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El Secreto de la Alcazaba 2020

7.3 / 10 37 Ratings
A perfume by Ecuación Natur(a)l for women and men, released in 2020. The scent is spicy-smoky. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Spicy
Smoky
Resinous
Floral
Animal

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
Red gingerRed ginger SaffronSaffron CoffeeCoffee
Heart Notes Heart Notes
CarnationCarnation JasmineJasmine TobaccoTobacco
Base Notes Base Notes
BenzoinBenzoin Tonka beanTonka bean AmberAmber

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
7.337 Ratings
Longevity
8.732 Ratings
Sillage
8.233 Ratings
Bottle
7.425 Ratings
Value for money
8.014 Ratings
Submitted by Chizza · last update on 04/24/2025.
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Rhinoceros (2014) by Zoologist
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Ngarcia

21 Reviews
Ngarcia
Ngarcia
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Paseo por las calles de la Málaga árabe
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#Spanish
En la página de la compañía (Ecuación Natural), le asignan una canción a este perfume, Yanni – Deliverance, es un buen punto de partida.

De salida mucho azafrán y jengibre. Málaga árabe, sus calles, su bullicio, su gente, sus puestos, la vida.
Es precioso el efecto, lo que hace Megamare con la costa aquí lo hace transportándote a las calles de una Málaga antigua.

La calidad de las notas y de la mezcla se nota desde el primer momento, así como la proyección que llega a los dos metros de salida fácilmente.

Hay que matizar que es un perfume fuerte, muy especiado en el sentido sucio, de cargante, de masa de gente, de vida en la calle, para mi entra completamente en la categoría de experiencia olfativa no como perfume usable.

Para mi el principal problema, aunque mucha gente lo apreciará, es que a partir de la primera hora empieza a cambiar de fase y va hacia otro tipo de perfume, el azafrán se va atrás, empieza a salir un clavel muy potente, con algo de tabaco cremoso. Pensaba que el café se notaría más pero sí que tiene un toque, la parte más fuerte y envolvente del dulzor. Según pasa el tiempo sigue cada vez a ese lado floral, hacia un clavel jabonoso, sin calidez y casi sin especias.

Aunque tiene un aura muy bonita a lo que podría ser pasear por jardines árabes, es demasiado jabonosa, aquí no está balanceada, es como usar un aceite de jazmín.

A ratos sale algo del carácter especiado anterior, pero la vibración general es más de un paseo por el alcázar, cuando el pico de flores empieza a suavizarse y vuelven a notarse las notas gourmand, contrasta mucho con la sensación inicial y aquí sí, la parte mala, es que no llega a balancearse en ningún momento la transición del floral intenso de palacio árabe con la parte especiada que queda. Este perfume es una experiencia, un viaje, que no llega a ser perfecto en sus cambios.

Olor: 8.5/10
Duración: 8.7/10
Proyección: 7.5/10
Emocional: Sí
Originalidad: 9.5/10
Precio: 140€/50ml
Recomendada: Media (si te gustan perfumes especiados)
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Supersegi

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Nuclear-Spiced Tobacco Soap
Thank you once again to MkCb for the decant of this relatively rare fragrance, which I find massively underrated here. Paul Kiler hasn't achieved any particular wonders with his own fragrance line, but he created one of my favorites - Rhinoceros by Zoologist (2014).

Right from the cap, it becomes clear to me: I won't be getting rid of this until the day after tomorrow, absolutely massive sillage around the atomizer.

In the opening, there is a very angular blend of saffron, a lot of saffron, loud saffron, the air in the room even turns orange. Coffee is absolutely nowhere to be found for me, ginger is slightly present in the undertone, but disappears immediately.

15 minutes later, tobacco and garden clove unfold for me, with loud tonka bean and benzoin - together this creates a very soapy/fougère-like vibe with dry tobacco.

Definitely not blended smoothly, you get clear edges, and for fans of the French, this will definitely be a challenge. One fragrance note, then another.

Like slaps, first with the left hand, then the right. It’s that strong, it’s that loud. It’s still in the room since this morning. After one spray, more than 16 hours, absolute top class.

Due to its extreme loudness, penetrance, and peculiarities, it’s definitely only for those who can also wear Ombré Nomade, Penhaligon's Sohan, or similar fragrances in the office.

Awesome statement fragrance, which I believe will slip into my top 20, but too intense for a signature scent.
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3 years ago
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A dry, powdered coffee, roasted nearly to the point of burning and a looooot spices! A MOUNTAIN os spices!
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excellent composition focused on the note of coffee / tobacco & spicy
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Ginger really spicy
surrounded by dark flowers,
tobacco and resins.
Very intriguing.
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The secret of Alcazaba
Coffee beans and tobacco leaves
In black soap
From flowers and ginger
And green bugs
With the back in amber
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3 years ago
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Smugly smiling blossoms,
ginger-spicy, soapy, sinful
& honey-heavy at the same time,
rolling in spice & tobacco
& sultry warmth.
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I can hardly detect coffee and saffron
For me, it's more of a resinous spice
Rather dark
Nothing sweet
Interesting combination
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Spicy facets,
rise up,
from the hot ground.
Soap bubbles of
ginger & jasmine
bounce in the still
wind. Gentle smoke development.
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Black trees burn dark
Their resin simmers
Coffee has been brewing for days
They whisper
1000-year-old languages
The forest remains dark
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3 years ago
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Psst... In the rabbit hutch of Alcazaba, they're smoking to cover up the urine smell. The incense sticks have been dampened. Please keep it secret.
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4 years ago
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I could decode the secret, soapy, floral with a hint of animalic, dry and spicy. Like a prince, just without the goat from the swamp.
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