Top Notes 
Mandarin orange
Heart Notes 
Turkish rose absolute
Base Notes 
Indian patchouli
Oud
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A Molecular Hulk
It is a cacophony of scents. The molecular, mind you. Which, allegedly, as conceived by the house, is supposed to unfold individually on the skin of the respective wearer. And thus also create a fragrance that reflects the Scandinavian way of life in a very individual manner.
Sounds promising.
And indeed, the scent developed quite interestingly on the paper strip, if I recall correctly from our first encounter. This led me to make this truly catastrophic swap.
Now I intended to finally test the scent I had swapped long ago in direct skin contact. And what can I say: It was a trial.
Diffuse synthetic notes jumped directly from my wrist and clung confidently to my nostrils. Even through the surprised - and I must say, not in a positive way - recoil, the molecular claw could not be shaken off. It had already sunk its teeth in, leaving me with the feeling that I had to endure a molecular septum piercing that I wouldn't be able to remove anytime soon.
My seemingly perforated nasal septum now had to endure a developing cucumber-muff water, of course still in molecular synthetic structure, even though cucumber is in no way listed. And yet, the plastic cucumber hung on my nose.
Whether this impression is due to the fact that Pavlov lets his scent mature in a wooden barrel beforehand and has also added some shavings of eagle wood to the liquid, I cannot say. However, I would like to think that, if that is the case, the resulting outcome is not what was intended.
Even the rose cannot disguise itself well enough to pass as cucumber, not even in molecular-synthetic attire. The rose seemed to have taken flight amidst these cacophonous scent developments, and let's be honest, who could blame her or even hold it against her?
Quite quickly, a diffuse synthetic earth note joined in the further course, just as I had already experienced at the fragrance opening - ah, the patchouli. Also musty, but not the well-known natural cellar-must note, which I must admit I do not like at all, but rather its seemingly molecular sister, which made it even worse. Cucumber-patchouli-molecular-muff. Good grief!
The claws of this molecular monster relentlessly dug into my nasal walls, entangled themselves in my nose hairs, bringing tears to my eyes. And this scent thing is a Hulk, loud, coarse, roaring. If my nose had ears (a funny thought), it would be close to deaf right now. Would have, yes, had I not washed the scent off in utter despair and out of fear of resulting anosmia from a total strike of my noses, because it has a potency and endurance like a screaming toddler in front of the candy aisle.
If this scent is indeed supposed to develop as individually on the scented skin as promised by Zarko Ahlmann Pavlov, … then in that case, my skin is probably completely incompatible at least with this creation.
For those who are interested:
My nose hairs are growing back, the nasal septum has been straightened, and no anosmia occurred as a result (thank the fragrance heavens!). And a thank you goes to you for reading along and perhaps even sympathizing or at least feeling along.
For those who are not interested:
Why did you read this far? ;-)
And as a brief side note:
Always test on skin and not just on the paper test strip. Such things can come back to bite you. I've heard ...
Sounds promising.
And indeed, the scent developed quite interestingly on the paper strip, if I recall correctly from our first encounter. This led me to make this truly catastrophic swap.
Now I intended to finally test the scent I had swapped long ago in direct skin contact. And what can I say: It was a trial.
Diffuse synthetic notes jumped directly from my wrist and clung confidently to my nostrils. Even through the surprised - and I must say, not in a positive way - recoil, the molecular claw could not be shaken off. It had already sunk its teeth in, leaving me with the feeling that I had to endure a molecular septum piercing that I wouldn't be able to remove anytime soon.
My seemingly perforated nasal septum now had to endure a developing cucumber-muff water, of course still in molecular synthetic structure, even though cucumber is in no way listed. And yet, the plastic cucumber hung on my nose.
Whether this impression is due to the fact that Pavlov lets his scent mature in a wooden barrel beforehand and has also added some shavings of eagle wood to the liquid, I cannot say. However, I would like to think that, if that is the case, the resulting outcome is not what was intended.
Even the rose cannot disguise itself well enough to pass as cucumber, not even in molecular-synthetic attire. The rose seemed to have taken flight amidst these cacophonous scent developments, and let's be honest, who could blame her or even hold it against her?
Quite quickly, a diffuse synthetic earth note joined in the further course, just as I had already experienced at the fragrance opening - ah, the patchouli. Also musty, but not the well-known natural cellar-must note, which I must admit I do not like at all, but rather its seemingly molecular sister, which made it even worse. Cucumber-patchouli-molecular-muff. Good grief!
The claws of this molecular monster relentlessly dug into my nasal walls, entangled themselves in my nose hairs, bringing tears to my eyes. And this scent thing is a Hulk, loud, coarse, roaring. If my nose had ears (a funny thought), it would be close to deaf right now. Would have, yes, had I not washed the scent off in utter despair and out of fear of resulting anosmia from a total strike of my noses, because it has a potency and endurance like a screaming toddler in front of the candy aisle.
If this scent is indeed supposed to develop as individually on the scented skin as promised by Zarko Ahlmann Pavlov, … then in that case, my skin is probably completely incompatible at least with this creation.
For those who are interested:
My nose hairs are growing back, the nasal septum has been straightened, and no anosmia occurred as a result (thank the fragrance heavens!). And a thank you goes to you for reading along and perhaps even sympathizing or at least feeling along.
For those who are not interested:
Why did you read this far? ;-)
And as a brief side note:
Always test on skin and not just on the paper test strip. Such things can come back to bite you. I've heard ...
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