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The incredible beauty of drydown
Kemi is my new discovery in 2023, my absolute highlight in the animalic oud fragrance range.
Why?
At the beginning, Kemi really does come across as a little stinky. The cowhide note is clearly noticeable. Warm and creamy, the whole cowpat aroma then settles into a bed of sweets, fudge and fruit jam.
These great candy notes in Kemi clearly remind me of those fairground stalls where the pastilles are arranged next to and on top of each other in containers and you help yourself freely with the pointed plastic bag. Syrupy fruit scent. Raspberry, strawberry, yes, even woodruff somehow, plus a certain but clearly perceptible ethereal aroma in the background. I loved these "sweet stores" as a child and Kemi takes me right back to those nostalgic memories.
But now to the "stinky" oud aroma, which is clearly there, but quickly fades as the fragrance progresses. The drydown is one of the best I have ever had the pleasure of smelling. I think it is precisely this animalic-candy-ethereal twist that makes Kemi so wonderful. It just fits together, the animalic is so finely subordinated to the candy aroma that both create an incredibly beautiful symbiosis that makes this fragrance so unique. I have it on my trading desk and my nose is practically glued to it all day. It's addictive to smell it! Incidentally, I was told when I asked that you don't really notice the animal notes in the air as such.
Oh Kemi... So magical, so unique, so fascinating, so beautifully warming, so sweet and candy-like, so wonderfully ethereal and so much nostalgic childhood feeling in one fragrance. And yet you are so wearable and attractive and striking.
Wearability:
Yes, yes and yes! In your free time at any time!
In the office and at business appointments, I would prefer to wear other fragrances due to the slightly stinky-animalic scent.
Longevity:
The fragrance is oily. It easily lasts 10 hours +. 9/10
Sillage: Well perceptible, but never obtrusive. Just right! Possibly a little too stinky for some untrained noses in the first half hour. 8/10
Conclusion:
For me, the Kemi comes up short here in the rating. It is certainly not at home in the world of pleasing easy-to-wear fragrances, certainly a little unfamiliar at first for untrained noses or for lovers of "normal" fragrances, but it is so good that I would like to speak in superlatives. I very rarely give it the full 10 points, but here it is.
To those who test it: waiting until drydown is mandatory!
More courage for Kemi, more love and attention for this masterpiece!
Why?
At the beginning, Kemi really does come across as a little stinky. The cowhide note is clearly noticeable. Warm and creamy, the whole cowpat aroma then settles into a bed of sweets, fudge and fruit jam.
These great candy notes in Kemi clearly remind me of those fairground stalls where the pastilles are arranged next to and on top of each other in containers and you help yourself freely with the pointed plastic bag. Syrupy fruit scent. Raspberry, strawberry, yes, even woodruff somehow, plus a certain but clearly perceptible ethereal aroma in the background. I loved these "sweet stores" as a child and Kemi takes me right back to those nostalgic memories.
But now to the "stinky" oud aroma, which is clearly there, but quickly fades as the fragrance progresses. The drydown is one of the best I have ever had the pleasure of smelling. I think it is precisely this animalic-candy-ethereal twist that makes Kemi so wonderful. It just fits together, the animalic is so finely subordinated to the candy aroma that both create an incredibly beautiful symbiosis that makes this fragrance so unique. I have it on my trading desk and my nose is practically glued to it all day. It's addictive to smell it! Incidentally, I was told when I asked that you don't really notice the animal notes in the air as such.
Oh Kemi... So magical, so unique, so fascinating, so beautifully warming, so sweet and candy-like, so wonderfully ethereal and so much nostalgic childhood feeling in one fragrance. And yet you are so wearable and attractive and striking.
Wearability:
Yes, yes and yes! In your free time at any time!
In the office and at business appointments, I would prefer to wear other fragrances due to the slightly stinky-animalic scent.
Longevity:
The fragrance is oily. It easily lasts 10 hours +. 9/10
Sillage: Well perceptible, but never obtrusive. Just right! Possibly a little too stinky for some untrained noses in the first half hour. 8/10
Conclusion:
For me, the Kemi comes up short here in the rating. It is certainly not at home in the world of pleasing easy-to-wear fragrances, certainly a little unfamiliar at first for untrained noses or for lovers of "normal" fragrances, but it is so good that I would like to speak in superlatives. I very rarely give it the full 10 points, but here it is.
To those who test it: waiting until drydown is mandatory!
More courage for Kemi, more love and attention for this masterpiece!
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