Iolith Nebiru Parfvms 2024

Sometimes it is hidden associations that inhabit the present again, those that linger in the subconscious as vague connotations, healing wounds that still grow unnoticed somewhere in the soul through connections to the past, through familiar memories. Sometimes they are a small magical shop, where Eastern incense sticks, sage brooms, and flower soaps float like dust in beams of light. They are warm like sepia photographs, healing like the power of an iolite, sometimes deep blue dyed by lotus flowers blooming from your center. They listen to the sound of tuberose trumpets made of iris silk and jasmine, the sweetly purple glows in the smoke from Far Eastern temples. They creep with their leathery paws on soft resinous barks, where traces of cashmere musk deer open their blue eyes.
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Frederic Gieselbach's one-man label Nebiru Parfums works exclusively with very high-quality raw materials, which is also evident in the attar "Iolite," which is limited to less than 30 bottles of 3g each. The name refers to a deep blue crystal, which is also considered a healing stone for various psychological as well as physical areas. That Iolite actually has a positive effect on me has surely less to do with the name and more with the extremely exciting combination of Nag Champa, blue lotus, and various ouds, which dominate the overall composition and unite my positive memories of incense sticks with a penchant for resinous woods with earthy-smoky and slightly animalistic nuances, connected by fleshy-opulent flowers in the heart. However, under these three guiding motifs, many other facets are also recognizable.
It is soapy aldehydes and cool sage that carry the distinctive Nag Champa top note, before an opulent, fleshy-silky floral accord of blue lotus, slightly earthy iris, and sweet jasmine unfolds from the center of the Indian incense stick vibes, which reminds me a bit of tuberose, while the Japanese incense subtly continues the smoky theme. The various types of oud in the base are already perceptible in facets from the beginning (at times I also noticed slightly cheesy, subtly stable, but above all earthy-resinous-woody aromas), but the different variations only become clearer in the base. A somewhat leathery civet and blue musk, according to Gieselbach a mixture of synthetic musk compounds and "growly" cashmere musk, continue the narcotically alluring scent trails on the ouds and sandalwoods, actually giving it a bluish purple hue. Iolite projects rather moderately and transparently over several hours.