Olympic Rainforest Olympic Orchids Artisan Perfumes 2010
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The Unsung Hero Of Foresty Fragrances
In the world of good foresty conifer themed fragrance, Olympic Rainforest is a criminally underrated gem and should receive much more praise than it does. If on the basis of nothing more than it being one of the most original and unique attempts at the style.
Everyone seems to want to make a Norne. Norne is great and it will always have a special place in my heart, but Norne is tired. Norne is getting on in years. Norne just wants to close it's eyes and finally get some rest, and we keep rehashing it over and over. Let Norne go. Please. A few of the popular ones are good. I liked Fume. I haven't smelled Mirkwood or Fanghorn 2 but I hear nothing but praise so I'll trust the general consensus. Original Polo was a defining moment in time, but that time has gone.
Here we have a fresh exciting take on the forest, and one that stands totally apart from the herd. Covey went with Port Orford cedar as a frame, instead of the typical Virginia or atlas cedars, and that immediately brightens the whole thing up with a dewy damp and musty green-woody thing that almost reminds me of fresh trimmed sativa cannabis buds.
The arborvitae cypress further brightens up the profile with a sharp, piercing cool camphor conifer breath, akin to breathing deep in the misty Olympic forest.
Black spruce and fir balsam give a waft of more traditional Christmas tree conifers, but the sticky earthy myrrh and the faint fruity floral rhododendron work together to make a spiced beeswax accord that just launches this off in another direction, and I would go as far to say this is so unique and creative that I'm surprised it hadn't been mimicked the way Norne has.
Norne is painfully simple. Olympic Rainforest's beauty comes from its super unusual and creative combination of naturals, one must wonder if Dr. Covey just might be a genius. This alone is worthy of earning one a doctorate.
I think it's a masterpiece. Very atmospheric and highly atypical, without forgetting to be a wearable fragrance. All the stars.
Everyone seems to want to make a Norne. Norne is great and it will always have a special place in my heart, but Norne is tired. Norne is getting on in years. Norne just wants to close it's eyes and finally get some rest, and we keep rehashing it over and over. Let Norne go. Please. A few of the popular ones are good. I liked Fume. I haven't smelled Mirkwood or Fanghorn 2 but I hear nothing but praise so I'll trust the general consensus. Original Polo was a defining moment in time, but that time has gone.
Here we have a fresh exciting take on the forest, and one that stands totally apart from the herd. Covey went with Port Orford cedar as a frame, instead of the typical Virginia or atlas cedars, and that immediately brightens the whole thing up with a dewy damp and musty green-woody thing that almost reminds me of fresh trimmed sativa cannabis buds.
The arborvitae cypress further brightens up the profile with a sharp, piercing cool camphor conifer breath, akin to breathing deep in the misty Olympic forest.
Black spruce and fir balsam give a waft of more traditional Christmas tree conifers, but the sticky earthy myrrh and the faint fruity floral rhododendron work together to make a spiced beeswax accord that just launches this off in another direction, and I would go as far to say this is so unique and creative that I'm surprised it hadn't been mimicked the way Norne has.
Norne is painfully simple. Olympic Rainforest's beauty comes from its super unusual and creative combination of naturals, one must wonder if Dr. Covey just might be a genius. This alone is worthy of earning one a doctorate.
I think it's a masterpiece. Very atmospheric and highly atypical, without forgetting to be a wearable fragrance. All the stars.
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