Craft Andrea Maack 2010

Bottle Design Maddalena Casadei

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7.6 / 10 116 Ratings

A popular perfume by Andrea Maack for women and men, released in 2010. The scent is woody-fresh. It is still in production.

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Main accords

Woody

Fresh

Synthetic

Resinous

Smoky

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Aldehydes

Ice accord

Heart Notes

Metal

Cedarwood

Base Notes

Elemi resin

Patchouli

Perfumer

Aliénor Massenet

Ratings

Scent

7.6116 Ratings

Longevity

7.384 Ratings

Sillage

6.482 Ratings

Bottle

7.072 Ratings

Value for money

6.515 Ratings

Submitted by Imel, last update on 12/21/2024.

Interesting Facts

The name of the fragrance is a composite of the term Couture Art.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Cardinal

Series 3: Incense - Avignon

Full Incense

Epices

Armani Privé - Bois d'Encens

07 Tanoke

Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

09/27/2023

5
Pricing 8
Bottle 7
Sillage 7
Longevity 7
Scent

Mlleghoul
422 Reviews

Mlleghoul

3

a sleek, chilly cybernetic download

There’s something about Craft from Andrea Maack that feels sleek and reflective, like the soaring chrome spires of a retrofuturistic sci-fi megastructure and its mechanized cybernetic inhabitants. It’s a cool, bloodless scent, like frost flowers on glass, and wintry chilled metal. I hadn’t read the description prior to writing down these thoughts and now I’m simultaneously pleased and peeved because I picked up on this perfume’s vibe to such an extent I’ve almost quoted the website’s copy about jet packs and robots right back at you. This is one of those instances when it seems the concept and the execution align in an almost preternaturally perfect way... like the android overlords have implanted these ideas directly into my brain!

04/21/2014

10
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 9
Scent

ScentFan
334 Reviews

ScentFan

Helpful Review 5

Seduced by Elemi

I guess I'm going to love almost anything with Elemi in it, assuming the rest is competently done. Curious that it was showing up in the notes of so many incense perfumes I liked, I obtained a sample to isolate the smell. What is Elemi? Canarium Iuzonicum, a tree native to the Philippines which yields this delightful resin. Bontanically, it's related to frankincense and myrrh. Aromatherapy people says it's calming and good for respiratory problems. Cosmetics people use it in skin care products. My nose certainly is happy when it's around. Not sure how the metal and ice notes are created, but they do wonders for the heart of this perfume, sitting on fragrant cedar and patchouli. The result is hynotic, entrancing, so delicious that I'm probably going to end up with an FB. Pretend Ex Idolo Thirty Three is Cinderella. Craft is the result when the fairy godmother waves her magic wand.

09/23/2023

Xeniakirsova
3 Reviews

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Xeniakirsova

2

Church on a cold winter's day

This fragrance is really something quite unique! It opens very "aldehydic" and metallic so that it already smells cold. After a short time, the smoky resin is added which gives the fragrance a churchy touch. It actually smells like a winter walk in January, walking past a church where the incense is being lit. Definitely not a blind buy candidate but a must have for aldehyde lovers. A fresh fragrance for a cold day!

01/16/2020

7
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 7
Scent

Taurus
367 Reviews

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Taurus

Very helpful Review 17

Now I'm really irritated

Yes, really, because what I'm sniffing out here and what I'm feeling doesn't necessarily correspond with all the comments and statements I've read here about this mysterious fragrance.

But what I totally d'accord is the perception of this cool to coniferous incense. There has already been speculation that Iso-E-Super might be in play, which I wouldn't rule out either. Thus, this Elemi-resin core, which is actually reminiscent of the Series 3: Incense series by Comme de Garcons between Kyoto and Avignon, remains the absolute pivotal point. This is on the one hand fascinatingly beautiful, but surely also for some people strangely metallic to cold.

What is personally confusing to me now is the warm and dull note that comes later, which I somehow place between earthy patchouli and benzoin. Patchouli is also officially stated and had also mentioned Aava. The experienced perfumer knows that both earthy patchouli and benzoin quickly bring up associations with chocolate or cocoa. In this case just discreet and absolutely unsweetened.

Who knows me well, knows that I think about chocolate too often. Unfortunately, Gustorisch may be right, but olfactorically I am not always present with these thoughts. Nevertheless, I feel this note, which can also be classified as balsamic and organic, is a little out of place. Certainly it is an acceptable contrast to the light incense, but without it I would have found Craft much more interesting. It's just a matter of taste, as so often.

Maybe it is also a totally subjective perception or my bottling was not flawless. Due to the lack of Andrea Maack fragrances in the perfumeries I was unfortunately not able to do a cross check. And what Craft can deduce for the design of a white paper dress is something I also cannot decide. Anyway, I'm confused.