Lôant Collection - Lôtree by Santi Burgas

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Lôant Collection - Lôtree Santi Burgas 2013

6.4 / 10 22 Ratings

A perfume by Santi Burgas for women and men, released in 2013. The scent is woody-spicy. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Woody

Spicy

Green

Smoky

Synthetic

Fragrance Notes

Arabian woods

Cedarwood

Oakmoss

Bamboo

Ceylonese sandalwood

Perfumer

Blanca Dalmau

Ratings

Scent

6.422 Ratings

Longevity

8.417 Ratings

Sillage

6.818 Ratings

Bottle

7.124 Ratings

Submitted by Franfan20 · last update on 04/28/2022.

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8 in-depth fragrance descriptions

08/20/2013

6Scent 7.5Longevity 5Sillage

Cryptic
24 Reviews

Cryptic

Very helpful Review 8

Oud Incognito

I was really looking forward to this particular offering out of the entire Loant collection. The German reviews likened Lotree to a foundry in the middle of a dense forest and mentioned "singing woods." Could it be something along the lines of OJ Woman or Chene, maybe? I was so hopeful. And while some of the Loant scents are the sort of harrowing colors I associate with sports energy drinks, Lotree is a soothing, mysterious green, with listed notes of moss, cedar and sandalwood. Mentally, I was already sitting on a bed of moss under a canopy of trees, watching dragonflies flit by. But then I tested it.

While Lotree is by no means a bad perfume, it is a far cry from what I was anticipating. Rather than a melange of woods and moss, I got one goliath of an aromachemical. Polysantol? Don't think so. Cashmeran? Nah. Iso E Super? Might be some in there, but mostly I thought I was smelling PSOUD (pseudo oud). Initially I questioned my nose/judgement, because although the listed notes include the catch-all term, "woods," perfumers are in the habit of announcing the presence of oud in a fragrance with great fanfare, possibly to justify a hefty pricetag. Why wouldn't Santi Burgas list oud as note? I had to be mistaken. Then dear Mr. Cryptic, patient veteran of many perfume testing sprees, weighed in. "Aww...honey, not that sh*t again," he said, and I knew it had to be oud: The only note he cannot stand.

Many perfume fans would find Lotree appealing, especially when layered with Lorose, and my rating reflects that, as opposed to my personal prejudice against oud. Lotree is remarkably tenacious, and probably would have earned a 100% longevity rating if I had fully tested it. However, as I scrubbed it off after about an hour I gave it 75% for lingering on the towel, on my hair and in my nasal passages.

05/17/2015

5Scent 7.5Sillage

Drseid
828 Reviews

Drseid

1

Peppered Vague Woods...

Lotree opens with a nose tingling, black pepper laden slightly sweetened watery green bamboo accord with a faint vague woody undertone. As the composition moves to its early heart the watery green tinged bamboo fades to the background, taking a back seat to the vague synthetic woody accord resembling an approximation of Oud wood that emerges to take the starring role with the now heavy black pepper remaining as co-star. During the late dry-down the peppered synthetic vague woods recede but still remain; now sharing the spotlight with fir-like greens with a tinge of added oakmoss. Projection is excellent, as is longevity at well over 12 hours on skin.

Lotree is the first sample tried out of the Lotree sample pack I recently received from a very generous friend. As soon as I sprayed the composition on skin, there was some chemical in the open that caused a slight nose burning sensation, coupled with some additional tingling from the black pepper immediately experienced. After the burning sensation quickly died down the watery green bamboo made itself known but faded to background all too quickly, leaving the real stars of the composition to make its way to the fore; norlimbanol derived synthetic vague woods flanked by heavy black pepper. Here is where Lotree becomes all too familiar and not very good. The norlimbanol-derived vague woods are frequently used to imitate Oud wood, and I suppose they have been rounded up for similar use in Lotree. When paired with the also frequently used black pepper as a co-star, the result just comes off as extremely irritating. On the flip-side, the late dry-down nearly salvages things as the synthetic woods and pepper recede, allowing fir-like greens to join them to add some interest to the composition while also softening the synthetics a bit. The bottom line is the 89 Euro per 50ml bottle Lotree is far from terrible smelling, but it really doesn't distinguish itself from so many other tiring norlimbanol focused vague woody compositions on the market, earning a "below average" 2 to 2.5 stars out of 5 and a minor avoid recommendation.

09/23/2013

5Scent 10Longevity 10Sillage

Palonera
467 Reviews

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Palonera

Top Review 12

Bomb Warning

I love the scent of the forests, the soft earth, dry woods, and damp moss.
I like it green and cool, bitter and smoky - I enjoy collecting pine cones and mushrooms on my hikes and, with a bit of luck, spotting foxes and deer in the underbrush.
Clearly: "Lôtree" would be my fragrance, the view of the pyramid left no room for other conclusions.

Think again.
I have no idea what "Lôtree" did to my skin or what my skin did to the trees - wherever they may be hiding in this scent, they did not reveal themselves to me.
No little leaves, no bark, not a single pine needle.
Instead: Ambroxan - highly potent and penetrating as experienced in "Lôant," breathtaking and leaving no other note even a hint of a chance.
And not for me either.

I have said it before and I stand by it: I love Ambroxan - in moderation.
In the right dosage, a fragrance gains depth and warmth, eroticism and exoticism, highlighting the uniqueness of a composition.
However, too much overwhelms me.
And "Lôtree" has (on my skin!) far too much of it.
Loud, heavy, sharply spicy, it hits my nose with every breath, spreading throughout the entire apartment after just two sprays and remaining unaffected by wide-open windows and drafts.
Not even by a shower with thorough hair washing.
I decided against applying "Lôtree" for a second daytime test today - it simply wasn't necessary: the intensity has only marginally decreased since spraying it yesterday at noon (despite the shower and hair washing, as mentioned!) and I fear for its longevity - "Lôant" clung to my hair for five days and it is to be feared that "Lôtree," as its twin, is certainly not weaker on the skin.
And for that, I admit, I am too weak.

07/22/2013

7Scent 10Longevity 7.5Sillage

Yatagan
416 Reviews

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Yatagan

Very helpful Review 15

The Great Crawling - Part 5

What fascinated me so much about the Loant series that I wanted to test the fragrances (a heartfelt thank you to Franfan20 for sending the sample series!)?
It is the ant on the bottles that immediately captivated me. The word "ant" is likely related to the Old High German word for "diligent." Anyone who has dealt with the crawling and bustling of an anthill will be able to understand my fascination.

The perfect interplay of these insects through communication via scent may fit well with the idea of a fragrance series that can be recombined through layering, theoretically not just in combination with two fragrances (base scent: Loant with one of the other fragrances: top notes: Lojazz, Lorose, Lobitt, - base notes to round off the base note: Lovann, Lotree, Lomusk), but also in the combination of several fragrances or fragrance components. A bustling multitude of numerous, combinable individual components, theoretically expandable and thus infinitely branching.

As already mentioned several times, layering is not a new concept. The fragrances from Etro are particularly well-known for following this concept, and this idea was previously found in the traditional English brand Crown (its successors are the fragrances from Anglia Perfumery), which also recommended combining their colognes and perfumes.

I myself have occasionally experimented with bright citrus scents in combination with heavier fragrances (particularly nice: Annick Goutal Eau d'Hadrien with Lords by Penhaligon's) and achieved interesting results. Surprisingly often, fragrances can be combined, and surprisingly rarely does the layering of one fragrance over another result in an olfactory cacophony.

In principle, Santi Burgas leaves it open whether the Loant series is suitable for layering or alternatively for wearing the individual scent. Personally, I believe that the fragrances only reveal their true character through layering.

Loant, for example, the base scent of the series, does not seem really suitable for wearing without a top note (Lojazz, Lorose, Lobitt) or base note (Lovann, Lotree, Lomusk). The scent comes across as synthetic, sharp, unbalanced, and develops only slowly into something more harmonious.

However, when Loant is combined with another fragrance, interesting effects arise, and the series gains significantly in appeal.

Another exciting combination of the Santi Burgas fragrances emerges through layering the following components: Loant (heart or base), Lojazz (top), and Lotree (base / finishing base). This fragrance composition takes us from a citrus-sharp opening (see comment on Lojazz) through a heart note of jasmine (see comment on Loant) to a woody-mossy base. Although the scent in this combination still remains somewhat sharp and synthetic (and thus less harmonious than the combination of Lobitt, Loant, and Lovann, see comment on Lovann), it appears, in the sum of its parts, significantly more interesting than when wearing the mentioned fragrances or fragrance components individually.

Ultimately, I was quite convinced by the concept of Santi Burgas. The combination with Lorose, a beautiful rose fragrance component, should be particularly interesting for women; I will spare myself testing Lomusk, as I have difficulty perceiving musk scents and am not particularly knowledgeable about this component.

The great crawling can continue.

07/20/2013

5Scent 10Longevity 7.5Sillage

Bellemorte
107 Reviews

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Bellemorte

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The Iron Foundry in the Dense Forest

LoTree, one of the three basic components from Santi Burgas' modular system, is a distinctly woody fellow.

At first, I smell a dark green, mossy wood note - like an old forest where hardly any light reaches the ground, it is cool, almost a bit surreal. A lot of dead wood lies around, providing nutrients to the trees nearby as it slowly decomposes, and thick moss cushions grow on the fallen tree giants while ants scurry busily around - a natural woodland. Earthy, woody, a bit musty but not unpleasant. After about 15 minutes of walking deeper into the forest, the idyll is disturbed; hissing and spitting, the iron foundry behind the next hill releases its metallic-smelling exhaust over the forest.
There it is again, that synthetic, ozonic metal note that I dislike so much. According to the pyramid, there is no metal note, but my nose perceives it. Unlike in LoAnt, it is not overwhelming in LoTree - I can still perceive the forest despite this "disturbing note" - it still won't be mine, this base scent.

LoTree also doesn't offer much in terms of scent development, but it makes up for it with very good longevity (even after 9 hours and a shower, it is still there) and decent room projection.

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