Bastion 23 Mabra Parfums 2024

Bastion 23 - the beginning is a hit of musk I think, but 100% along with jasmine, which reminds me of the one from old women's perfumes. Then there is an orange, but not juicy, but more of a creaminess. For the first hour the scent is very creamy almost like some kind of suntan lotion, it is not a lotion like scent but a lotion "texture", velvety and spreading. At this stage jasmine gives this fragrance such a retro vibe - it reminds me of some very old perfume I got from my grandmother from Germany. Later the smell evolves into something like bubble gum (tutifruti?). The base of this fragrance is a powdery musk and several types of agar oil. Overall, the fragrance evolves nicely and interestingly. Each phase is expressive: creamy and soft orange > fecal jasmine flower > tuti fruti > dusty old wood. For the first four hours the fragrance is quite strong, then for two hours it weakens and the last whispers of the base are already close to the skin.