Lignum Vitae Forte

Lignum Vitae Forte by Parfums Sven Pritzkoleit
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6.9 / 10 28 Ratings
A limited perfume by Parfums Sven Pritzkoleit for men. The release year is unknown. The scent is woody-leathery. The longevity is above-average. The production was apparently discontinued.
Limited Edition
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Main accords

Woody
Leathery
Earthy
Resinous
Spicy

Fragrance Notes

PatchouliPatchouli NagarmothaNagarmotha CistusCistus Gaiac woodGaiac wood LeatherLeather MuskMusk SandalwoodSandalwood RosewoodRosewood SpikenardSpikenard

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
6.928 Ratings
Longevity
8.228 Ratings
Sillage
7.628 Ratings
Bottle
7.416 Ratings
Submitted by Franciska, last update on 07.11.2020.

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I wouldn't want that much power
Lignum Vitae (wood of life) is the Latin (botanical) name for guaiac wood and Forte means strong. I do not find the guaiac in Lignum Vitae Forte that strong. But it is definitely in it. Lignum Vitae Forte is definitely woody. It also looks natural. I couldn't make out leather and since I don't like leather, I don't miss any. At the spraying place the scent was just too strong for my olfactory nerves (so here is the Forte). It began to flicker and then I quickly pulled my nose away again. But in the aura it was okay. The aura, however, reached a few meters. In times of Corona ideal, because you are perceived meters away against the wind. Still at the end of the ballroom, where the people now stand at a distance of two meters or if only two people are allowed per ballroom, if they don't live together, then they have to dance at a distance of two meters.

In itself, however, the scent did not seem so special to me, that is to say that it is a wooden oriental and there are felt like sand on the beach (perfume spoils me). There is no oud in here! That is a plus.

Unfortunately, one of the fragrances remains virtually forever on clothing wherever you touch it with a homeopathic amount of Lignum Vitae Forte. Without seeing the pyramid, the base (and the smell of the clothes) smelled fruity and almost like clove oil. I don't know if this is oil of the daffodil or Nagarmotha or both. I had to wash everything today. Not because it smells bad, but because it smells at all. My wrist still smells like Lignum Vitae Forte in the evening because my arm was stuck briefly in the sleeve of the dress I wore yesterday at noon. For other people, the strong sillage and long durability would probably be a reason to rate the perfume higher. The price-performance ratio is increasing but I don't want that much performance.

In my opinion, Lignum Vitae Forte is more suitable for the colder season. The scent is rather but not exclusively male. It is obvious when you can wear Lignum Vitae Forte: when you are in quarantine. In times of plague, cholera, corona. You can dribble it into your plague beak at the front, then you are guaranteed not to smell the bad smells of the world anymore. It's also suitable for pathologists. I've already mentioned the lonely ballroom upstairs. You can use it to mark a trail for others to sniff. So for example at a scavenger hunt (which is not about scavenger). If you want to scent a room with it, you can simply rub the walls or run quickly through the room. Lignum Vitae Forte is certainly useful if you are looking for the exit of a labyrinth or if you got lost in the forest, you must have been there where it smells of Lignum Vitae Forte. Maybe the day before or two days ago, but you have been there at some point
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Taurus

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Random wood of life
I met the congenial perfumer Sven Pritzkoleit, who taught himself the craft of the art of perfume as an experienced pharmacist and pharmacist, at a perfume fair in Düsseldorf a few years ago. He presented his current creations under his own label SP-Perfums and kindly gave me some samples of his work.

Among them is Lignum Vitae Forte, which I, as a non-Latin person, would, thanks to Google, translate freely as "Random life in wood" or "Random life in the wood of life". I would be happy to be corrected in this respect.

The first impression when spraying cannot be corrected anymore, because Lignum Vitae Forte appears extremely animalistic to woody, as if a civet cat and a beaver had marked their territory together on a tree. This may also be due to Nagarmotha - an essential oil extracted from the roots of Indian nutgrass, a type of cypress, which has a similarity to eaglewood.

A few minutes later, the fragrance becomes a little quieter, but it still remains relatively bulky or a little rough and raw. Accordingly, it takes a good 30 minutes until it appears softer and more relaxed. Then you hear this slightly animal leathery note, lots of oil from the daffodils and woodsy to musky notes, outshone by a fat shot of earthy patchouli. And this over a really long period of time...

Deep in between, delicate green and soapy approaches that seem to give the creation a kind of corset. Only after a few hours one has the feeling that the scent has found some calmness and feels more or less smooth. But even this phase will still be too rough for many - but it won't get any softer.

In Lignum Vitae Forte there is indeed life in the wood, whereby this is more reminiscent of woodlice, beetles and other animals and less of bees, butterflies or unicorns. For me personally it is too rough and too rustic to feel comfortable with it. It has something of: I am experimenting now and this is the most portable attempt.

So if you like something provocative and courageous against the grain, you are well served with this wood of life. Unfortunately, I myself miss a bit of the refined cut or the interesting twist.
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