Tiger's Nest Memo Paris 2018

2018 Batch

I was already tempted by the name, being somewhat mysterious and sparking my curiousity even before trying it for the first time, where I found it at Vienna's beautiful niche store called Kussmund Wien.

I am especially crazy about the headnote, which is is a wonderful mix of spiritual church-y incense notes, adding a sort of zen character to it from the get go, supported by a beautiful fresh note of absinthe and something somewhat tea-like and subtle spicy, safron floral. These accords are done so well, they had me spray this again and again just to experience them one more time.

Towards the base, we are moving into a territory quite unsusual for me, which is "warm ambery", something I usually avoid, but not here.

At this stage the composition is getting warmer and also sweeter, which for some reason does not bother me in this case, as this scent does seem intense but not cloying, the sweet notes sharing the stage with warm resins, a subtle nod to musk and incense notes.

All together this one is something I recommend if you are looking for a different kind of warm amber that does not smell like all the hundreds of others and also want to add some spiritual incense to that. Mysterious as the name, I enjoy the my stay in this Tiger's Nest, lovely one! And thanks so much to the wonderful collector that sold me his sealed 2018 batch here, so happy with it !