Free Mark Buxton Perfumes 2020

Surprisingly still uncommented, although the fragrance has been around for a few months and Mark Buxton enjoys certain celebrity.
Mark Buxton is definitely no stranger to fragrances, in his own line he should be known primarily for the prominent use of incense in fragrances. So also here. However, the fragrance is not his at all, but David Chieze's. He is still quite young in the business and has probably also worked with Bertrand Duchafour. On Mark Buxtons homepage he appears as the only second perfumer.
With the Free one has nevertheless the impression, the fragrance could probably also come from Mark Buxton himself. The direction fits very well together with the creations of the mastermind. He will also certainly have had some say.

How smells the machwerk then now? The fragrance works from my point of view but different from what you might expect from the pyramid, but you find very much of the pyramid again.
The start is relatively fruity, the pineapple clear thereby but not the sole fruit. Overall fresh, not sweet, certainly not sticky, quite slightly peppery. The fruit remains and also intends to stay a while longer. The fresh is directly accompanied by a tart note. Even if you can guess the spice part, the second main role takes over but pretty quickly the incense.
And that then stays for a long time. Fruit and incense. Both in amazing clarity, the fruit perhaps even as a kind of essence. Virtually no acidity, no sweetness, just fruit. The way you find fruit in a really very good fruit brandy. The incense resins along happily and brightly. If the combination of pineapple and smoke now makes you think of a not unfamiliar scent and you're looking for an alternative, keep looking. The big A and the Free have little to do with each other. Little tar here, more resinous. Beautiful clear soft smoke.

As already written: It incense and fruit determine. The development of the fragrance is unspectacular after the short top note and shifts naturally more to the incense. Even if the fragrances do not have too much to do with each other, the development is quite similar to Oud Wood. The also remains long and changes only imperceptibly.

Now I always emphasize "fruit and incense", and that's where you have to be careful. While the scent seems unspectacular on the surface, you can find out a lot more when you consciously engage with it. The vetiver supports over almost the entire length and in the later development you can even smell out quite soft tones. Then the base notes come into play for a reasonably trained nose, so that you can even sniff out a slight sweetness and creaminess. However, these notes manage to shine as supporting actors to the two main players, and that makes the fragrance special and exciting in my view. On the surface, apparently not too much happens, but actually but by the diligent perfectly coordinated further notes.

The fragrance is a great choice for incense lovers and I mean even well suited for the office. Not edgy, not overpowering. I'm still skeptical about the sillage. With 2 1/2 sprays, I seemed to be cautiously supplied. But when I came back to my office after some time, I could detect the scent surprisingly clearly. So it could be a classic case of "I don't notice it that way, the environment does". Comments there were none.
A great fragrance that follows a clear line and where you have to discover the subtle depths first.