07 Tanoke Odin New York 2011

07 Tanoke is the newest in a line of fragrances from Eddy Chai and Paul Birardi of Odin New York. The inspiration for their latest introduction is the Northern California seaside. Resinous air meets warm and woodsy in this lush base of redwood, guaiac wood, patchouli and black musk. Light and slightly spicy top notes merge with a smoky wood heart. It is fresh pine lingering in an interestingly vague smokiness. I found this fragrance very satisfying and peaceful, like a walk in the forest. There is something quite calming about 07 Tanoke. I have sampled all of Odin's fragrances, and unfortunately, I didn't find much merit in this line until now. The remainder of this collection was a bit pedestrian and unmemorable.

I would definitely recommend giving 07 Tanoke by Odin a whirl, it is well worth sampling. 07 Tanoke was selected for W Magazine's "Top 10 Indie Fragraces".

This is a beauty, it just seems so well balanced, to me it smells of lemon, pine and incense which strangely doesn't match up to the fragrance notes apart from the Frankincense
This fragrance is quite linear which i would consider an art in it self to be able balance the notes, considering the different evaporation rates from the ingredients, the incense does get a little stronger after about 8-9 hrs
i would also agree with other reviewer about a peaceful and calming element, and i would add a warm and reminiscing quality
If you like the Amouage range you will probably like this.

A beautiful, sensual and warm incense.
Incense smelling of roasted redwood smoke, wood and musk with citrus flavors - bitter orange, ginger and black pepper. A smell that, although it may sound like quite heavy incense at the beginning, curves into pleasant, fruity and warm regions. You can feel it for quite a long time, about 8 hours, and it is well felt during this period.
I consider it a very well blended perfume with really good, carefully and expertly selected and blended ingredients. Who likes warm, pleasant incense with a rich sound, I think he should get to know it. I like it very much.

I get a distinct incense character right from the beginning, and not the more perfumy incenses. More like those dark black sandalwood incense sticks, the kind you’d smell at a Far Eastern temple. Woodsy, smoky, resinous – yes. A touch of a brighter scent in there too. Some say lemon or orange, comes across to me as a fresh wood with the pitch still intact to me, maybe pine. Not much of a warm weather scent, better as a cool spring, autumn, or (somewhat) winter. And maybe suited for damp or overcast weather, too.
Sillage is reasonable but not too overbearing, and I found the longevity moderate.

Now I won't tell a long story about how I came across the fragrance. It was a blind buy after reading Meggi's comment. "Monodend," it said. Somehow I knew I had to have this scent. I'm not just into fragrances. I also love the whole surrounding aspect: the bottles, the colors, the packaging. I don't want any frills. It's the harmonious whole that appeals to me. The bottle in the photo immediately caught my attention with its minimalist style. "Monodend" fits perfectly.
With "Tanoke," even the unboxing was a celebration for me. Not a simple box, but a sleeve, like that of a valuable book. Inside the sleeve, nestled in a thick foam block, lay the bottle. Wonderful. The print on the sleeve, the print on the bottle, the little raven, the bottle itself, everything is so coherent, well thought out, concentrated. Amazing.
Until then, this was the most expensive fragrance I had purchased. I wondered if a fragrance could really be worth so much, while feeding the hedgehog in my pocket. Could a scent be so special that I would spend so much money just to try it? My first niche fragrance. A brand I had never heard of before.
And then I tried the fragrance. A spray of "Tanoke" through the air onto my arm. In that moment, all the wonderful scents I had known until then lost their shine, at least for that one moment. The last piece fell into place, and now everything made even more sense. The name, the raven, the color. In my mind, a lost melody from "Vertigo" played, and I was in the scene where the wonderful Kim Novak and James Stewart walked in the empty Sequoia forest among the tree columns. That's how it smelled there. Old incense, the air is a bit cool. And something blooms that mixes in a fruity way. The forest rises, so ancient, so huge. Entire ages have walked over it, and it has remained the same, slowly spreading over centuries. And Tanoke is the oldest of them all, four thousand years old. Sometimes, during thunderstorms near the coast, lightning strikes the tall trees. Burning branches fall to the ground. A small forest fire starts. The flames can hardly harm the trees themselves. But in the intense heat of the fire, often fanned by the wind from the ocean, fallen cones and needles burn on the ground. The fire then goes out, and in the following years, layer by layer, new needles accumulate. Thus, even years after the fire, the scent of incense is preserved in the cool air under the tall trees.
Tanoke, the oldest of the Sequoias, cannot be measured by human standards. The largest, heaviest living being on this planet, and the oldest. It stretched its needles to the sky long before there were any gods. Tanoke is archaic.
"Tanoke" is a masterpiece and a milestone. "Tanoke" is the oldest, living forest scent.

To get a sense of the very special atmosphere I associate with "Tanoke," I recommend a milestone of film music by Bernard Herrmann: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spx0NthRoVc
If you don't want to smell it, at least listen!
I thank Meggi for their comment.