Crime & Punishment Ensar Oud 2020 Pure Parfum

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

Crime & Punishment Tonkin: This is so hard to describe but i'll try, opens with a cypress oud and so many more i can't even name everything but here's a few that i'm getting: rose, lotus, jasmine, ginger, peach (not at the same time but they come in waves). All this is backed by the Tonkin musk, it's so airy but musky, floral but oudy, there's literally nothing missing here. This puts everything that came before to shame, i really thought the musk was gonna overpower the original C&P scent, but man i couldn't have been more wrong. This does have the classic ensar formula is what i've noticed, always keeping the scent fresh and busy, i'm not sure how the pure perfume version of this smells yet but i couldn't recommend getting the attar more if you find the opportunity!

My interest in Ensar or Agar Aura and their counterparts was awakened relatively late when considering my discovery of other fragrance directions. In principle, I like woods and resins, but Oud had a rather negative connotation for me for a long time for two reasons. On the one hand, because I knew many creations with Oud, the majority of which I found unpleasant, and that was simply due to the quality in retrospect. Probably often synthetic Oud, little Oud, or somehow distorted. On the other hand, also due to cheap Oud fragrances from the Orient. Of course, I don't want to belittle a perfume because of its price, but it is true that there are quite different qualities of Oud. At some point, I began to take an interest in Agar Aura, read many of their informational texts, and started to educate myself about where Oud can come from, what is characteristic, what kinds of jungles there are, and which are known for their quality. From there, the path to Ensar was not far.

Crime & Punishment starts for me with creamy, slightly leathery Oud, although a floral veil is undeniable. Cambodian Oud is quite noticeable to me, as it is characterized by herbaceous-mossy, slightly earthy notes; it smells heavy and damp. With a bit of imagination, I perceive hints of peach; I can't identify other ingredients in my mind except, of course, for the cypress, as a certain lemony note cannot be denied. This harmonizes well with the Oud.
I also perceive coffee notes, which are mentioned here. These are presumably meant to underscore the Oud from Sri Lanka, which tends in this olfactory direction.

In any case, the impact of intense floral components is unmistakable, as they soon take the lead. This does not correspond to my personal taste, but it has been well executed here and feels like sweet, dripping, viscous oil. These floral ingredients are intensified by the Indian Oud, which can smell like this afterward. However, I suspect that little Indian Oud has been used here, as it does not stand out, and it usually does.
For this reason, Crime & Punishment is a pleasant Oud fragrance for me, as the individual Ouds are rather mild and often seem supportive, so there are certainly more intense agarwood variants. Nevertheless: the quality is clearly perceivable, as one can derive from the perception of individual facets.

For me, it is only logical that we distinguish Ouds, as the scents are very diverse. Additionally, we also differentiate resins or other ingredients by origin. Ensar's creations not only marginally illustrate why we do this. Overall, the brand has succeeded in creating a good fragrance here, although there are certainly better, more intense, and, in my opinion, more beautiful creations. For me, this is also due to the Mysore sandalwood, which I do not always like. It could have been a bit less here.

(With thanks to DeVulgares)

The scent of death hangs over the city without children
which is not surprising since decay has long been gnawing away

What a damn hellhole.

Crime is the order of the day
unreliable businesses are conducted at night mostly in dark alleys
hidden by shadows.

Gambling and prostitution go hand in hand through the black and white night.
There is no mercy and no prayer
and certainly no compassion.

Adapt or leave it. So many have been left behind desperate and speechless before you that it no longer matters for you.

C&P
for this metropolis it is made like arrogant self-loving
and incompetent does not want to cuddle or please.

At first, you are merely a companion and you fit in
understanding comes much later love or
leave sell or give away.

Yes, he wants to get rid of you but don’t let go show him your cold shoulder and he will open the gates to recognition
all by himself.

I am flattened by the peach opening
with pine bitter herbal and bloody rose I must think of asphalt and rubber even of death and decay no nice
greeting. Coffee leans more
towards mocha, the tobacco is very flavorful and authentically bitter brown. Flowers and raspberry act more in the background the Oud mélange
merges into a smooth carpet on creamy skin enchanted by a bloody old rose

Thank you Gandix

Hello everyone,

I am relatively NEW to the EO world and do not have the experience that many of you have. I already know about 40 pieces, but there are so many more... and all the ones I've had so far are of absurd quality, and I am almost certain that no brand holds this noticeable/scented quality in such a range as EO... - respect for that.

I have already had 1 or 2 samples of "Crime & Punishment (Pure Parfum) | Ensar Oud / Oriscent" and yes, they were good, no question! A few days ago, I purchased an old (OG) one in a leather case for a friend, and just the smell from the sprayer reminded me again that "certain things are not that hard"...

What do I mean by that:

The company EO likes to work with (a lot of) Oud + Musk, sometimes very, very animalistic, and yes, you have to want it + LOVE it; sometimes it is definitely too strong and too harsh for me, unfortunately. Some "nasty" accords are sometimes too long and/or too dominant...

With "Crime & Punishment (Pure Parfum) | Ensar Oud / Oriscent," it is a bit different.

Yes, it also has OUD, and not a little, BUT I always perceive it as "supportive"; it never pushes itself to the forefront and screams "HEY, I'M HERE!" Instead, it acts more as I said, supportive = for example

- the scent starts WONDERfully with cypress and a green pine, both have a green-woody touch, and through the quite prominent cypress, it becomes slightly balsamic, and the Oud gives it strength (like steroids or a turbocharger)

The heart and base notes also fit very well together in the overall structure, in my opinion!

H/S very good

How does it come across:

EO's usually do not go over well with the general public = this is because they are not made for "everyone," but they are artworks that want to be seen as such. Therefore, there is no EO that always gets a 1a reception, BUT "Crime & Punishment (Pure Parfum) | Ensar Oud / Oriscent" is one of the better and lighter ones (and not an animalistic club like others).

When and where:

October - March/April.
Indoors, please dose sparingly (max. 3).
And outdoors, "just do it" ;)

In general...

It is and remains special and should be used as such, because otherwise its MAGIC may fade very quickly, and using such an expensive scent almost daily = you can do it, but I advise against it, also financially...

Even my wife, who is a true HATER of "real" musk and real Oud, thinks it is really great on the skin (and not from the sprayer)! That’s why I recommend testing it on the skin and not just from the sprayer and/or on paper, because otherwise, they may be 2 different scents = trust me, Benny!

The dear money / the purchase price:

I am tired of discussing whether a purchase makes sense or not; in this regard, it is very relative, and my views may not be the same as yours and vice versa... From a purely commercial perspective (which I am, among other things), I can say = test it, then we will see further!

And now have a nice day/evening or whenever you read this review, best regards, Benny
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