As an inclined whisky lover, especially in the realm of Islay and thus predominantly smoky distillates, I ask you to hit me with the smoke in the face as if there’s no tomorrow!
Well, goodbye expectations, smoky is only very subtle with this sweet-gourmand representative that has old-school vibes. Quite similar to Johnnie Walker Red, which theoretically contains a smoky component from Caol Ila, but it's so minimal that no one should be able to consciously perceive it. But what’s going on here? After all, both labdanum and peat, not to mention smoke itself, are listed as notes.
Am I perhaps nose-blind here, as I was regarding the smoke in
Baraonda Extrait de Parfum and "Nudiflorum (Extrait de Parfum) | Nasomatto," which I initially found to be quite smoky for a considerable time?
It is boozy. And quite robust and unembellished. Smooth in the nose and herbal in appearance. Nice.
Scotch Peat. Not my first fragrance from Prin Lomross, but my first bottle. And after the amount of preamble, I now come to what I actually perceive.
Curtains up for Scotch Peat:
It starts with a beautiful leather alongside many alcoholic impressions, all quite positive. Lots of herbs, lots of spice, many sweet impressions, and a certain tastiness that makes you almost want to bite in.
A mélange of bare impressions from respectable bottles from various regions of Scotland. Unfortunately, Islay as a region is omitted here. Smoke is only perceptible at the very edge. Subtle, weak, slightly medicinal. No remarkable protagonist, only recognizable if you concentrate on it.
There are impressions of heather, hay, grass, and barley malt that caress my nose and whisper ‘Drink me!’
A sweet wind becomes stronger and weaker at times, calling out to me.
The scent oscillates between warm and cool, between the spice of the weather, the wilderness, the rough nature, and the sweetness of the spirits.
Only in the end is Scotch Peat very similar to "Cigar Rum | Strangers Parfumerie." Both are boozy, both miss smoke, and both celebrate aged spirits, albeit sweeter rather than smoky, as their names might suggest. But that’s just my smoky perception and expectation.
Unfortunately, the projection quickly loses strength, becoming very close to the skin and quiet. And that with four sprays per arm. Prin can do better.
Barley
Dried fruits
Hay absolute
Honey
Leather
Liquorice
Oak barrel
Peat
Smoke
Tonka bean
White chocolate
Artemisia
Atlas cedar
Canary Islands juniper
Cassia
Clearwood™
Cypress absolute
Labdanum
Moss
Orris butter
Spruce
Lavender absolute
Merlotsupern
jiniko
Jpnerd
Holscentbar
Floyd
Chizza
Yatagan
CharlAmbre
Hektor
Maggy4u
