Cardamom
Coffee01/04/2025
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3
Doesn't nail it
The last review prior to the publishing of my 2024 rankings comes at the expense of Atelier des Ors' second 40% Extrait, that being Kawa Karda. The scent opens with a very prominent cardamom with nothing else to note. It doesn't have any oriental feel to it like Xerjoff's "Starlight | XerJoff" and it also doesn't have any vanilla to coincide with the cardamom as in Atelier des Ors' Lune Féline Eau de Parfum. But the scent does change quite a bit when you smell it on-skin.
My initial impressions from smelling it on-skin were negative: I got hints of stale bread and window cleaner. That window cleaner feel is something I recognize from Royal Crown's Celebration where the said feel comes from the way the orange is implemented into the structure. This is noteworthy, because Kawa Karda does transition into a more typical gourmand fragrance, particularly comparable to an orange panettone as in Milano Fragranze's Panettone. To me, that is the best comparable for this fragrance.
Needless to say, the €400/100ml price tag of Kawa Karda cannot hold a candle to Milano Fragranze selling Panettone at €130/100ml. The performance is leaning weak, another category where it falls short of the Milano Fragranze, likely in the 5 hour range with below average sillage. The rough aspects don't play a significant role in the drydown, but I am still denting points for it. Predictably, this entails that there's no argument for me to include this in the top blends for 2024. This collection is 0-for-2.
My initial impressions from smelling it on-skin were negative: I got hints of stale bread and window cleaner. That window cleaner feel is something I recognize from Royal Crown's Celebration where the said feel comes from the way the orange is implemented into the structure. This is noteworthy, because Kawa Karda does transition into a more typical gourmand fragrance, particularly comparable to an orange panettone as in Milano Fragranze's Panettone. To me, that is the best comparable for this fragrance.
Needless to say, the €400/100ml price tag of Kawa Karda cannot hold a candle to Milano Fragranze selling Panettone at €130/100ml. The performance is leaning weak, another category where it falls short of the Milano Fragranze, likely in the 5 hour range with below average sillage. The rough aspects don't play a significant role in the drydown, but I am still denting points for it. Predictably, this entails that there's no argument for me to include this in the top blends for 2024. This collection is 0-for-2.
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