Hello everyone,
this review will be a little different from the others and maybe it won't be a classic review from me, as some people know it..., because for ME it is a special one for several reasons! But more on that later.
Foreword:
I preferred to smell you
Tigerwood Pure Parfum 21/ 22 for the first time and this only very very fleetingly (among many other EO's + some from ALD, but possibly this was also the ERROR - today I believe that it was so.
Then at the end of 23 or beginning of 24 I received a sample here and there it was = the "Legendary
Tigerwood Pure Parfum " and I am not one who likes to give a 10/ 10 and if I have given this to 12 fragrances so far there are many..., but it has truly earned this rating. Because it hits MY direction and MY taste perfectly, like for example the
Musk Lave, the
Baikal Gris Extrait de Parfum or the
Iris Blanc (this just by the way).
When I saw what the prices and its rarity say after the re-test, I was honestly a little bit surprised. Because honestly, a fragrance from 30€ / ml is difficult for me as a merchant to explain sensibly and logically, because it is somewhere not (!) , but if you want one - supply + demand - , old game known to us....
Short price update for you = at the end of 23 it was around 30€ now after roughly 12 months it is 35€ to 38€ per ml, you have to want that and prices will continue to explode...
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About the fragrance:
What makes the fragrance unique for ME (I think) is the mix of the cocoa, the black amber, the pepper, the light leather and the smoky + the green woody, it tingles in the nose and gives me the most intense cola note I have ever experienced (EO + ALD).
It develops wonderfully and every stage is a celebration.
As far as I know, I have only used the term "work of art" 3 times here so far, and that was with
Musk Lave,
1872 Mandarin and my old
Reflection 45 (first version) = here we are at 4x!
Its performance can be rated as very good (8.5 to 9 each) and I can't understand those who rate it lower in this respect!
Can I recommend it?
YES!
Should you know it?
YES!
Do you absolutely need one?
I would tend to say no! But why?
There are 2 important factors = do you want to smell like that/do you like it and are you willing to pay the price?
Of course I can't say and I don't want to RECOMMEND it to anyone, but I think it certainly doesn't hurt to know it.
And another thing, the bottles that come in a leather case (mine too = I have an old one), this one has the most beautiful case of those I know - the small embossed logos on the side and the large one in the middle, Pure Parfum on one side and Tigerwood on the other... = WOW a real work of art (inside and out).
One day I would really like to have another almost full one..., partly because I think it's so beautiful and partly because I know there will NEVER be another one like it.
At this point, I would just like to say THANK YOU.
THANK YOU to EO and THANK YOU for the work of art!
And now have a nice day/evening, or whatever you read this review, LG the Benny
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Malayan oud
Black ambergris
Cocoa
Black pepper
Clove
Oak wood
Oud resin
Oakmoss
Kashmiri musk
Black tea
Bourbon vanilla
Coffee
Patchouli
Peru balsam
Tobacco
Manhai
