Top Notes 
Cardamom
Pink pepper
Orange
Heart Notes 
Carnation
Heliotrope
Orange blossom
Sumatran coffee
Base Notes 
Jasmine rice
Choya Nakh
Rum ether
Scottish leather
Oak wood
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Aside from
Aside from the fact that "Samarinda" also has a light eco-note, which seems to be intentional, it is a very beautiful gourmand fragrance.
I am now trying to describe this typical eco-lime that I keep encountering in fragrances: There is, on one hand, something dusty-grainy. And then a slightly musty note with something like camphor. Depending on the fragrance, it has come to my nose more or less strongly in many eco-scents.
However, there are indeed ecologically produced fragrances that do not have this at all, but are very unique and/or naturally traditional scents. They cannot be easily distinguished from the mass-produced conventional fragrances we know.
Back to "Samarinda".
At first, I smell a beautiful resinous-woody-balsamic blend with spices and fresh herbs. A moderate note of white flowers quickly joins in, which presents itself in the pyramid as orange blossom. However, I would also guess jasmine.
This slightly overwhelming floral note remains relatively long, about 2 hours, although it becomes weaker over time. A spice blend of cinnamon, star anise, bay leaf, and cloves develops more strongly. The initial freshness, slightly minty-lemony, disappears, and a somewhat stable leather note comes in. Now the bay leaf becomes more prominent. I would think I have a good leather care product.
But in fact, there is a long progression; "Samarinda" repeatedly becomes brighter, sometimes waxy, then again like polish, and then more like a winter spice tea. And then again the well-oiled leather.
Beneath it all lies subtly what I refer to as the eco-note.
Overall, "Samarinda" is a beautiful aromatic woody-balsamic fragrance. However, it comes very close to many industrial-traditional scents. I like that. Because industrial fragrances are ultimately modeled after natural scents. So it must still be possible to produce such fragrances in an ecological way again or still.
I am now trying to describe this typical eco-lime that I keep encountering in fragrances: There is, on one hand, something dusty-grainy. And then a slightly musty note with something like camphor. Depending on the fragrance, it has come to my nose more or less strongly in many eco-scents.
However, there are indeed ecologically produced fragrances that do not have this at all, but are very unique and/or naturally traditional scents. They cannot be easily distinguished from the mass-produced conventional fragrances we know.
Back to "Samarinda".
At first, I smell a beautiful resinous-woody-balsamic blend with spices and fresh herbs. A moderate note of white flowers quickly joins in, which presents itself in the pyramid as orange blossom. However, I would also guess jasmine.
This slightly overwhelming floral note remains relatively long, about 2 hours, although it becomes weaker over time. A spice blend of cinnamon, star anise, bay leaf, and cloves develops more strongly. The initial freshness, slightly minty-lemony, disappears, and a somewhat stable leather note comes in. Now the bay leaf becomes more prominent. I would think I have a good leather care product.
But in fact, there is a long progression; "Samarinda" repeatedly becomes brighter, sometimes waxy, then again like polish, and then more like a winter spice tea. And then again the well-oiled leather.
Beneath it all lies subtly what I refer to as the eco-note.
Overall, "Samarinda" is a beautiful aromatic woody-balsamic fragrance. However, it comes very close to many industrial-traditional scents. I like that. Because industrial fragrances are ultimately modeled after natural scents. So it must still be possible to produce such fragrances in an ecological way again or still.
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