that I sound like a shill, but the truth is that they achieve something so rare today that I feel that it is genuinely a cause for celebration:
NOT AN ABSTRACT PERFUME
Virtually all of the designer floral fragrances these days are abstract, meaning that they offer something like a sketch or a pencil outline of what the floral would really be like if true essences were used instead. The harder the houses work to refine the abstraction, the more complex it becomes, but these days it seems that mainstream houses are all veering toward maximal abstractness and in the process shaping people's tastes, so that many actually believe that "good perfume" is the sort of bright and clean shiny thing toeing the shampoo and hair conditioner line.
Against that tsunami of vat-produced "no plant life was killed in the production of this perfume" stuff, AMBRE ROSE is a breath of, if not exactly fresh air--an air freshener scent this is not--natural air. Four notes are listed in the hierarchy for this perfume, but the hierarchy means something completely different here than it does in the case of an abstract perfume, where four notes can mean literally four different molecules, say, hedione, ambroxan, iso-E-super, and maybe some ionone to sweeten it all up.
In a perfume such as AMBRE ROSE, the rose and the labdanum and the sandalwood and the vanilla notes may represent hundreds of different molecules. Yes, this is dark and rich and complex and a bit "dirtish" ( = dirtlike, but not unclean), as though some mulch were thrown in with the roses, picked from a garden with soil still clinging to the roots of the plant. There is almost a chocolatey note in here, some spiciness, and so much more, that the very experience of wearing this perfume is a joy.
Compared to the stuff being pumped out by all of the mainstream houses today, AMBRE ROSE may smell weird, odd, "dirtish", unacceptably hippy-ish, and I do own that I probably would not wear this to the library or in congested public transportation. But this is the kind of perfume that is a pleasure to wear as an experience, not as a fashion accessory. It is a bit intense, but I find the composition to be harmonic nonetheless. It is rich and beautiful and addictive and really quite dense in scents which peel off in layers over the course of a wear.
NOT AN ABSTRACT PERFUME
Virtually all of the designer floral fragrances these days are abstract, meaning that they offer something like a sketch or a pencil outline of what the floral would really be like if true essences were used instead. The harder the houses work to refine the abstraction, the more complex it becomes, but these days it seems that mainstream houses are all veering toward maximal abstractness and in the process shaping people's tastes, so that many actually believe that "good perfume" is the sort of bright and clean shiny thing toeing the shampoo and hair conditioner line.
Against that tsunami of vat-produced "no plant life was killed in the production of this perfume" stuff, AMBRE ROSE is a breath of, if not exactly fresh air--an air freshener scent this is not--natural air. Four notes are listed in the hierarchy for this perfume, but the hierarchy means something completely different here than it does in the case of an abstract perfume, where four notes can mean literally four different molecules, say, hedione, ambroxan, iso-E-super, and maybe some ionone to sweeten it all up.
In a perfume such as AMBRE ROSE, the rose and the labdanum and the sandalwood and the vanilla notes may represent hundreds of different molecules. Yes, this is dark and rich and complex and a bit "dirtish" ( = dirtlike, but not unclean), as though some mulch were thrown in with the roses, picked from a garden with soil still clinging to the roots of the plant. There is almost a chocolatey note in here, some spiciness, and so much more, that the very experience of wearing this perfume is a joy.
Compared to the stuff being pumped out by all of the mainstream houses today, AMBRE ROSE may smell weird, odd, "dirtish", unacceptably hippy-ish, and I do own that I probably would not wear this to the library or in congested public transportation. But this is the kind of perfume that is a pleasure to wear as an experience, not as a fashion accessory. It is a bit intense, but I find the composition to be harmonic nonetheless. It is rich and beautiful and addictive and really quite dense in scents which peel off in layers over the course of a wear.
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