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Wild, free, politically incorrect, and gloriously unmodern: Wonderful!
Even the packaging has a strong scent, and I can already sense before the first spray: Haha! This one is a hit! I open the packaging, and the fragrance intensifies, a grin spreads across my face: This perfume is going to be fun! I had already suspected it just from reading the pyramid and the comments of my predecessors. And indeed, I was not mistaken.
The first spray fills the room with a wave of fresh-spicy, radiant bergamot. There is no restraint here, no, this is full life and unbridled desire for it. And already the others step into the scene, yes, there is rose, there is spice and powder from coriander seed and iris, and then my beloved patchouli! Not some tame, weakened patchouli for people who don’t actually like patchouli, no, patchouli as it should be, in my opinion: with depth, with the power that somehow allows me to accept myself; patchouli has a healing effect and can initiate a deep spiritual transformation. In this respect, Explosive/Provocation feels both present and worldly as well as somehow transcendent.
Although I perceive them all, even a hint of sandalwood, from the very beginning, the scent practically starts with a tutti, there is still an impressive progression.
After the naturally radiant bergamot has stepped back, a beautiful, dark, velvety-powdery rose comes to the forefront. The powder will contribute the fine iris, which gently blends with the rose. Geranium is usually not my thing, but here it is excellently integrated and helps ensure that the heart note is more than just rose and iris underpinned by patchouli. I can only sense lily of the valley because they are listed in the pyramid.
Even now I know: They couldn't have chosen a better name: A mischievous desire arises in me to shake a few people up with this scent. To wear this 80s fragrance to a fine vegan restaurant or to a poetry reading and to make myself impossible among a few niche fragrance wearers; to cause secondhand embarrassment in the subway among the gourmand, ambroxan, iso E super wearers; to go into a perfumery and let the shocked faces of designer fragrance customers affect me. Hehe, I'm chuckling to myself - this scent is so wild, so wonderfully wild and somehow politically incorrect, gloriously unmodern. But it is friendly; it is not a nasty, mean scent, it is just a wonderfully natural-smelling fragrance that draws from the abundance without restraint.
In the base, it then becomes calmer, deeper; in the depth lies the power, and again I think that this patchouli, which in no way smells musty and does not evoke any hippie associations, probably has the potential to be therapeutic, can transform me, and unfolds a healing effect. Nestled on soft moss, surrounded by soothing amber, it envelops me in a calming, protective aura that still contains elements of citrus and a beautiful, spicy rose.
Gradually, more and more amber emerges until it matches the patchouli. Together, they let the magic fade away. Wonderful!
This is not a fragrance for niche fragrance wearers who want to stay in their niche; not a scent for lovers of modern fragrances who want to keep up with the trends; it is not a scent for fans of designer fragrances who want to remain loyal to their designers. This is a fragrance for the brave, who are not afraid to wear a scent that fits none of these categories, one that can only clash from every perspective, and that falls out of today’s time without being directly vintage (which would then be modern for some).
But for those who want to break out of their usual preferences, whatever they may be, who want to feel deeply alive, wild and free, who do not shy away from change, should definitely test Explosive/Provocation. Just be sure you like patchouli.
Have I provoked anyone now? Has anyone exploded? To reassure you: In my collection, there are niche fragrances, gourmands, other modern fragrances, as well as vintage and designer fragrances. I was recently in a fantastic vegan restaurant, love poetry readings, take the subway, and shop in perfumeries.
:-)
Top Notes 
Aldehydes
Coriander
Bergamot
Heart Notes 
Rose
Geranium
Lily of the valley
Iris
Base Notes 
Patchouli
Moss
Sandalwood
Vetiver
Ambergris
duftmaster64
Evangeline
Axiomatic
Pollita
Ttfortwo
FrauKirsche
Helena1411
Yatagan
Mourant
Gaukeleya
