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10/23/2014
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Mayan Chocolate & Incense...
Maya is a creation from the Scents of Time range by David Pybus the so called "Indiana Jones" of the fragrance industry. Part-chemist, part-perfumer, part-archaeologist, he has recreated smells from ancient time using modern technology and bottled them in a perfume.
Maya is a wonderfully dry, green chocolate incense. It is meant to evoke the origin of chocolate as an intoxicating drink used by the indigenous peoples of Mexico (the Aztecs & Mayans). It also evokes their religious rituals, where copal incense was burned during ceremonies and during times of human sacrifice.
I think it's a wonderful concept, and the smell for me is something quite unique. Yes you have chocolate and vanilla, but this isn't a sweet chocolate, this is dry, green, bitter cacao and raw vanilla, mixed with dry, heady incense. There is also a prominent sambac jasmine note, and the dry-down is very nice on this one.
Unfortunately, production is discontinued and this is quite hard to find, as this independent perfume company could not compete with the heavier designer brands and had to shut down. But overall, I love this green, bitter cacao & incense combination... and it's a combination I'd love to see more often in perfumes. Wonderful stuff!
Maya is a wonderfully dry, green chocolate incense. It is meant to evoke the origin of chocolate as an intoxicating drink used by the indigenous peoples of Mexico (the Aztecs & Mayans). It also evokes their religious rituals, where copal incense was burned during ceremonies and during times of human sacrifice.
I think it's a wonderful concept, and the smell for me is something quite unique. Yes you have chocolate and vanilla, but this isn't a sweet chocolate, this is dry, green, bitter cacao and raw vanilla, mixed with dry, heady incense. There is also a prominent sambac jasmine note, and the dry-down is very nice on this one.
Unfortunately, production is discontinued and this is quite hard to find, as this independent perfume company could not compete with the heavier designer brands and had to shut down. But overall, I love this green, bitter cacao & incense combination... and it's a combination I'd love to see more often in perfumes. Wonderful stuff!
