Top Notes 
Bergamot
Clary sage
Lemon
Mandarin orange
Neroli
Peppermint
Thyme
Heart Notes 
Blackcurrant absolute
Broom
Jasmine absolute
Pear
Violet
Wool
Base Notes 
Cedarwood
Coumarin
Haitian vetiver
Musk
Sandalwood06/11/2024
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Meditation for the nose
*gggoooong* Welcome to the oasis of calm where stressed-out city dwellers can switch off and find their inner chi... *gooong* *blink* No stop stop! Quick reality check: I'm still sitting (again) in my living room at home and not in the Balinese meditation center with my nose hanging over my wrist. On the menu today is my fourth Cloon Keen fragrance Báinín or rather "Bawneen" as I learned in Dublin, which translates as "little white". The name is based on the white wool that is used to knit the famous and beautiful Aranzopf sweaters. There really are enough sheep on the island.
Okay, I LOVE wool! I've been knitting for ages and the smell of a new ball of wool is only topped by the smell of virgin book pages. Let's just hope the journey doesn't go in the direction of lanolin/pharmacy ointment ;)
Back to the Chi seminar ... the scent starts fresh and green, like a herb garden in spring in the morning when the dew is still glistening. Peppermint is clearly recognizable but not at all toothpaste/chewing gum-like but more like freshly brewed tea of the same. Sage & thyme - and I would have guessed basil but it's not listed - complement each other wonderfully harmoniously. I barely notice the citrus and neroli, perhaps a hint of lemon, but I don't really miss them either. At this point, my inner self is already hovering half a meter next to me, humming ohms, and is blissfully happy: I've been looking for this combination for a long time and 99% of the time it's too "masculine" for me in the sense of 'you stole your husband's aftershave'. Cloon Keen has mastered the fine art of creating very harmonious, generally rather body-hugging, finely woven fragrances.
After 10-15 minutes, we leave the herb garden and enter the sun-drenched, warm, wood-paneled meditation room. Somewhere in the next room an incense stick was lit yesterday and you can still smell the last veils of fragrance and I imagine I can smell cigar boxes (that special combination of dry tobacco and wood), the jasmine and violet combination could be responsible here. The fruit basket in the corner is empty, no trace of pears or currants. The scent is aromatic, warm, completely unsweet! My ohm-humming self increases the humming frequency shortly before self-resonance. A dream! A quick aside to the jasmine haters: don't worry! Dat Blümschen doesn't get a leading role (at least not for me...).
The sun rises and warms the room, the woody notes take over, musk in discreet doses never hurts... and, pinch me the panda, I smell a hint of coconut (!?!?!??). But more like the dry shell of a coconut, not at all fruity or sweet. Well, palm trees grow in Ireland too, why not? I'm still looking for the wool, but I can live with that because I like what's on offer so much.
Let's summarize: Disagreement between name (->expectations), fragrance pyramid
and actual scent perception but excited by the plot twist. I am curious to see how Báinín is perceived by others!
in my opinion, 'Das kleine Weiße' is extremely wearable by both sexes, I feel a little reminded of "Bois Impérial | Essential Parfums", which is much woodier. I would classify the fragrance (from a woman's point of view) as a little tough - ideal for the office.
The bottle comes in the Cloon Keen uniform look, I like the design: very heavy, classy. But if you have three of them in your cupboard, you can't avoid reading the labels - apart from the name, they are all identical. As mentioned at the beginning, the silage is rather moderate, close to the body (as always longer on clothing) but definitely noticeable for 4-5 hours.
Okay, I LOVE wool! I've been knitting for ages and the smell of a new ball of wool is only topped by the smell of virgin book pages. Let's just hope the journey doesn't go in the direction of lanolin/pharmacy ointment ;)
Back to the Chi seminar ... the scent starts fresh and green, like a herb garden in spring in the morning when the dew is still glistening. Peppermint is clearly recognizable but not at all toothpaste/chewing gum-like but more like freshly brewed tea of the same. Sage & thyme - and I would have guessed basil but it's not listed - complement each other wonderfully harmoniously. I barely notice the citrus and neroli, perhaps a hint of lemon, but I don't really miss them either. At this point, my inner self is already hovering half a meter next to me, humming ohms, and is blissfully happy: I've been looking for this combination for a long time and 99% of the time it's too "masculine" for me in the sense of 'you stole your husband's aftershave'. Cloon Keen has mastered the fine art of creating very harmonious, generally rather body-hugging, finely woven fragrances.
After 10-15 minutes, we leave the herb garden and enter the sun-drenched, warm, wood-paneled meditation room. Somewhere in the next room an incense stick was lit yesterday and you can still smell the last veils of fragrance and I imagine I can smell cigar boxes (that special combination of dry tobacco and wood), the jasmine and violet combination could be responsible here. The fruit basket in the corner is empty, no trace of pears or currants. The scent is aromatic, warm, completely unsweet! My ohm-humming self increases the humming frequency shortly before self-resonance. A dream! A quick aside to the jasmine haters: don't worry! Dat Blümschen doesn't get a leading role (at least not for me...).
The sun rises and warms the room, the woody notes take over, musk in discreet doses never hurts... and, pinch me the panda, I smell a hint of coconut (!?!?!??). But more like the dry shell of a coconut, not at all fruity or sweet. Well, palm trees grow in Ireland too, why not? I'm still looking for the wool, but I can live with that because I like what's on offer so much.
Let's summarize: Disagreement between name (->expectations), fragrance pyramid
and actual scent perception but excited by the plot twist. I am curious to see how Báinín is perceived by others!
in my opinion, 'Das kleine Weiße' is extremely wearable by both sexes, I feel a little reminded of "Bois Impérial | Essential Parfums", which is much woodier. I would classify the fragrance (from a woman's point of view) as a little tough - ideal for the office.
The bottle comes in the Cloon Keen uniform look, I like the design: very heavy, classy. But if you have three of them in your cupboard, you can't avoid reading the labels - apart from the name, they are all identical. As mentioned at the beginning, the silage is rather moderate, close to the body (as always longer on clothing) but definitely noticeable for 4-5 hours.
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