Baba Yaga SuléKó 2013 Eau de Toilette

First of all, many thanks to Scentence for sending me a small sample of this fragrance!

To begin with:
I don't want to step on anyone's toes and I really appreciate the associations a fragrance can evoke in some people.

For me, this is not quite the case, or rather, it's actually quite the opposite.
Even though I can understand, but only after reading the reviews, why the fragrance is perceived this way.
That's precisely why the title is intentionally chosen this way.

I primarily smell clove, nutmeg, pepper (yes, it might even be pink pepper), and wood.
(More on the wood later)

The fragrance hits hard right from the first spray and starts with a very pronounced sharpness (clove and pepper), which is soon softened by a subtly sweet note (could it be orange?).
Anyone who has ever studded oranges with cloves for Christmas can somewhat imagine what I mean. Although the orange here is not dripping with juice, but rather somewhat dried and shriveled ☺

As it develops, nutmeg quickly joins in, accentuating the bittersweet scent progression.

The twist, in my opinion, is the cade wood (juniper wood), which ignites for many that herbal, earthy "I am in a Provençal forest" daydream.
(Of course, supported by the strong, bitter notes of the spices)

But this has nothing to do with a forest (dark, damp, cool), moss, mushrooms, witches, etc... for my part, I rather see a dry, sandy, and barren heath landscape, with perhaps a few scattered trees, and the dry wind, with the sun above me, carries the scents of the plants into my nose... when I really focus on the fragrance.

For me, this is more of a dry, slightly oriental scent (at least a very Mediterranean scent), which in my eyes has nothing to do with a forest troll and damp, mossy, deep woods.

The fragrance is by no means bad, but certainly not a mystical, dark secret that some want to see in it.

But perhaps this is precisely the strength of "Baba Yaga" or fragrances in general
They can transport anyone into a small, new world.

Longevity and sillage are certainly in the upper middle range.
The bottle design is beyond all doubt, but it does not match my experience of the scent in any way, as described above!