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Today I’m writing about a rather extraordinary fragrance, namely 26 Tenebrae from the Natura Fabularis Collection by L’Artisan. It is one of those scents that awakens a deeply hidden dream within you, to leave behind the bustling, hectic, and loud city life and escape deep into the mountains, into a cave, or in this case, into the forests. And to experience nature, far away from many people and especially far from technology.
Even though this thought seems quite tempting, many will have to admit that they have become incredibly dependent on all that "city stuff," and I’m not just talking about running water and toilet paper (which nowadays seems to have become quite a rare commodity due to the stupidity of people) :D
Yes, go out into the wide world, but go to places where only a few people live (or people who live more in harmony with nature). When you arrive there, wherever that may be, surrounded by a lot of nature, and you then look at your phone and are shocked to realize that you have no reception or at least no internet, you will surely try to ask one of the few people there for the Wi-Fi password. And when that person, who hardly comes into contact with modern technology and probably doesn’t even have a landline phone, looks at you as if you had asked him to shave your sack… then you know that you have indeed arrived at a place where you really have no internet… where it suddenly dawns on you that you can’t survive without the internet, so you quickly leave the place and run until you at least see one bar on your phone (or the E, H, or H+ symbol for the internet… don’t even dream of 4G/LTE!). Well, the modern generation has become too soft these days, but hey, by running, you at least stay a little fit, and that’s something :DD
Anyway, if you don’t want to subject yourself to the wilderness, you can rely on fragrances like this one :D
The fragrance:
The beginning seems cool-mineral, and only afterwards can I smell warming resins that also come across as sweet, primarily frankincense, as well as soft, airy notes reminiscent of benzoin.
A generally woody pine scent is present, although the fragrance initially smells more resinous and mineral than of forests. However, the pine scent becomes significantly more intense from the heart note onwards, especially when it starts to smell more of general woods and you also perceive an earthy aroma. Overall, the woody scent becomes increasingly pronounced and smells very good if you like this type of fragrance.
A little later, the earthy and woody notes recede somewhat, so that now the sweeter resins come to the forefront, making the fragrance feel warmer and softer. Of course, the earthy and woody notes can still be detected until the end, but they become weaker and weaker, even though they never completely fade away, as you can still perceive them from time to time. All in all, it remains this way until the end. Not bad at all, not extraordinary, but quite nice.
The sillage and longevity:
The sillage is quite okay. Not particularly strong, but also not weak, so it will be perceived well for a while. The longevity is above average, as I was able to perceive it reasonably well for six to eight hours.
The bottle:
Unlike the usual seven-sided bottles from L’Artisan, this one is cylindrical in shape and narrows slightly towards the neck. With its brownish color and round cap, it resembles a slightly modernized version of an apothecary bottle. A striking detail is the gold-black bee or wasp that hangs on the bottle above the label. All in all, a very beautiful bottle.
Conclusion:
So, this fragrance starts off quite unusually, almost specifically with a peculiar aura, similar to the scents that our Mr. White here likes to wear at Parfumo meetings, where you can still perceive him from the other end of the Christmas market or something :DD
But seriously, the beginning is not only authentically woody but also very earthy, but not in the patchouli way one might imagine under an earthy scent, but earthy like real earth beneath your feet, which you can smell when you walk in the woods on an autumn day, hoping to catch a glimpse of a wildcat or lynx (admittedly, both are wonderful and cute creatures :))
Therefore, one might wonder at the beginning what one would use such a fragrance for, as it smells as if it is suitable neither for work nor for going out… Well, later the fragrance becomes a bit softer and warmer, where the resinous scents come to the forefront, but even then, you can still occasionally detect quite strong woody and/or earthy scents. For a social evening, the fragrance is still quite suitable, and I don’t mean a party where you go to celebrate, but more during dinner or with a good wine and such things. Well, or for Parfumo meetings!
It is especially suitable for those who do not want everyday scents under their nose and want to smell a bit different. Perhaps it would even be better for those if this fragrance had a stronger, special note in the base as well. But still, it is worth testing; I personally found it good, especially since I really like resinous scents or pine and wood notes in general.
So then, that’s it from me again. I wish you all a nice evening and of course, Happy Easter :) Until next time!
Resins
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Jssfranch
Floyd
Chizza
Gschpusi
Yatagan
Gold
Andin
Skubi73
Heikeso
