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DARK SPICE LAVENDER ELIXIR
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I perceive a kind of citricity in the top note; it is neither clearly citrus nor is any other fruit clearly recognizable. I would most likely attribute this high frequency to cardamom - I have just chewed a grain and I think it goes in this direction.
Nutmeg is rather subtle. In any case, dark and spicy lavender is the protagonist; it smells neither fresh nor herbaceous, and this may irritate a more classically oriented lavender fan. It is simply a slightly different version of this fragrance.
As so often, vetiver provides structure within the composition, and soft coumarin then steers towards fougère - you have to like that and I would say that the old-school barbershop comparisons are also due to this coumarin in combination with the somewhat unusual lavender.
I like that kind of thing, I'm getting a bit old for it, but I can also understand a certain discomfort in younger olfactory bulbs. Lavender was very often used as a soap or scented sachet to combat bedroom wardrobe mustiness and the nasty clothes moth! I can't smell licorice, by the way, and I've just recently been chewing on a piece of licorice again. A little reminder for the older perfume@s among us: it's supposed to raise your blood pressure. So there's no harm in missing it ;)
The difference to the Eau de Toilette (which I really like) is surprisingly big. For me, the Elixir is something like a Sauvage with a lot of weight. Round, balanced and probably - riding the advertising wave - to be found under various Christmas trees this Christmas. Only five weeks to go - it's best to get your presents now, right?
I perceive a kind of citricity in the top note; it is neither clearly citrus nor is any other fruit clearly recognizable. I would most likely attribute this high frequency to cardamom - I have just chewed a grain and I think it goes in this direction.
Nutmeg is rather subtle. In any case, dark and spicy lavender is the protagonist; it smells neither fresh nor herbaceous, and this may irritate a more classically oriented lavender fan. It is simply a slightly different version of this fragrance.
As so often, vetiver provides structure within the composition, and soft coumarin then steers towards fougère - you have to like that and I would say that the old-school barbershop comparisons are also due to this coumarin in combination with the somewhat unusual lavender.
I like that kind of thing, I'm getting a bit old for it, but I can also understand a certain discomfort in younger olfactory bulbs. Lavender was very often used as a soap or scented sachet to combat bedroom wardrobe mustiness and the nasty clothes moth! I can't smell licorice, by the way, and I've just recently been chewing on a piece of licorice again. A little reminder for the older perfume@s among us: it's supposed to raise your blood pressure. So there's no harm in missing it ;)
The difference to the Eau de Toilette (which I really like) is surprisingly big. For me, the Elixir is something like a Sauvage with a lot of weight. Round, balanced and probably - riding the advertising wave - to be found under various Christmas trees this Christmas. Only five weeks to go - it's best to get your presents now, right?
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Stulle 6 months ago
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Lavender soap with rosemary, clary sage green, quasi-citrus overtones.
As the fragrance progresses, it becomes somewhat smoky; not sacred, but more campfire-style.
And then a tiny honey note also emerges.
Much later, the (obviously...
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