Hello everyone,
this review is especially for me... because it shows very intensively the change of EO.
What do I mean by that?
(FOREWORD)
Over the last few years (months, years), I have had the pleasure of getting to know some of the EO company and the comparison between new and old is stark. I am NOT talking about the raw materials used, because they are EXCELLENT, then as now. What I have noticed is the following point = the slight change of EO...!
Until 2019/2020, the house was very creative, wicked, complex and treated fragrances like works of art with pronunciation - so you don't have to like them. I'm NOT saying that the team behind EO is NOT this anymore, but from 2023/ 2024 onwards you notice the commercial influence and the commercial thinking and I, as a businessman (among others), notice this.
- more frequent appearances
- better marketing than before
- more mass-compatible fragrances
- the old, very angular fragrances have been relaunched and made tamer
- etc.
I don't blame the company for anything, why should I..., only this is the reason why I think that there will never be anything like the
Homeros Parfum or, as here, the
Homeros Attar again...
About the fragrance:
I know the
Homeros Parfum and the limited Ambre version really well, had those as a bottle and the Attar and can therefore really tell you what you will get.
The
Homeros Attar starts almost ethereal and balsamic and that comes 100% from the AMBRA used. There "can" be people who perceive this as animalistic and I don't want to deny anyone this feeling (why should they), but I don't see this as animalistic..., rather as very exciting.
I am also a HUGE fan of
Baikal Gris Extrait de Parfum and it goes in this direction at the beginning, but
Homeros Attar is much more complex, in the sense that there is much more going on.
In the course of the fragrance, we have stages where the individual notes are more intense and some play with you for much longer, for example, the spicy carnation can easily be perceived for 5 hours, at the beginning and in the course it becomes softer and almost (") gives you a certain Christmas flair. On the other hand, a certain amount of the existing woods always flashes through, all of which are more at home on the drier side.
After 6 hours we get a mix of the Siberian musk, the sandalwood and the 3 different ouds used + a noticeable amount (again) of the ambergris and this is another really wonderful phase!
I really have MUCH more fun wearing this than the
Homeros Parfum and the Ambre version. For me, the
Homeros Attar is the most beautiful version and somewhere..., also the version that is best received. The
Homeros Parfum was too loud, too aggressive and too consistent (in a negative sense) for me and the limited Ambre was too dry and reminded me of a "carpenter's workshop" or an oak table from the warehouse...
The H/S is beautiful, really nice and perfectly balanced. The longevity is enormous, if we are talking about numbers, then anything under 13h is something that NEVER lasted on me, rather it was 15h to 24h and the sillage is perfect in my world (in the phase I am in). In other words, we're talking about this 1m to 2m bubble here.
Another small - big tip:
Never judge a high-priced + high-quality fragrance only by how it smells on the spray head or, in the case of attars, on the pipette head. Because this picture is not truthful! It smells completely different on the skin. I often say this - I know, but this is extreme!
If the option opens up - test it,
you may not regret it!
And now have a nice day/evening, or whatever you read this review, LG the Benny
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Top Notes 
Ambergris
Cedar
Clove
Rosewood
Heart Notes 
Indian rose
Jasminum auriculatum
Blackcurrant
Orange blossom
Saffron
Base Notes 
Assam oud
Siberian musk
Tonga sandalwood
White ambergris
Green oud
Papua oud
Patchouli absolute
Tolu balm
