Top Notes 
Bergamot
Black pepper
Grapefruit
Heart Notes 
Frankincense
Labdanum
Leather
Base Notes 
Cashmere wood
Sandalwood
Vetiver12/28/2017
Abygail
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Abygail
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Blind Purchase the 2nd
Once again, I needed a nice little fragrance for a blind friend (oh, there are quite a few of those in my life), so off I went to the fun little shop. And lo and behold, he had something.
I like to rummage around there and always have a list of potentially interesting scents with me.
Based on the fragrance pyramid and the comments already available here, I decided on Atelier Bleu. I bought two bottles right away, as I wanted to sniff it myself (after I had liked California Wave by Langè so much).
Only one thing gave me a bit of a stomach ache: incense.
A fragrance component that can backfire quite quickly.
Unfortunately, I had bought the good little bottle at the last minute, with no time left for extensive testing. Quickly wrapped in nice paper, into the big Christmas package it went, and off it went.
In the meantime, I had time to test thoroughly.
And unfortunately, my worst fears came true.
The scent itself is wonderfully rounded, warm, soft, somehow cozy. It has a sweetness to it that never comes off as sticky or too cloying. Very balanced.
However, from the very beginning, there is a very dominant incense note. And it stubbornly persists until the bitter end, a good 8 hours.
I can’t detect any bergamot or sandalwood, not even vetiver. It’s just incense.
Not as extremely penetrating as one might know from churches (where I always flee, as it makes me nauseous), but it’s always there.
Unfortunately, the scent gives me a slight headache after just 1 hour, which I find very unfortunate.
I find it hard to describe how I perceive this scent.
It is really somehow beautifully made, it has something. Do you know this “On the one hand..., but on the other hand...”, when you can’t decide whether you like something or would rather shoot it to the moon?
I must reluctantly admit that it is unfortunately not my world.
Perhaps it’s my skin that makes the dreaded incense note come through so strongly and buries everything else beneath it.
I really hope that the recipient will cope better with the scent.
I have modified my list and kicked out all the interesting fragrances that contained incense as a component. And there are still countless (men’s) fragrances just waiting to be bought and used without restraint.
I like to rummage around there and always have a list of potentially interesting scents with me.
Based on the fragrance pyramid and the comments already available here, I decided on Atelier Bleu. I bought two bottles right away, as I wanted to sniff it myself (after I had liked California Wave by Langè so much).
Only one thing gave me a bit of a stomach ache: incense.
A fragrance component that can backfire quite quickly.
Unfortunately, I had bought the good little bottle at the last minute, with no time left for extensive testing. Quickly wrapped in nice paper, into the big Christmas package it went, and off it went.
In the meantime, I had time to test thoroughly.
And unfortunately, my worst fears came true.
The scent itself is wonderfully rounded, warm, soft, somehow cozy. It has a sweetness to it that never comes off as sticky or too cloying. Very balanced.
However, from the very beginning, there is a very dominant incense note. And it stubbornly persists until the bitter end, a good 8 hours.
I can’t detect any bergamot or sandalwood, not even vetiver. It’s just incense.
Not as extremely penetrating as one might know from churches (where I always flee, as it makes me nauseous), but it’s always there.
Unfortunately, the scent gives me a slight headache after just 1 hour, which I find very unfortunate.
I find it hard to describe how I perceive this scent.
It is really somehow beautifully made, it has something. Do you know this “On the one hand..., but on the other hand...”, when you can’t decide whether you like something or would rather shoot it to the moon?
I must reluctantly admit that it is unfortunately not my world.
Perhaps it’s my skin that makes the dreaded incense note come through so strongly and buries everything else beneath it.
I really hope that the recipient will cope better with the scent.
I have modified my list and kicked out all the interesting fragrances that contained incense as a component. And there are still countless (men’s) fragrances just waiting to be bought and used without restraint.
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