Top Notes 
Incense material
Saffron
Styrax
Heart Notes 
Frankincense
Cypress
Leather
Base Notes 
Resins
Sandalwood
Duftrebellen
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Duftrebellen
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"Take this one, it's like Black Afgano"
That's what I was told when I was on the island and had forgotten to bring a perfume. Luckily, Julian gave me this tip a week earlier, and I suddenly discovered this square black-wooden block in the drugstore. The established fragrance aristocracy is probably turning in their graves at the comparison "Black Afgano -> Black Ash." They can do that. However, the comparison isn't too far-fetched: even if there will be better and, above all, more accurate dupes - with cocaine "Black Ash" by Rammstein, a budget-friendly drugstore scent is taking on that fragrance direction for the first time - and it's not doing too badly.
The outer values: The black, matte packaging of the smooth cube already gives a dark promise. A bar runs in a wooden look through the middle of the cube as well as around its base and could even metaphorically represent the fragrance composition that this Eau de Toilette aims to achieve - here, gray and dark scent notes are caressed by a hint of woody and smoky aspects. When you free the bottle from its packaging, where it is nestled in a fine foam base before you pull it out, a similarly square body in slightly brown-tinted glass comes into view, featuring a stylish Rammstein logo on the front and back. A black cap conceals an equally black spray head that disperses the fragrance widely and finely, held and surrounded by a copper-gold ring as a frame. The bottle feels compact and solid.
The inner values: The first spray reveals smoky notes with a hint of leather. As time goes on, noticeably woody resins - but especially sandalwood - come to the forefront and round off the scent. One must admit that the sillage is nothing special, rather flat and standard. However, the longevity (for a drugstore scent) makes up for it - I could smell the Black Ash on me for a good 4 hours during a hot, hectic workday. On clothing, it even lasts about twice as long, and with a bit of luck, even longer, as I found out when I slipped out of my work clothes after 11 hours and immediately got a pleasantly fragrant kick of the dark cocaine.
The conclusion is: "the Black Afgano of drugstores." Here we go. I know that with this conclusion, all the old grannies and grandpas at the coffee gathering will spill their milk from the Sunday table while gossiping. About as if the tattooed boy next door had turned up the rock music too loud again. Life goes on - every perfume lover will feel like they will find a dupe in the world of niche fragrances that they will claim as the forerunner of cocaine Black Ash by Rammstein. For us scent rebels, Black Ash is clearly an attempt to be a budget-friendly equivalent of the classic from Nasomatto. In the end, the fragrance convinces. It strongly aligns with this scent direction, even if it doesn't come close to the great original. Personally, the sandalwood comes through too much for me towards the end of the day and dilutes the otherwise solid scent. However, those who like the sandalwood direction and don't want to spend more than €30 - will love Black Ash.
Grab it while the ash is still hot & fresh - André from the scent rebels
The outer values: The black, matte packaging of the smooth cube already gives a dark promise. A bar runs in a wooden look through the middle of the cube as well as around its base and could even metaphorically represent the fragrance composition that this Eau de Toilette aims to achieve - here, gray and dark scent notes are caressed by a hint of woody and smoky aspects. When you free the bottle from its packaging, where it is nestled in a fine foam base before you pull it out, a similarly square body in slightly brown-tinted glass comes into view, featuring a stylish Rammstein logo on the front and back. A black cap conceals an equally black spray head that disperses the fragrance widely and finely, held and surrounded by a copper-gold ring as a frame. The bottle feels compact and solid.
The inner values: The first spray reveals smoky notes with a hint of leather. As time goes on, noticeably woody resins - but especially sandalwood - come to the forefront and round off the scent. One must admit that the sillage is nothing special, rather flat and standard. However, the longevity (for a drugstore scent) makes up for it - I could smell the Black Ash on me for a good 4 hours during a hot, hectic workday. On clothing, it even lasts about twice as long, and with a bit of luck, even longer, as I found out when I slipped out of my work clothes after 11 hours and immediately got a pleasantly fragrant kick of the dark cocaine.
The conclusion is: "the Black Afgano of drugstores." Here we go. I know that with this conclusion, all the old grannies and grandpas at the coffee gathering will spill their milk from the Sunday table while gossiping. About as if the tattooed boy next door had turned up the rock music too loud again. Life goes on - every perfume lover will feel like they will find a dupe in the world of niche fragrances that they will claim as the forerunner of cocaine Black Ash by Rammstein. For us scent rebels, Black Ash is clearly an attempt to be a budget-friendly equivalent of the classic from Nasomatto. In the end, the fragrance convinces. It strongly aligns with this scent direction, even if it doesn't come close to the great original. Personally, the sandalwood comes through too much for me towards the end of the day and dilutes the otherwise solid scent. However, those who like the sandalwood direction and don't want to spend more than €30 - will love Black Ash.
Grab it while the ash is still hot & fresh - André from the scent rebels
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