Top Notes 
Heart Notes 
Base Notes 
04/01/2014
Greysolon
74 Reviews
Greysolon
4
Banal bois
I know that the pyramid of notes for a fragrance exists only as an analogy of scent. A kind of metaphor for the experience the house wants us to believe we're buying. Really, it's nothing more than the first line of advertising aimed at those of us who should know better. But being an optimist (i.e. a sucker), I looked at the pyramid for Takis and my imagination immediately concocted a woody perfume with floral highlights and subtle notes of absinthe.
Takis opens with a metallic, brassy citrus accord. It’s almost clangorous, like the pealing of bells. Not a bad start. Then thyme enters the fray and helps settle things down. Since this version of thyme is more woody than herbal it creates a nice link through the heart down to the base. Another sign of a well thought out fragrance. But the good news is short lived. Not long afterwards, rose makes an all too brief appearance and that brevity marks the beginning of the end. So much for Takis being the unique floral fragrance I originally imagined.
When artemisia and the “woody notes” start welling up from the base it turns out to be a full scale takeover bid for the entire fragrance. It’s also when Takis begins evaporating away into a skin scent.
Artemisia is wormwood, the source of absinthe. But this not the medicinal, absinthe liquor version of artemisia. This is a distillation of the shrub's woody bits which creates a dry, aromatic, camphorous accord. Combine that with all the other “woody notes” and there’s not much of a chance for flowers to grow. Occasionally, a single ylang-ylang blossom might manage to bloom here and there but it can't provide enough fragrance to perfume this lumber yard. Thankfully Takis is so anemic by this point that no one will notice anyway.
Takis opens with a metallic, brassy citrus accord. It’s almost clangorous, like the pealing of bells. Not a bad start. Then thyme enters the fray and helps settle things down. Since this version of thyme is more woody than herbal it creates a nice link through the heart down to the base. Another sign of a well thought out fragrance. But the good news is short lived. Not long afterwards, rose makes an all too brief appearance and that brevity marks the beginning of the end. So much for Takis being the unique floral fragrance I originally imagined.
When artemisia and the “woody notes” start welling up from the base it turns out to be a full scale takeover bid for the entire fragrance. It’s also when Takis begins evaporating away into a skin scent.
Artemisia is wormwood, the source of absinthe. But this not the medicinal, absinthe liquor version of artemisia. This is a distillation of the shrub's woody bits which creates a dry, aromatic, camphorous accord. Combine that with all the other “woody notes” and there’s not much of a chance for flowers to grow. Occasionally, a single ylang-ylang blossom might manage to bloom here and there but it can't provide enough fragrance to perfume this lumber yard. Thankfully Takis is so anemic by this point that no one will notice anyway.
