Lôant Collection - Lôtree Santi Burgas 2013

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.