05/06/2025

Christscents
36 Reviews

Christscents
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Dostoevsky would be proud!
С чего мне начать? Is the exact line I hear the famous Russian author would say if he smelled this work made in honor of one of his best works. Crime and Punishment is not a perfume, its a lifestyle, it's a work of art. The nose behind Ensar Oud has been in this game for a while, and he knows what he is doing, and from the names of his scents he is a fan of classic literature. And as a fellow fan of classic literature, I have to say I understand where he comes from, this scent captures the essence of the book perfectly, dark and mysterious while having a lighter tone and an almost sparkling feeling, but how is the scent?
The scent opens up very rich, i heard someone call this poorly blended, but im saying the opposite. It opens up with a blast of pepper and green spices, i think it's coriander and ginger coming together to make this blend. But this isnt a normal pepper, its musky, its a deer musk type of pepper, i dont see deer musk as a note but i can say it's definitely something musky in there! It shows some cypress maybe, maybe some other things, but its beautiful.
At its heart, this is a sandalwood scent, and I love sandalwood. Its a spicy musky sandalwood that shows its creamy face all throughout the scent, its not all over the place, its not too much, its just a perfect amount of that sweet creamy sandalwood we all know and love. Now is when the darker themes come out. As I said before, it has two sides, the light side is the brightness at the start from the spice and ginger. This scent now starts to deep into a dark oudy place, not a funky or barny oud, just a smooth oud lifted by the sandalwood
Now the dry down still has a lot of sandalwood but now you can feel the oud. The floral aspect to all of this has been slowly creeping on you, but now you can feel the beautiful floral blend drying down into this masterpiece I cant even call a perfume; this is art in its purest form
All and all, this is creamy sandalwood with florals, ouds and spices, i cant even put a rating on this
The scent opens up very rich, i heard someone call this poorly blended, but im saying the opposite. It opens up with a blast of pepper and green spices, i think it's coriander and ginger coming together to make this blend. But this isnt a normal pepper, its musky, its a deer musk type of pepper, i dont see deer musk as a note but i can say it's definitely something musky in there! It shows some cypress maybe, maybe some other things, but its beautiful.
At its heart, this is a sandalwood scent, and I love sandalwood. Its a spicy musky sandalwood that shows its creamy face all throughout the scent, its not all over the place, its not too much, its just a perfect amount of that sweet creamy sandalwood we all know and love. Now is when the darker themes come out. As I said before, it has two sides, the light side is the brightness at the start from the spice and ginger. This scent now starts to deep into a dark oudy place, not a funky or barny oud, just a smooth oud lifted by the sandalwood
Now the dry down still has a lot of sandalwood but now you can feel the oud. The floral aspect to all of this has been slowly creeping on you, but now you can feel the beautiful floral blend drying down into this masterpiece I cant even call a perfume; this is art in its purest form
All and all, this is creamy sandalwood with florals, ouds and spices, i cant even put a rating on this
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