Kemi is very interesting in its evolution as it dries down. It opens with a fresh blast of cherry which last less than a minute and is supplanted by barnyard oud. As the manure pile gets smaller, a medicinal, cough syrup scent appeared. During this phase, I got occasional whiffs of caramel. As the dry down progressed, the medicinal aspect retreated and the scent became a very smooth and creamy combination of sweetness, vanilla + caramel and woody oud. The smell in the air was especially attractive. Nose to skin, revealed a remnant of the oud barnyard, although very subtle (nothing to worry about). Kemi also has a nicely complementing animalic accord. Performance is beast mode. I'm currently at 11 hours and it's still going strong. Projection was very strong for the first few hours. Kemi should be applied at least 30 to 45 minutes before meeting people to enable it to settle and get past the challenging phase. I'm very impressed with Kemi and have added it to my shopping list. This is the first fume from the K Collection that I really like and feel is FB worthy.
I have a slightly different take. At the start, as I described above, I did get fecal. But after it dried down, it was cheesy. But the sweetness of the caramel and vanilla combined with the cheesy oud is heaven. At that point, it's more subtle in the air while more obvious nose to skin.
Nice, that’s great to read. I also got the initial sweetness, almost too much.
I prefer Ether, but I’m on a lookout for a good deal on Kemi too. They would serve the same purpose anyway.
I prefer Ether, but I’m on a lookout for a good deal on Kemi too. They would serve the same purpose anyway.