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Ropanski2020
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The Impact of Beauty - Awakened Jungle Drives
The current releases from Ensar are met with so much criticism that one might think the topic of Ensar has been thoroughly exhausted, as if not a single stone remains upon another. Admittedly - alongside the obvious core area, Ensar's excursions into nearby or even distant realms have not always been crowned with success.
Some find too much of the old, trusted DNA abandoned, while others maintain too much of it. Meeting all ideas or wishes certainly cannot be the task of a brand. Rather, it should be engaged in the struggle with the competition to maintain its quality. Whether it consistently succeeds in this is another question.
Secretly, the "fans" seem to prefer the classic Ensar direction, even though the still overly distilled SQ and/or EO N°X "you haven't seen this" labeling seems more like an annoying quirk than a quality seal. Those "fans" who have been there from the beginning are increasingly complaining.
However, it is worth occasionally straying from the main path and letting one's gaze wander left and right; some supposed detours also lead to unexpected happiness. Maroke Maharaja is one such (detour) and so much more!
Maroke is...
(1) an image permeated by bustling root formations, built by the trees themselves that provide shade, accompanied by the colorful night concert of an evergreen wilderness that captivates.
(2) the feeling of squeezing through moss-covered narrow gorges and approaching a densely overgrown jungle, while light smoke rises on the horizon.
(3) the idea of crawling under Demeter's rock and carving a path behind wildly overgrown embankments, located somewhere between early vegetable cultivation and gnarled old wood.
But Maroke is above all one thing: dark green, soaked with bitter substances. Juice seeps from the stems into the dark woody Papua Oud and makes it sweat in a menthol-like manner. Ethereal, clarifying smoke rises, rich in sweet resins and musk balm, which is heated in vats while dry tobacco leaves sink into moist earth.
In contrast to "Maroke Maharaja | Ensar Oud / Oriscent," the perfume variant uses vetiver and a considerable portion of Tonkin musk. The latter serves as a carrier in the base, which particularly affects the longevity of the juice, which is more than decent; "Maroke Maharaja | Ensar Oud / Oriscent" can only keep up to a limited extent. The perfume opens with a rather sharp, leaf sap-green accord (vegetable association), complemented/intensified by cypress, vetiver, and a lot of oak moss; the Papua Oud is initially dark woody-fresh, with menthol-like smoky undertones, later dark woody (in the dry down), with a strong, spicy-sweet musk exhalation.
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Conclusion - Final Words
Yes, I have cursed the publishing policy of recent years at Ensar, possibly far too often. About the various SQ illusions, the still ongoing Sultani references, the sometimes hopelessly pathetic words on the homepage, and not least about myself, who amidst all the complaining and hesitation could no longer recognize the first-class forest for all the trees, whose machete has become completely dull, so weak was the personal desire to return to the Ensar wilderness.
Not only people, but also fragrances want to be conquered, "the more supposedly rare, the better," whispers through one’s head. The inner hunting instinct is awakened; those who know it, the successful hunt, become a driven offender, seeking the next bottle of desire. Always accompanied by the tireless thought that already drove the Neanderthal out of the cave, wanting to survive and evolve. Amidst all the olfactory rubbish that has recently lined the civilizational paths, a corridor of time opens up, allowing us to once again become one with the aforementioned primordial creature that still scribbled its impressions on the walls, while we (mostly) only engage with the keyboard.
Hegel once saw in Napoleon the world spirit manifested, who, high on horseback and seized by military conquest zeal, comprehensively influenced the political world events; I, however, see such (olfactory) spirit in Ensar, as soon as it stands before the distillation flask, ready to compose *great* (Maroke Maharaja).
Thank you for that!
PS: Thanks also go out to @MrOud92, who entrusted me with this gem.
Top Notes 
Coriander
Black pepper
Fig
Heart Notes 
Blue cypress
Cardamom
Black tea
Immortelle
Base Notes 
Oakmoss
Papua oud
Vetiver
Tobacco
Tonkin musk
Piopne
Eberlin
Caligari
