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چاراس افغان - The resin of the Hindu Kush
The valleys rise higher and higher out here, the air becomes harsher, the earth bitter and Kashmir begins just a few mountain ranges away. Dressed in tar-stained leather, you roam through wild cannabis fields somewhere above the Bashgal River. Resin beads litter the flowers and leaves, you gradually rub them onto your robes, rolling them into black lumps later, with flecks of yellow pollen in them. Then you smell your sticky hands. Immerse yourself in the cool, damp soils, the earthy mosses on the rugged slopes that whisper the tracks of civet cats, the green glow on decaying walls in stone-clammy prayer rooms, the ethereal glow from within, from the ancient memory of the plants
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"I decided to compose natural perfumes because someone chooses to work with rare gemstones and precious metals instead of plastic and colored glass beads," writes perfumer Dominique Dubrana of La Via del Profumo on his homepage about his choice of exclusively natural raw materials, whose healing effects on the human body have been known since ancient times. He even goes so far as to point out that "little is known about the effect of chemical perfumes on the central nervous system". An interesting thought.
The effect of cannabinoids on humans has been much better researched. Tcharas is a form of hashish which, unlike hashish, is obtained from the living cannabis plant. In the Shiva cult of Hinduism, the consumption of tcharas has been a tradition for thousands of years. The oils are collected on the leather clothing while roaming the cannabis fields, scraped off from there and rolled into balls between the palms of the hands.
The scent of these resins, which are at the heart of "Tcharas", can best be described as tart green, ethereal and earthy. The camphor note mentioned by Bloodxclat is particularly noticeable at the beginning. Moist vintage moss and cellar patchouli aromas can also be found in the fragrance profile, which are sharpened by dark leathery, tarry castoreum aromas. The spectrum is expanded in the base by subtly musky, leathery civet notes. At best, flowers are perceptible to me as pungent, spicy cannabis blossom notes, which do not play a major role in the overall archaic, dark earthy and at the same time ethereal green aromas.
Dubrana has certainly succeeded in reflecting the intended atmosphere of a Tcharas plantation in the Afghan Hindu Kush mountains, which subliminally carries the animalistic tone of a high alpine barn. This is not a fragrance that is immediately recognizable, but it is certainly addictive.
(With thanks to Bloodxclat)
"I decided to compose natural perfumes because someone chooses to work with rare gemstones and precious metals instead of plastic and colored glass beads," writes perfumer Dominique Dubrana of La Via del Profumo on his homepage about his choice of exclusively natural raw materials, whose healing effects on the human body have been known since ancient times. He even goes so far as to point out that "little is known about the effect of chemical perfumes on the central nervous system". An interesting thought.
The effect of cannabinoids on humans has been much better researched. Tcharas is a form of hashish which, unlike hashish, is obtained from the living cannabis plant. In the Shiva cult of Hinduism, the consumption of tcharas has been a tradition for thousands of years. The oils are collected on the leather clothing while roaming the cannabis fields, scraped off from there and rolled into balls between the palms of the hands.
The scent of these resins, which are at the heart of "Tcharas", can best be described as tart green, ethereal and earthy. The camphor note mentioned by Bloodxclat is particularly noticeable at the beginning. Moist vintage moss and cellar patchouli aromas can also be found in the fragrance profile, which are sharpened by dark leathery, tarry castoreum aromas. The spectrum is expanded in the base by subtly musky, leathery civet notes. At best, flowers are perceptible to me as pungent, spicy cannabis blossom notes, which do not play a major role in the overall archaic, dark earthy and at the same time ethereal green aromas.
Dubrana has certainly succeeded in reflecting the intended atmosphere of a Tcharas plantation in the Afghan Hindu Kush mountains, which subliminally carries the animalistic tone of a high alpine barn. This is not a fragrance that is immediately recognizable, but it is certainly addictive.
(With thanks to Bloodxclat)
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