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Cembra 2009

7.7 / 10 28 Ratings
A popular perfume by Bibi Bigler for women and men, released in 2009. The scent is spicy-woody. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Spicy
Woody
Green
Resinous
Fresh

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
Swiss stone pineSwiss stone pine BergamotBergamot LarchLarch Mountain pineMountain pine
Heart Notes Heart Notes
Clary sageClary sage MimosaMimosa PatchouliPatchouli
Base Notes Base Notes
AmberAmber LabdanumLabdanum OakmossOakmoss Tolu balmTolu balm

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
7.728 Ratings
Longevity
7.425 Ratings
Sillage
6.326 Ratings
Bottle
8.023 Ratings
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Sun and Larch Forest
I was most looking forward to Cembra, Latin for Swiss pine, when I ordered my samples. The ingredients promised to bring me closer to my inner scent vision of a sun-warmed larch forest in the Valais. I have often been in the olfactory enchanted forest, dreaming of capturing this revelation in a bottle.

The first spray is a wonderfully warm-fresh start, sun on the skin and fragrant pine needles, I am in the mountains and truly there! Cembra manages the miracle of being warm-woody-resinous while also fresh and very lively. It smells incredibly natural, of wood, branches, resin, and sunshine. Perhaps like a lizard, I might find a warm stone in this scent landscape where I want to lie down and breathe deeply. However, it seems that another note is trying to push through, peeking out and blinking at me, something indescribable, perhaps a hint of cinnamon? It takes away the harmlessness of the composition, making it interesting and multidimensional.
Like Splendur, this fragrance is a great choice for nature-loving people, women as well as men, which I really appreciate. I find the composition extremely successful, created in a particularly precise and unique way. This scent awakens a new passion in me, and I absolutely want to smell like this.

The fragrance becomes a bit quieter after 1.5 hours, but is still excellently perceivable. The longevity is a solid 10 hours plus, which I find quite pleasant.

With its angular shape, the bottle is simply and attractively designed. Unpretentious and down-to-earth, this impression is enhanced by the cap made of Swiss pine old wood.
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Piney, resinous, ethereal, and a bit sweet. But over time, it can be a bit overwhelming. I prefer a real walk in the woods.
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Flickering whispers of conifers
Quiet Super-8 forest images
Mists of bergamot and sage
Mossy turf
Painting
Of earthy dark resins
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I can't make anything of it. Woody-resinous notes make the needle-like green notes feel creamy, even milky and sticky. Unconventional.
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Warmer summer forest. Lying under the trees and feeling the solid earth beneath you. Here it smells fresh-warm-balsamic and dry-woody.
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No, this is not my forest. The pines and larches here smell a bit too strong. Better run along and head home.
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Unfavorable - ethereal - healthy. Later, oddly sweet. For true mountaineering pleasures, Lüscher Britos is the better choice.
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At first, a walk through a Swiss mountain forest: resinous, woody, green. Then the scent shifts to a sweet-synthetic direction.
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The trees have been lying for over a week now. The sun warms them. Sweetly, they tell, wafting, of their life as a forest. Beautiful wood.
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Freshly piney, a bit wild-leathery, muscat herbaceous, citrusy accents. Becomes cedar-like and a bit uninspired.
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Starts with an infusion in the forest sauna and ends relaxed, sweet-resinous. Very intriguing individual composition. I like it a lot!
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