dimly lit tea house in the middle of a foresty mountain range
there's a steaming cup of black tea in a porcelain tea cup in front of you and the air feels cool and shallow; you're surrounded by conversational white noise and the soft presence of incense smoke
this grew on me a lot in the dry down and when i made the connection that it reminded me of kaul shae; i'm still not a big fan of incense notes in general but this fragrance definitely made me warm up to the idea of it
date tested; 260825; size: 0.5 ml
first spritz: immediately reminds me of burning incense; like entering a dimly lit tea house with incense burning at every other table; there's also a cool-ness to it, like tracing your finger over the edge of a porcelain teacup, or cool air similar to the type at high altitudes
two hrs later: light projection and a bit fainter on the incense note thankfully; it kind of reminds me of an upscale bar, dim lights and diluted conversational white noise
four hrs later: light projection; it's a clean, slightly foresty scent with the slightest bit of smokiness to it; it really reminds me of the character kaul shae from the greenbone saga, if she were real i'd imagine her to smell like this, aka clean, sharp, powerful, and intimidating
six hrs later: turned into more of a skin scent; more green and slightly woody; it reminds me of dense trees on a mountain probably because of the pine and cedarwood
eight hrs later: light skin scent; there's the slightest bit of incense left and a good amount of pine; it vaguely reminds me of a more subtle version of d'annam's through the forest
