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Lunch break at the sawmill
The sun shines through the forest canopy of leaves,
Balsam resin-soaked stumps on damp earth as far as you can see.
Dry and rotten wood can be found in equal parts,
Dark mushrooms grow from the second, on the first you sit to linger.
Out of the grove and into the sawmill for lunch,
It's quiet at the saws, food is served at home.
Fine sawdust shimmers, flickers in the warm summer air,
At the entrance there is a pile of stable wood that smells a bit.
Piled up dry woods of sandalwood, oud and cedar,
Exude their sweet scent of dust, the workshop smells of glue.
It's not just glue that the workbenches and saws smell of,
Also of viscous glue, turpentine and oil-soaked chains.
A salty breeze blows from the distant coast,
The sawmill is behind me, the intense smell of wood is just a pinch.
Fin.
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What a great surprise! The previous reissues of the original Kemis haven't really been able to inspire me. But now Ilm is taking up the cudgels for this XerJoff collection. If you take a look at the fragrance pyramid, you'll get a relatively quick idea of what to expect here. The big question I asked myself beforehand, however, was whether the oud was any good and whether it was at least a bit like real oud distillates. And to answer both questions in advance: yes and yes! XerJoff's Ilm opens slightly animalic and with a fine and subtle stable note. However, this quickly fades into the background, leaving behind a wonderful, woody fragrance that plays with nuances of both wet and dry wood. The oud is therefore quite woody and is accompanied by just the right amount of animalism throughout. Cedar and sandalwood mix in vigorously and create a warm melange of dust-dry woods with the balsamic resins and ambergris. Now and again, delicate notes of forest floor, mushrooms, glue and turpentine flash through, lending the fragrance even more depth and complexity. Unfortunately, there is no real scent progression here, but Ilm creates truly beautiful images in the mind's eye. It is only in terms of longevity and silage that this candidate fails to convince. Although the sillage is quite close to that of real oud oils, I would have preferred a little more in terms of longevity.
Balsam resin-soaked stumps on damp earth as far as you can see.
Dry and rotten wood can be found in equal parts,
Dark mushrooms grow from the second, on the first you sit to linger.
Out of the grove and into the sawmill for lunch,
It's quiet at the saws, food is served at home.
Fine sawdust shimmers, flickers in the warm summer air,
At the entrance there is a pile of stable wood that smells a bit.
Piled up dry woods of sandalwood, oud and cedar,
Exude their sweet scent of dust, the workshop smells of glue.
It's not just glue that the workbenches and saws smell of,
Also of viscous glue, turpentine and oil-soaked chains.
A salty breeze blows from the distant coast,
The sawmill is behind me, the intense smell of wood is just a pinch.
Fin.
___________________
What a great surprise! The previous reissues of the original Kemis haven't really been able to inspire me. But now Ilm is taking up the cudgels for this XerJoff collection. If you take a look at the fragrance pyramid, you'll get a relatively quick idea of what to expect here. The big question I asked myself beforehand, however, was whether the oud was any good and whether it was at least a bit like real oud distillates. And to answer both questions in advance: yes and yes! XerJoff's Ilm opens slightly animalic and with a fine and subtle stable note. However, this quickly fades into the background, leaving behind a wonderful, woody fragrance that plays with nuances of both wet and dry wood. The oud is therefore quite woody and is accompanied by just the right amount of animalism throughout. Cedar and sandalwood mix in vigorously and create a warm melange of dust-dry woods with the balsamic resins and ambergris. Now and again, delicate notes of forest floor, mushrooms, glue and turpentine flash through, lending the fragrance even more depth and complexity. Unfortunately, there is no real scent progression here, but Ilm creates truly beautiful images in the mind's eye. It is only in terms of longevity and silage that this candidate fails to convince. Although the sillage is quite close to that of real oud oils, I would have preferred a little more in terms of longevity.
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