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Decently green, spiced with white pepper, served on light wood - the opening of Gincense strikes me as quite CdG-like. The rapid appearance of a biting freshness reminiscent of camphor/Franzbranntwein hits the same note. Within half a minute, the freshness subsides, the green becomes more bitter, yet also warmer. Spice must help here. Simultaneously, the scent seems a bit metallic due to the remnants of essential oils.
The bitterness soon primarily comes from the spice corner: bay leaf, allspice - that direction. Possibly juniper. However, the name of the fragrance does not refer to the corresponding alcoholic drink, but to ginger. Aha. My favorite colleague identified this supposed ginger as "something orangey." She succeeded more than I did; I could only with difficulty have guessed at peppery mandarin; Synthetic gall, I hear you creeping?
Strange. “...heavy doses of ginger and frankincense oils and extracts - so the name gincense…” it says on the manufacturer's page. Hmm. If I hadn't received an original sample from the provider in my favorite store (Lubner in HH), I would have believed there was a mix-up.
For me, Gincense primarily becomes a bright, slightly piney wood scent instead. Alongside, I actually smell something salty, maritime, not unpleasant at all. The remaining freshness is likely lab-supported. Unfortunately, it's a bit flabby overall. Gincense only presents me with a backbone directly on the skin in the form of some bitter spices. The claimed incense might hide behind a trace of sourness, so the stuff would be more green than -incense. However, I only manage to concede a pinch more of it around noon. Before that, this gradually somewhat penetrating wood with maritime ambitions blocks my breakthrough.
In the afternoon, I catch a hint of sweetness, perhaps a fragment of lily of the valley opulence, to hold on to the descriptions once more? A green reincarnation in the early evening completes the confusion. Additionally, there is now clearly a kind of ISO-freshness that had already announced itself at the front (see above).
Conclusion: It seems to me that in the pursuit of uniqueness (“...oliver & co. have redefined a new perception of one of the most spiritual smells”) any consistency has been thrown overboard. I can see no line in the scent experience. Moreover, the woody contribution is at least for me far more pronounced than I would have expected.
I find both disappointing.
The bitterness soon primarily comes from the spice corner: bay leaf, allspice - that direction. Possibly juniper. However, the name of the fragrance does not refer to the corresponding alcoholic drink, but to ginger. Aha. My favorite colleague identified this supposed ginger as "something orangey." She succeeded more than I did; I could only with difficulty have guessed at peppery mandarin; Synthetic gall, I hear you creeping?
Strange. “...heavy doses of ginger and frankincense oils and extracts - so the name gincense…” it says on the manufacturer's page. Hmm. If I hadn't received an original sample from the provider in my favorite store (Lubner in HH), I would have believed there was a mix-up.
For me, Gincense primarily becomes a bright, slightly piney wood scent instead. Alongside, I actually smell something salty, maritime, not unpleasant at all. The remaining freshness is likely lab-supported. Unfortunately, it's a bit flabby overall. Gincense only presents me with a backbone directly on the skin in the form of some bitter spices. The claimed incense might hide behind a trace of sourness, so the stuff would be more green than -incense. However, I only manage to concede a pinch more of it around noon. Before that, this gradually somewhat penetrating wood with maritime ambitions blocks my breakthrough.
In the afternoon, I catch a hint of sweetness, perhaps a fragment of lily of the valley opulence, to hold on to the descriptions once more? A green reincarnation in the early evening completes the confusion. Additionally, there is now clearly a kind of ISO-freshness that had already announced itself at the front (see above).
Conclusion: It seems to me that in the pursuit of uniqueness (“...oliver & co. have redefined a new perception of one of the most spiritual smells”) any consistency has been thrown overboard. I can see no line in the scent experience. Moreover, the woody contribution is at least for me far more pronounced than I would have expected.
I find both disappointing.
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Of course, as always, a shoutout to the tireless tester!!