02/13/2022
Drseid
819 Reviews
Drseid
1
Minimalist Woody Incense...
Prayer goes on with stark coniferous green pine and slightly sharp dry woody cedar before quickly transitioning to its heart. As the composition enters its early heart the pine vacates, leaving the slightly sharp cedar to now pair with woody frankincense and dry sandalwood rising from the base. During the late dry-down remnants of the cedar, sandalwood and frankincense remain as the composition stays highly linear through the finish, with the dry sandalwood now the sole focus, and the cedar and frankincense providing late support. Projection is very good to excellent, as is longevity at 13-15 hours on skin.
Samples were all out when I went on the hunt to try other incense related compositions from TRNP after being so highly impressed by the first perfume in the incense series I sampled (then bought) - Sanctum, so I took a divine chance on Prayer with a blind buy of a full bottle. Now having worn the perfume several times I can say there is no doubt that like Sanctum, the very different smelling Prayer is another successful composition by natural perfumer Teone Reinthal. It would have been quite the buy indeed had Prayer matched or exceeded Sanctum's surprise success in just about every area save performance metrics, but while Prayer significantly improves on the performance, it lacks the amazing journey Sanctum provides the wearer, instead staying highly linear from nearly start-to-finish, with the pine being the sole short-lived detectable ingredient. When the pine vacates, the perfume despite its relatively lengthy list of published notes is all about natural smelling dry cedar and sandalwood, and woody radiant frankincense, with the three swapping places as focus as time passes. Pretty much about ten minutes in on skin you know what to expect for the rest of the perfume's lengthy but minimal development. Luckily the three key focal notes are all handled extremely well, and in perfect proportions throughout, still leaving the minimalist linear perfume as a successful effort. The bottom line is the $165 per 30ml bottle Prayer may lack the amazing ever-changing journey of its sister incense scent Sanctum, but the "very good" to "excellent" 3.5 to 4 stars out of 5 rated perfume executes its minimalist, linear development extremely well with stellar ingredient quality, earning a solid recommendation to fans of woody incense in particular.
Samples were all out when I went on the hunt to try other incense related compositions from TRNP after being so highly impressed by the first perfume in the incense series I sampled (then bought) - Sanctum, so I took a divine chance on Prayer with a blind buy of a full bottle. Now having worn the perfume several times I can say there is no doubt that like Sanctum, the very different smelling Prayer is another successful composition by natural perfumer Teone Reinthal. It would have been quite the buy indeed had Prayer matched or exceeded Sanctum's surprise success in just about every area save performance metrics, but while Prayer significantly improves on the performance, it lacks the amazing journey Sanctum provides the wearer, instead staying highly linear from nearly start-to-finish, with the pine being the sole short-lived detectable ingredient. When the pine vacates, the perfume despite its relatively lengthy list of published notes is all about natural smelling dry cedar and sandalwood, and woody radiant frankincense, with the three swapping places as focus as time passes. Pretty much about ten minutes in on skin you know what to expect for the rest of the perfume's lengthy but minimal development. Luckily the three key focal notes are all handled extremely well, and in perfect proportions throughout, still leaving the minimalist linear perfume as a successful effort. The bottom line is the $165 per 30ml bottle Prayer may lack the amazing ever-changing journey of its sister incense scent Sanctum, but the "very good" to "excellent" 3.5 to 4 stars out of 5 rated perfume executes its minimalist, linear development extremely well with stellar ingredient quality, earning a solid recommendation to fans of woody incense in particular.
