Top Notes 
Bergamot
Mastic
Lemon
Bitter orange
Carrot seed
Heart Notes 
Iris
Mastic absolute
Jasmine
Pekoe tea
Reed
Woody notes
Base Notes 
Vetiver
Cistus
Sandalwood
11/10/2012
Ysbrand
84 Reviews
Ysbrand
Very helpful Review
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The eagle
I have been coming back to Eau d´Ikar (Icarus´ Water) now and then since it was released last year. This is the first fragance from the house of Eau de Campagne and Eau de Soir marketed as a masculine and comes in a, IMHO, very beautiful and artistic flaÇon, with a craved winged male torso that in the photo cannot really be appreciated.
My frist impression was positive, but kind of unimpressed, but after wearing it again after several months, it has grown on me. Where some may smell boring, i smell inspired, serene and sober.
I guess the inspiration after the choice of this legendary name is a dreamy man that built his own wings to cross the sky, and contemplates from the heights the majestic mediterranean mounts; that is, indeed, pretty much what comes to my nose, leaving behind the tragic details of the myth.
Eau d´Ikar is centered on Mastic Gum, a resin from a tree that is common in the mediterranean area, specially in the greek island of Chios, where its very fragant resin has been collected for centuries and used, among other things, as a chewing-gum! How to describe Mastic Gum...it reminds indeed to the dry wild mounts of the mediterranean area (from where i am from) It is a sweet, dry, balsamic, rural, herbal, earthy scent. And this note is the very soul of the perfume all the time.
The opening is sparkling, balanced with a bitter herbal nuance. The Hesperidic aspect of it is well tuned, not blinding, truly fresh and exhilarating, like a mind-body connection. I am using it after the gym, when my body is pleasantly tired and my head is clear and in peace. The notes smell incredibly natural and outdoorsy. There is a primary elegance in Eau d´Ikar, vigorous but refined.
Soon the iris is noticeable. The type of meaty iris that i love, with the soil enhancement of carrot seeds. This is just awesome. The combination of the bitter/sweetness of mastic gum and the iris reminds me immediately to other beloved and unusual fresh fragance, Eau de Gentiane Blanche of Hermes. They don´t smell the same, the Gentiane is cleaner, somehow more mineral where the Ikar is more aromatic, but both belong under the same label, i believe, blunt/stony/nature-smelling/fresh. The iris becomes more powdery at the core of the fragance, giving a mineral inorganic aspect to the fragant resinous mastic, full, dusty, a bit pungent. It is like fresh, clean wind, that carries the aromas of the warm stones and the countryside wild plants. Citrus are gone some time ago, but the white tea keeps it refreshing and light. Eau d´Ikar is a very ethereal yet masculine fragance.
As it dries, the mastic base becomes woody and tepid with a green vetiver and a lukewarm, salty ambergis: Sisley is so generous, they give us a happy end for this story, since Icarus wont perish in the sea for being too daring, he just softly landed on one mount of Chios, left his feathered wings aside and looked for rest under a near tree, with the taste of a precious resin in his lips.
My frist impression was positive, but kind of unimpressed, but after wearing it again after several months, it has grown on me. Where some may smell boring, i smell inspired, serene and sober.
I guess the inspiration after the choice of this legendary name is a dreamy man that built his own wings to cross the sky, and contemplates from the heights the majestic mediterranean mounts; that is, indeed, pretty much what comes to my nose, leaving behind the tragic details of the myth.
Eau d´Ikar is centered on Mastic Gum, a resin from a tree that is common in the mediterranean area, specially in the greek island of Chios, where its very fragant resin has been collected for centuries and used, among other things, as a chewing-gum! How to describe Mastic Gum...it reminds indeed to the dry wild mounts of the mediterranean area (from where i am from) It is a sweet, dry, balsamic, rural, herbal, earthy scent. And this note is the very soul of the perfume all the time.
The opening is sparkling, balanced with a bitter herbal nuance. The Hesperidic aspect of it is well tuned, not blinding, truly fresh and exhilarating, like a mind-body connection. I am using it after the gym, when my body is pleasantly tired and my head is clear and in peace. The notes smell incredibly natural and outdoorsy. There is a primary elegance in Eau d´Ikar, vigorous but refined.
Soon the iris is noticeable. The type of meaty iris that i love, with the soil enhancement of carrot seeds. This is just awesome. The combination of the bitter/sweetness of mastic gum and the iris reminds me immediately to other beloved and unusual fresh fragance, Eau de Gentiane Blanche of Hermes. They don´t smell the same, the Gentiane is cleaner, somehow more mineral where the Ikar is more aromatic, but both belong under the same label, i believe, blunt/stony/nature-smelling/fresh. The iris becomes more powdery at the core of the fragance, giving a mineral inorganic aspect to the fragant resinous mastic, full, dusty, a bit pungent. It is like fresh, clean wind, that carries the aromas of the warm stones and the countryside wild plants. Citrus are gone some time ago, but the white tea keeps it refreshing and light. Eau d´Ikar is a very ethereal yet masculine fragance.
As it dries, the mastic base becomes woody and tepid with a green vetiver and a lukewarm, salty ambergis: Sisley is so generous, they give us a happy end for this story, since Icarus wont perish in the sea for being too daring, he just softly landed on one mount of Chios, left his feathered wings aside and looked for rest under a near tree, with the taste of a precious resin in his lips.
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