I have a great weakness for classic chypre fragrances. Their mossy depth, that slightly earthy, muted feeling - it speaks to me immediately. However, what often throws me off are individual components that seem unavoidable in many chypres: the aldehydes, as known from fragrances by Chanel, unfortunately trigger nausea for me. And white flowers - orange blossom, neroli, jasmine, even rose - can cause me headaches.
That's why I often find myself loving a chypre just for its base: for the moment when the oak moss appears and the fragrance finally reaches the depth that I truly enjoy.
With Evernia, Geza Schön has created a fragrance for me that highlights exactly this part of a chypre - and from the very beginning. Evernia skips the difficult opening of flowers and aldehydes for me and lands immediately in the mossy, slightly damp, pleasantly earthy zone that I love about chypres.
What surprised me: Although Evernia contains no vetiver, the fragrance reminds me of Escentric Molecule 03, which I appreciate for its dry, clear earthiness. Both fragrances share this calm, green cleanliness - as if they were picking up the same inner thread, just in different ways.
If I had to describe why Evernia works so well for me, I would draw a parallel to monochrome art. Some works - like the intense color fields of artists such as Yves Klein - focus radically on a single impression. They forgo unnecessary details to create space for pure effect. Evernia feels the same way: It is not a complexly structured fragrance drama, but a clear, cleanly set chord that delivers exactly what I am looking for from the very first moment.
For me, Evernia is therefore a rare stroke of luck: a fragrance that carries the soul of a chypre, but does without those notes that usually overwhelm me. A calm, mossy, green-tinged fragrance - simple in the best sense and precisely because of that, convincing.
