Bergamask Orto Parisi 2014

So, just using the halftime break to write down my praise for Bergamask.

But first, I have to refer to Erik Kormann's "September," a scent with a lot of alpha-Sinensal (an aldehyde from the peel of oranges that smells like orange juice) and Javanol (according to Philipp Kraft's GC-MS data, 10% Javanol and 14% Polysantol).
Erik Kormann showed me Javanol (which smells quite authentically like sandalwood) and explained that it was hardly possible to increase the content of Javanol further without throwing the scent completely out of balance.
In any case, September by Erik Kormann is a very solid and beautiful composition, with a remix called "Borobudur" (this time probably with sweet facets, at least it contains Ethylvanillin and similar).

Then I read on Philipp Kraft's Facebook page about his book "Scent & Chemistry," his review of Orto Parisi's Bergamask.

According to the GC-MS data, Bergamask contains 36% Javanol, 10% Ebanol, and 3% Polysantol, which means that Bergamask consists of 49% sandalwood components. The remaining ingredients seem to consist of orange and mandarin oil as well as musk bodies.

Since I already liked September by Erik Kormann a lot, I immediately fell in love with Bergamask; after 30 minutes, Bergamask is an absolute sandalwood bomb with occasional citrus breezes. It seems to me that pepper assists in the transition of the focus from citrus to sandalwood.

The quality is - as I know it from Nasomatto - very good, the scent is extremely long-lasting and always present (which is not surprising, as the odor threshold of Javanol is quite low, 0.02ng/l air).

A wonderful perfume, and since I love the smell of sandalwood (and it is also originally something typically Asian), I find the scent not only very beautiful in composition but also quite authentic on myself.

For me, the absolute highlight of the Orto Parisi series.