Absinthe Epicée / Spiced Absinth by Durance en Provence

Absinthe Epicée
Spiced Absinth

FabianO
02/19/2014 - 10:48 AM
2
4.5Scent

Lavender and Vetiver - Wormwood's Partner?

That's what I believe I can recognize. Since the company keeps a secret about the ingredients (except for wormwood), I want to test my intuition like in a wine blind tasting.

Below it says - a "hardware store" perfume. Given that, it must be clearly stated that it smells noticeably better than one would expect from such a retail location.

"L´òme" is coherently composed; the opening immediately offers an intense lavender note, which perhaps gains a slightly spicier touch from a hint of rosemary(?).

After about 10 minutes, a more prominent vetiver note begins to emerge, with a grassy-earthy spectrum, not very sweet. The aforementioned wormwood also appears in a slightly bitter, rather dry-plant-oriented style.

Overall, the fragrance remains in its evolution within a green-spicy, somewhat mineral spectrum with a slight earthy undertone.

One can tell that no particularly renowned perfumer was at work here, as evidenced by the generally rather narrow development, which offers little surprise and can indeed feel somewhat monotonous over time, occasionally becoming a bit annoying in its strict green lavender-herb arrangement.
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