Black Hashish ArteOlfatto - Luxury Perfumes 2014

Flower power and hippie times. And I was right in the middle of it. Flokati carpet. Flower dresses and monster platform shoes. I was part of it. Incense sticks. Wild nights in Schwabing. Sit-ins at the art academy. I was part of that too. Cigarettes and alcohol. Of course. Just one thing I never did: I never smoked weed. Honestly!
And that's why I have no idea what cannabis smells like...

... but if it smells like the 'stuff' I just sprayed on, then I obviously missed out on something back then.

'Black Hashish' by 'ArteOlfatto' does not come across as hippie-like at all, but rather quite serious. The bottle feels heavy, very heavy in hand. It weighs almost 400 g. It really needs a man's hand for that. The label has a linen texture and gold lettering, matching the gold-colored cap, which alone weighs 96 g.

The scent has everything I like: incense, tobacco, coffee, and oud. So far, it already reminds me of the student lifestyle back then. 'Black Hashish' does not start off black at all, but beautifully green like sage with sweet resinous notes, into which coffee and tobacco scents gradually blend without completely overpowering them. During an almost endless longevity, cedar and sandalwood float into the fragrance mix. For me, the transitions from top to heart and base notes are hardly recognizable. Everything intertwines. Beautiful.

I like this scent on me. However, I can almost imagine it even better on a man. He could appeal to me. As long as he doesn't wear a sheepskin vest or a batik shirt.