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12/18/2012
Drseid
819 Reviews
Drseid
Very helpful Review
5
Spiced Woody Incense Masterfully Blended...
Black Sea opens with an immediately warm combination of cinnamon and sandalwood with traces of guaiac wood acting as early support. The cinnamon and sandalwood hang around well into the heart notes, near immediately joining a combination of saffron and clove spice with lily-of-the-valley providing a somewhat green watery floral undertone to the slightly sweetened spice. Key base notes of amber and incense bleed into the heart notes as well, with the incense in particular taking a starring role through the dry-down with cedar supporting the scent as the backbone of the composition. Projection is above average, as is longevity.
Black Sea is yet another successful release from the now discontinued "Seas" collection of Micallef. It is primarily a spicy incense scent at its heart, but really that descriptor only tells part of the story. There really is a lot going on here... In addition to the spice and incense I get florals with a slight watery undertone (although clear clean water, not calone laced faux salty seawater) and a sweet woody nature to boot. It would be all too easy to screw this composition up by a lesser nose, but Martine Micallef as usual is easily up to the challenge. Black Sea adeptly mixes the saffron and cinnamon spices, the incense, the watery floral lily-of-the-valley, and the sandalwood sweetened woody notes of cedar and guaiac just perfectly, creating a very unique concoction that is smooth, spicy and slightly sweet, but quite wearable and entirely unisex all at once. Black Sea is (was) a brilliant release and earns an excellent 4 stars out of 5.
Black Sea is yet another successful release from the now discontinued "Seas" collection of Micallef. It is primarily a spicy incense scent at its heart, but really that descriptor only tells part of the story. There really is a lot going on here... In addition to the spice and incense I get florals with a slight watery undertone (although clear clean water, not calone laced faux salty seawater) and a sweet woody nature to boot. It would be all too easy to screw this composition up by a lesser nose, but Martine Micallef as usual is easily up to the challenge. Black Sea adeptly mixes the saffron and cinnamon spices, the incense, the watery floral lily-of-the-valley, and the sandalwood sweetened woody notes of cedar and guaiac just perfectly, creating a very unique concoction that is smooth, spicy and slightly sweet, but quite wearable and entirely unisex all at once. Black Sea is (was) a brilliant release and earns an excellent 4 stars out of 5.
