Ivory Route Xerjoff 2012

It smells like adventure

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Orange-fruity - minty mountain greeting, a hint of fresh basil, and you stand all alone on the trail. Alone at 48° under the last cactus, equipped with a pack of *Capri Sonne
waiting for a gracious continuation.
The heat burns on your head, the crusty ground smells of dried clay, and now and then
the wind weaves in. It whispers *freedom in your ear, lures you on, carrying spicy,
red-peppery, and other fine scents like myrrh, amber, incense, and sweet tobacco ahead. Ivory Route smells delicious in stretches, and although far away a
gourmand tempts with the mace-coumarin-orange tea note that makes you want to bite in.
Summer incense, summer amber, labdanum in the heat, it works very well here.
Same idea as Tauer's Desert (I smell Tauerade) but implemented differently, the route is also longer, leading from Morocco to the Cape of Good Hope.
I distinctly perceive my favorite balsamic addiction note - Peru balsam, which could also be used to tar the roads well.
Bouncing through the sandy steppe, savannas pass by, the scent of dry grass - hay warmth fills the air. You can't smell the large animals, you can only see them, some plodding leisurely along the way, others flying past you, and some majestic heads lazily rest in the shade of a tree. When it comes to floral notes, you can’t go wrong with rose and jasmine.
Sandalwood, a hint of iris root, vanilla, cool patchouli, damp moss, and it pulls you further along the Ivory Route.
Through the wind farm, the journey is the destination, an off-road tour and not an easy one at that.
The scent is a wonder of sillage and longevity, it doesn’t fade, everything it has to offer remains easily accessible for 10 hours. The base is defined by vanilla and sandalwood, dry-sweet, a bit slower but not for resting.
The idea with the adrenaline has been beautifully developed, the scent demands a lot; if you want to stretch out by the campfire in the evening, it still wants to go on.
The night chill of the desert, daytime heat, glaring sunlight, the color red in all shades, different climate zones, the promise of a
proper cooling at the end of the journey, strength, desire, freedom, and above all the movement of the winds can be found in the scent.

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There’s a hint of bouquet ideals in Ivory Route, but I’m also reminded of Spiritueuse Double Vanille and Myrrhe Ardente sends gentle greetings;)
You really have to like incense, myrrh, vanilla tobacco, and patch to
enjoy the Ivory Route:)
I experience the scent as rather feminine, not even unisex... it radiates strength, demanding inflexibility, and a wonderful fragility.

This elitist club nonsense is just ridiculous. It somehow comes off as so outdated - so 80s that I almost find it funny, completely grotesque :D:D
I just try to see the beauty of Africa.