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Very helpful Review
You get exactly what you pay for, but do you want that? I do!
So, with this, I also lose my comment virginity. Late bloomer, I guess :D
Besides, I had imagined it quite differently and certainly not with HIM (Kalan), but what can you do. With this scent, I can no longer avoid it.
It is one of the few perfumes where I can look at the fragrance pyramid and give it an approving nod.
- Spicy peppery opening - Check
- Bitter cloak of blood orange - Check
- Herbal lavender in the background - Check
- A rough base of dry wood and moss - Check
Quite linear, as I still distinctly smell the fruitiness of the orange (and even traces of pepper) after 6-8 hours, even though the base naturally broadens little by little. It "incubates" best between warm skin and fabric rather than being open on bare skin, where it quickly flattens out. If you give it warmth, it in return offers volume, presence, and transforms from bitter-piercing to fruity-herbal.
Testing Kalan was indeed an exciting affair. Do you know that feeling when you have a sample and classify it as "Oh...no," "Well, okay," or "What is this supposed to be?" and then suddenly it's empty shortly after? That's how it was for me with Kalan.
Contrary to all intuition (or perhaps out of subconscious defiance), I kept wearing it (apparently) again and again. First on test strips for sniffing in passing, then in the evenings after showering, and later even for full workdays.
And like in a crazy rom-com, I've now fallen for the one who was just getting on my nerves, the one who didn't want to understand me and I didn't understand him. Quite funny.
Kalan is dry, bitter, stubborn, and super atypical for PDM. I love the cuddly ones like Herod and Carlisle, but Kalan does its own thing. And that's a good thing.
Besides, I had imagined it quite differently and certainly not with HIM (Kalan), but what can you do. With this scent, I can no longer avoid it.
It is one of the few perfumes where I can look at the fragrance pyramid and give it an approving nod.
- Spicy peppery opening - Check
- Bitter cloak of blood orange - Check
- Herbal lavender in the background - Check
- A rough base of dry wood and moss - Check
Quite linear, as I still distinctly smell the fruitiness of the orange (and even traces of pepper) after 6-8 hours, even though the base naturally broadens little by little. It "incubates" best between warm skin and fabric rather than being open on bare skin, where it quickly flattens out. If you give it warmth, it in return offers volume, presence, and transforms from bitter-piercing to fruity-herbal.
Testing Kalan was indeed an exciting affair. Do you know that feeling when you have a sample and classify it as "Oh...no," "Well, okay," or "What is this supposed to be?" and then suddenly it's empty shortly after? That's how it was for me with Kalan.
Contrary to all intuition (or perhaps out of subconscious defiance), I kept wearing it (apparently) again and again. First on test strips for sniffing in passing, then in the evenings after showering, and later even for full workdays.
And like in a crazy rom-com, I've now fallen for the one who was just getting on my nerves, the one who didn't want to understand me and I didn't understand him. Quite funny.
Kalan is dry, bitter, stubborn, and super atypical for PDM. I love the cuddly ones like Herod and Carlisle, but Kalan does its own thing. And that's a good thing.
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Well described, I felt the same way.