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Ancient Wood

7.8 / 10 10 Ratings
A popular perfume by Barnaby Black for women and men. The release year is unknown. The scent is green-resinous. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Green
Resinous
Woody
Fresh
Spicy

Fragrance Notes

Alligator juniper Californian juniper leafCalifornian juniper leaf Nootka cypressNootka cypress Utah juniperUtah juniper CedarCedar Bristlecone pine resinBristlecone pine resin LeatherLeather Tonic waterTonic water

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Scent
7.810 Ratings
Longevity
6.18 Ratings
Sillage
5.88 Ratings
Bottle
6.67 Ratings
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Ancient Source of Power
Run! Down the dusty, sandy path. Run! Past the rugged juniper bushes, slender, tall pines that have laid out a dense carpet for you with their fine needles.
It gets darker. The pines stand closer together. The juniper grows scraggly. Around the next bend, you see it. The crown of the majestic, ancient cedar rises above the pines.
You pull the thick rope from your leather backpack. Throw it over the lower branch. Your fingers find grip in the deep grooves of the rough bark. Believe in your strength! You can do it! The rope gives you support. The first branch is the biggest hurdle. Three forks higher is your place. You lean against the mighty trunk and rest. You feel its power flowing slowly but steadily into your back. With closed eyes, you sense: Up here, everything is good.

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Ancient Wood is a dark green juniper-cedar scent. It starts dusty, dry, cool. The different types of juniper create an interesting shifting of the fragrance: spicy, bitter, woody, in various shades of green. In between, I perceive pine resin. Impressive how powerful and energizing the scent notes appear! Slowly it becomes calmer and a bit warmer. Here, the cedar emerges more woody than resinous. It forms the base. I can only faintly sense leather, hardly perceiving it.
At the beginning, I find the scent straightforwardly powerful and authentically strong. It clearly appeals to the masculine aspects within me. It fits that it is offered as a solid in a tin can labeled with paper. After five hours, I put it back - in my toolbox ;-)
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Pine forests wide your gaze
A path lined with juniper trees
You take a sip with quinine
All Natural Gin Tonic
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Juniper bushes at the edge of the forest
Freshly cut wood
Falls on spicy earth
In the flask, a gin.
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Crushed needles
Images of
earth, bark
green sap.
Citrus sunbeams
Ethereal sprinkles
Little juniper berries
softly leathery
dark green
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Old yet bright pines
Carry dry scars
Of days gone by
Ancient outlines
Blurred with gentle resins
And pencil colors
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I can't help but think of the walk through the bushes at the North Sea island beach: fresh light green spice, wood, a breeze, tranquility.
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3 years ago
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Relatively harsh green, not bitter, just rough. Archaic nature: fresh, almost minty, airy, darker green. Quite good.
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Worthy, timeless veteran trees & a wanderer's worn leather backpack in the tonic has spilled out, in the old green image.
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1 year ago
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Rooted in the lap of the earth
in every needle, cone, shoot & fruit
the primal power of the forest
Your bark breathes warmth
embrace of life
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