With a resounding kick, this scent starts and screams smoke. Burning wood. Burning straw. Dripping sweat of anxiety and fear.
And I'm already sure this is going to be a different experience than the brand's other scents.
Sure, the adjectives for this scent are 'animalic', 'wild', and 'dark', and the brand already has a deep, smoky scent in its portfolio with
Bois d'Ascèse. But the smokiness that occurs here is a whole other level.
It's bitingly smoky, burningly harsh, dust-dry, and yet somehow oily. One thing for sure: not ordinary.
But unlike the other smoky representative of the brand, the strength of the burning material decreases with time. Then cedar, amber and rose emerge. In particular, I was worried about the rose, but it does not appear floral and sweet, but in its sharp form, which delicately emphasizes the animalic character, yet at a distance seems soapy.
Smoke remains dominant. Only join the rest of the players and he becomes quieter. The fragrance itself, however, never. The remains loud. Wild just. And dirty he is.
Four to five hours in the spectacle, the fire is then extinguished. Also no more glow is there. Instead, cedar and the aforementioned pungent rose.
Fades Corpus Equus then after about seven hours with even for me pleasant rose and a creamy wood-hay mixture. Delicious.
Durability and intensity as always terrific. But definitely far from the elegance of his fellow fragrances, a completely different caliber of everything actually. An absolute statement fragrance, without a doubt. Also again a work of art, as usual from the others, only this time a very bold, daring work of art, which - I would argue - will not have as many lovers:inside, as the other five.