Lentisque
Spanish Bush
Phaedon 2013

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7.3 / 10 100 Ratings

A perfume by Phaedon for women and men, released in 2013. The scent is green-woody. It is still in production.

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Main accords

Green

Woody

Resinous

Spicy

Earthy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Galbanum

Mastic

Heart Notes

Mastic absolute

Dry woods

Labdanum

Base Notes

Vetiver

Ambergris

Cedar

Musk

Ratings

Scent

7.3100 Ratings

Longevity

6.780 Ratings

Sillage

6.480 Ratings

Bottle

7.365 Ratings

Value for money

5.816 Ratings

Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 07.04.2024.

Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

07/16/2020

6
Pricing 8
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 9
Scent

Ludomat
5 Reviews

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Ludomat

Top Review 19

μαστιχα // Masticha my Love

Some years ago during my holiday in Greece I got to know mastic as a food (I only knew the term before as glue for carnival beards).
In Athens everything with mastic flavor was available: chewing gum, ouzo, even frozen yogurt. I found the slightly citric, fresh resinous taste/scent sensational.
About 2 years ago I ordered the essential mastic oil original from the island of Chios for a space diffuser, where the oldest trees of Pistacia lentiscus are located and the quality of their resin is said to be the best.
Rather accidentally I recently came across the scent of Phaedon and blindly accessed a good online offer (but read the comments and statements here before).

I have no regrets An authentic mastic scent, which is given tension and depth by the other components. And even if I can't smell exactly galbanum, cedar or vetiver in every stage of development, they underline the main protagonist, because again and again I am reliably flattered by mastic around my nose - until the drydown.
The scent is not loud, I don't find even the prelude too sharp.

In the beginning I was a little bit disappointed regarding sillage and durability, but with a generous application also on the clothes I got something out of it today, easily 7h, with a rather bodylike projection.

Although I love green fragrances, Lentisque is not green for me, but rather clear cool grey, like the smoked glass of the bottle, only lighter. All in all nice dry-resinous, I luckily can't smell any amber, clear warmth or even sweetness wouldn't suit me.

Lentisque manages to create a unique clarifying and soothing atmosphere, ideal on warmer days around 20°. Somehow a very private scent, nothing to show off or attract attention.

My personal mini time-out, my little mental escapade to Greece.

12/02/2019

5
Sillage 7
Longevity 8.5
Scent

Bloodxclat
30 Reviews

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Bloodxclat

Top Review 14

Time out in the Macchia

Phaedon was completely unknown to me until I discovered this specimen in the souk of a nice perfume.

The central theme of this fragrance is the wild pistachio, or mastic bush. So far I have found this shrub in the entire Mediterranean region and have always been fascinated by it. The pretty green, delicate leaves, the beautiful reddish-brown stem and the bush-like wax form - a very attractive shrub, but relatively unknown in our country and difficult to come by.
In direct sunlight it exudes a moist, resinous and Mediterranean scent.

This scent can be found in the region as incense, chewing gum (Falim), tea or shisha tobacco.

Phaedon Lentisque begins extremely authentically with the full load of mastic - mastic leaves ground between the fingers. Bitter green plant sap, the aromatic sticky resin scent of mastic - the resin of the cistus rose also helps - the full board of pure nature from the bottle.

Everything is very aromatic, but delicate and pleasant. No power hum here.
Cedar wood in the background is also a fine addition and accompanies the resinous bitterness. After about 30 minutes the bitterness loses itself a bit and it turns a bit into resinous - sweetness. There the Vetiver comes already friendly to the support and brings some dirt into play.

A beautiful threesome - the vetiver, somewhat smoky, sweet and dirty - the resinous dripping mastic leaves and the fine soothing cedar wood in the background.

Simple but great - an extremely natural composition, calming, meditative.
Silage is not to be expected big here, something more than very close, but more is also not necessary here.

For me quite clearly a weekend fragrance for spring - summer, or right now, it's snowing here and I just want to go back to the Macchia ;-)

12/31/2018

5
Bottle 7
Sillage 7
Longevity 7.5
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Caligari
48 Reviews

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Caligari

Very helpful Review 8

Place 2 of 21 Phaedon fragrances from the hiking letter

Too little for a comment, too much for a statement... therefore here in fast forward:

Many thanks to Schahram for the opportunity to participate in the 21-part Phaedon hiking package. In general, Phaedon already offers a large spectrum, but there is not much overlap to my preferences. So for me three fragrances have relatively fast and clearly highlighted, which are worthwhile in my nose of a review.

These were:
1. "Dzhari" (see comment at appropriate place)
2. "Lentisque"
3. "Oliban" (see comment at appropriate place)

"Lentisque", unlike "Dzhari", was the positive surprise of the three candidates I rehearsed. It is incredibly herbaceous, hot, green, spicy ("Les Jeux sont Faits" by Jovoy comes to mind next) and conveys a daring and extraordinary freshness. Later he becomes more balsamic and Amber appears. A truly remarkable and independent fragrance. Lentisque never runs out of breath. Good price-performance ratio. Bravo!

09/08/2018

7
Bottle 6
Sillage 6
Longevity 7.5
Scent

DonJuanDeCat
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DonJuanDeCat

Very helpful Review 8

Resinous and woody in the Mediterranean area

Okay, you skunks... um, I meant scented animals... um... scented guys? :DD
Oh you know what I mean (otherwise you have just had bad luck, hey hey), now comes, as almost every day, once again a new commi from me.

This time a fragrance from Phaedon, a brand I hadn't tested yet and which I had come across thanks to one of your hiking packages. First of all, what does the fragrance name, this Lentisque, mean? Well, this is the mastic bush, which is also known as wild pistachio and is mainly used with its dried resin. The name has of course been chosen appropriately, as Lentisque is a beautiful resinous fragrance in which the resinous notes dominate here.

It is a shrub that is mainly found in the Mediterranean area, with which one can expect a beautiful, Mediterranean scent. And with it perhaps also certain holiday desires, now that the summer is slowly coming to an end...

The Scent:

Herbaceous and resinous (but more herbaceous) the fragrance begins. The herbaceous thing I perceive must be the galbanum, which here smells so intense but also good. The resinous one is still a little in the background and only gets a little stronger over time, which must be the Wild Pistachio (not to be confused with these pistachios, which you like to crack and eat and in which you can squeeze your fingers into the two shells if you are clumsy enough to open them :D). I also smell a bit of green notes.
The scent quickly becomes woody (besides the ever stronger resinous scents). You can clearly smell a strong cedar, which makes a good addition to the other fragrances.
In the base it remains mainly woody and resinous, which now also radiate well, in addition earthy-green vetiver. Musk smells only very briefly and this is also quite weak, so the scent has hardly any sweet notes.

Sillage and durability:

The Sillage is above average and will be good for a while with one smellable. The durability is quite okay, but not too long either. But six to eight hours, I'd say.

The flacon:

According to the description, the bottle is supposed to be a modern interpretation of old pharmacist bottles, which would also explain the brown/grey colour and the roundish shape. On the front you see a black, oval label. Beside the name you can also see two griffins looking at each other. The lid is black and cylindrical. All in all a nicely made bottle.

So, Lentisque has become a beautiful fragrance that smells mainly resinous and woody. It is not sweet, seems a little dry, but warm. Like a warm breeze on a sun-dried meadow with trees and flowers that also look dry. It conveys a nice and great feeling of countries in the Mediterranean area, but is not really a holiday scent, because it is not fresh for very hot days.

In spring and autumn, however, it can be used very well, both as a daytime fragrance and perhaps for various occasions such as eating and so on. In my opinion, however, it is not a party scent. And because of the dry and above all intensely woody notes, I also find the fragrance more masculine than unisex.

Who likes woody and resinous scents, could try this one. Apart from that, you don't miss anything really out of the ordinary.

And if you now feel like eating pistachios, please watch your fingers if the hard shells do not break and suddenly close again :DD