5
Helpful Review
Burning antiques.
On my skin Hearth opens with a nuclear blast of sharp frankincense and sweet honey. Within minutes the prickly cedar/cade smoke floods in and the whole shebang becomes a glorious, sweet wood smoke. Like someone's burning antique furniture.
The heart settles into a thrumming camp-fire smoke, with creamy benzoin and sweet honey notes keeping it from becoming too harsh or ashen. The experience is rather like burning varnished wood. Smoke galore with a hint of sweet, resinous lacquer. The oud in this is very gentle, a shimmering back-note that adds to the sweetness of the honey and the richness of the tobacco and does an excellent, subtle job of tying the two together. I find the palmarosa more prevalent in the heart than the top, and it adds a slight dusty tone that compliments the smoke and keeps the sweetness from getting cloying.
As it wears on the wood smoke simmers down nicely into dry, sweet embers gently smoking in the afternoon breeze. The tobacco and honey join hands here and do a lovely job of bringing the entire experience to a close.
Completely unisex to my nose. Longevity is decent but not stellar, 6-7 hours on my skin. Sillage is quite aggressive, but doesn't feel overwhelming except for maybe in the first ten minutes when the smoke is at it's strongest. Not my favourite of the Criminal Elements line, but for those who like heavily smoky frags, this will be sure to please.
The heart settles into a thrumming camp-fire smoke, with creamy benzoin and sweet honey notes keeping it from becoming too harsh or ashen. The experience is rather like burning varnished wood. Smoke galore with a hint of sweet, resinous lacquer. The oud in this is very gentle, a shimmering back-note that adds to the sweetness of the honey and the richness of the tobacco and does an excellent, subtle job of tying the two together. I find the palmarosa more prevalent in the heart than the top, and it adds a slight dusty tone that compliments the smoke and keeps the sweetness from getting cloying.
As it wears on the wood smoke simmers down nicely into dry, sweet embers gently smoking in the afternoon breeze. The tobacco and honey join hands here and do a lovely job of bringing the entire experience to a close.
Completely unisex to my nose. Longevity is decent but not stellar, 6-7 hours on my skin. Sillage is quite aggressive, but doesn't feel overwhelming except for maybe in the first ten minutes when the smoke is at it's strongest. Not my favourite of the Criminal Elements line, but for those who like heavily smoky frags, this will be sure to please.
Mombi
