Cappadocia Memo Paris 2023

This is the first fragrance where I am not bothered by my nemesis saffron and incense.
That must really mean something, because I've never liked a fragrance with one of the two notes before, let alone two of them combined in one fragrance.

Kn: opens with a warm (saffron) spiciness, which makes me think of dunes and heat. Not unpleasant at all, but warming and fiery like a ray of sunshine. Although a completely different scent, it reminds me a little of Desert Rosewood, probably because of the benzoin? It's always warm and soft to my nose.

Heart: only less spicy and more buttery-fatty with subtle flowers in the background.
As a rose fan, I can't smell too much rose here, it just smells floral.

Later the fragrance becomes a little softer, no longer so "smell me smell me I am the saffron butterbenzo and I am hot!!!" but calms down a little and also loses silage.

I love myrrh and I perceive it as cold, although I have been told several times that it should be warm because it is a resin. Galbanum is also a resin but definitely cool and green to my nose, and I feel the same with myrrh, which is head-clearing, grounding and very cool.
This probably stands for the Capaddocia nights:)

Opens with a bright, orange sunrise, does not undergo a great transformation but becomes a little sweatier and more buttery, and is then soothed with myrrh.

I would recommend this fragrance to conflict-averse, perhaps more outgoing people, as fragrances that are at odds with our personalities can sometimes work wonders on our subconscious. The fragrance is very spirited,curious,demanding and warm,as much as a fragrance can be.

Oh yes and I hardly notice any incense (thank goodness), I hoped it would stay away and it does. Nice and well-behaved in the background