Muenchner
03/08/2010 - 01:41 PM
5

No Perfume, a Way of Life!!

Thanks to Toby for the sample.
This scent intrigued me a lot.
When I applied it, exactly what I imagined with the name happened, the scent turned out to be quite intense.
Fresh after spraying, black pepper and cinnamon hit me, it smells very spicy and tingles a little, I would describe it as a sandstorm. Shortly after, the citrus scent emerges, but it disappears quite quickly; here, clearly, the pepper and cinnamon take center stage.
When the top note fades, a transformation occurs, frankincense and myrrh become present, both of which are also very spicy; however, I get the impression that the sandstorm from the beginning has settled, and one is somewhere in the desert next to a noble city, over whose walls that very scent wafts.
After waiting about 2 hours in front of the city, it slowly gets dark, the myrrh disappears, but the frankincense remains, and now it should actually smell like the typical Arabic base, at least if you read through the ingredients, but it feels like being beamed directly into a European city, but in a very strange neighborhood.
I would place this district in the movie Sin City.
The scent develops very threateningly, and even seemingly safe havens turn sinister; I mean perfidious priests, sadistic police officers, and politicians who only care about their wealth, can be sensed.
You can slightly smell the amber, vetiver, and frankincense, but I don't perceive them as scents but rather as a mood.
Definitely not a scent for the day and actually not one for parties, really only as a signature scent for people who identify with conflict.
However, I want to compliment the perfumer here; it's truly amazing what has been delivered here, everything fits perfectly, I can't imagine a better implementation of the theme.

Now we come to the rating:
The case is very difficult; actually, this is not a scent but a way of life.
So how should one evaluate this? The implementation of the attitude = 100%, if you rate the scent as a perfume without the historical background, I come to 80%.
What should I take now? I would give the scent 95%, the implementation of the way of life is excellent, the scent has good quality, the longevity, the idea is actually a new definition of originality, but the scent will annoy many, but shouldn't this scent do just that?
I would give it 95% because it is close to the award, Munich's scents of the millennium, but it doesn't quite make it and is clearly better than very good.
I will ask Don if an exception can be made with the rating in this case; otherwise, I will think about what to do.
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2 Comments
HibernationHibernation 15 years ago
Great comment! Very vivid (I wish I could do that too...)
Please don’t take it the wrong way, but maybe have your comments checked for spelling before you send them *sorry*
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DeGe53DeGe53 16 years ago
Ooooh, that’s a bit scary! But the ingredients sound VERY interesting.
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