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Church incense
I blind bought a 30ml of this, which is rare for me. I was very intrigued and figured what the heck.
This is very interesting. I wasn’t sure what to expect based on the notes, vinyl, ink, etc. But I get mainly 2 notes: pepper and incense. In the opening it’s a very sparkly pepper, almost like it’s fizzy…not sure how else to describe it. That fizziness goes away after a few minutes, and then it’s the pepper and start to get some incense. As it gets further along the incense starts to become stronger and replaces the pepper, which becomes just a hint in the background.
This incense is different than other fragrances with the olibanum note. Maybe it’s from the other notes Tom Ford mentions (the ebony wood?), but it’s definitely different. I’m sitting here trying to think of the best way to describe it, what about it is giving me a nostalgic feeling, and it suddenly hit me: I was born and raised Catholic, and this smells like the incense they use at church. Where they light it and swing the metal thing (the thurible?). It is suspended from chains and is swung by the priest to spread the fragrant smoke of the incense. This smells like that! If you know what I’m talking about, then you know what Black Lacquer smells like.
Personally, I love it, no blind-buyer remorse here!
This is very interesting. I wasn’t sure what to expect based on the notes, vinyl, ink, etc. But I get mainly 2 notes: pepper and incense. In the opening it’s a very sparkly pepper, almost like it’s fizzy…not sure how else to describe it. That fizziness goes away after a few minutes, and then it’s the pepper and start to get some incense. As it gets further along the incense starts to become stronger and replaces the pepper, which becomes just a hint in the background.
This incense is different than other fragrances with the olibanum note. Maybe it’s from the other notes Tom Ford mentions (the ebony wood?), but it’s definitely different. I’m sitting here trying to think of the best way to describe it, what about it is giving me a nostalgic feeling, and it suddenly hit me: I was born and raised Catholic, and this smells like the incense they use at church. Where they light it and swing the metal thing (the thurible?). It is suspended from chains and is swung by the priest to spread the fragrant smoke of the incense. This smells like that! If you know what I’m talking about, then you know what Black Lacquer smells like.
Personally, I love it, no blind-buyer remorse here!