Agrakal Les Voiles Dépliées 2013

Lemon oil, lavender sachets and cedar wood work reliably when small moth caterpillars eat their way through coats and suits And Enrico Buccella sets equal to the complete triumvirate, because much helps much.

Buccella, who created very visually stunning and eccentric compositions for his three labels, appears with Agrakal unusually moderate. What discourages moths, develops for my nose to a refreshing fragrance, which reveals reminiscences of fragrances in the classic-Colognesker manner.
Not only the typical structure with a citrusy top note leading into the herbaceous heart knows to please me, also the initial proximity to the Colonia of Lorenzo Villoresi - both individual notes and the recognizable quality - speaks for itself.
The Villoresi is admittedly even more filigree, less compact, and Agrakal ultimately still breaks out of the cologne realms.
The dominant lavender lets with a washed coumarin dose almost fougère feelings arise, and the resting base note - musk (of the dark variety) was fortunately used cautiously - carries the fragrance still surprisingly long.

And while the name* would really suit a moth remedy, it's probably a bit too expensive - and too bad - to use as such. But in my wardrobe, the bunch of lavender will now be joined by some lemon zest and cedar chips.
*Agrakal is the Kabyle (a Berber language) name for the Mediterranean Sea