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Source Vallense 2024

7.8 / 10 7 Ratings

A new perfume by Vallense for women and men, released in 2024. The scent is spicy-earthy. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Spicy

Earthy

Smoky

Sweet

Synthetic

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Black pepper

Mandarin orange

Heart Notes

Cypriol

Frankincense

Karmawood® Oud

Oud

Praliné

Base Notes

Amber

Benzoin

Musk

Sweetgrass

Perfumer

Pia Long

Ratings

Scent

7.87 Ratings

Longevity

7.65 Ratings

Sillage

6.86 Ratings

Bottle

8.010 Ratings

Submitted by Franfan20, last update on 07/20/2025.

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5 in-depth fragrance descriptions

11/07/2024

8.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

Wayofscent
62 Reviews

Wayofscent

1

Mystical Emerald

Now, when I first took a whiff, I thought, “Aha, a rose and oud combo with a splash of whisky!”—you know, something that’s been aged in a barrel, smoky and a little mysterious. Well, turns out I was barking up the wrong (rose) bush, because there’s no rose here at all! That opening? It’s mandarin and black pepper, cleverly playing tricks on my nose. Cypriol gets in on the act too, giving off this rosy vibe without actually being rose. Cheeky, isn’t it? Focus on it long enough, and you really do realize it’s not rose at all, but it still has that bright, luminous kick to it.

Then we’ve got the real stars of the show—frankincense and woods, but they’re not the usual suspects. Think less church pews, more a smoky whisky barrel that’s been left to mellow in some old Scottish distillery. It’s dry, peaty, with that aged cork vibe. As it settles, benzoin and amber come in, adding a warm, semi-oriental twist to the mix. The oud is a proper gent—none of that heavy, overpowering stuff. It’s smooth, refined, with just enough edge and a bit of praline to even out the dryness. And of course, the whole thing finishes with Vallense’s signature musk and that earthy, sweet Holy Grass accord.

It’s fresh, modern, and a delightfully new take on the amber/oud fragrance—like seeing a classic in a whole new light. Bravo, Will, and the entire Vallense crew! You’ve bottled up a beauty, and I’m here for every drop!

04/07/2025

9Scent 6Longevity 6Sillage

First
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First

Helpful Review 7

Welcome to the club!

As a child, I had a so-called "club jacket." A "club jacket," as I learned, was dark blue, had a collar similar to a blazer that could be folded over, and featured two round breast pockets at the bottom and square ones at the top. The breast pockets, the cuffs, and the jacket itself could be fastened with shiny buttons made of gleaming metal. My "club jacket" was hip-length and was only worn on festive occasions. Additionally, it had an embroidered crest in red, blue, and gold on a white background. I asked back then what kind of "club" it was, since a club to me was a gathering of people with some official commonality, like a sports club. To my disappointment, I learned that my jacket did not belong to any real club but was merely inspired by jackets from clubs. In the process, I also learned about the English gentlemen's clubs of the last century.
Later, I would get an impression of such gentlemen's clubs from various books, films, and series. Presumably, I did not get a realistic picture of club life from that time, but that did not stop me from vividly imagining what it would be like to belong to such a club. I knew that only men could be admitted to such a club, but I did not understand it. Thus, my imagination of what it would be like in such a club was automatically linked to the idea of what it would be like to be a man.

The scent of Source transports me into this old idea of being a member of an English club:
Bright, sour-smoky, Source is not initially to my liking. It seems to me like the most pleasant kind of incense, even though I don't particularly like incense, plus the peaty-sour flavor note of whiskey. I also don't particularly like whiskey for that reason. Nevertheless, the top note is quite bearable and okay for me, which I cannot say about many similar top notes. The reason is: everything here feels natural.
After just a few minutes, I can understand the library impression of Moincha: Yes, this is how old, dusty tomes can smell, whose leather bindings begin to dissolve sourly and strangely from the many hands that have touched them. However, the image of the library only lasts a very short time for me, as the scent now becomes sweet. A sweet-smoky mélange gradually forms, which is neither too smoky nor sweet in an edible sense, but rather how I imagine an old, soft leather armchair in my British club of the last century. Together with the whiskey, I now also see ancient, cracked leather armchairs and dark furniture in polished wood, with a tome or two on side tables.
There is smoking, but not excessively, and the cigarettes and cigarillos are of high quality. Whiskey is consumed, but again, not excessively, rather in a refined manner, and of course, the whiskey is also of good quality. Perhaps this club association is the reason why the scent radiates such a friendly calm, a slowing down in the best sense, a concentration on the essentials in times when one still had to write letters by hand, which perhaps even had to be taken by carriage to the harbor to be brought to their destination by ship. This slowness, this down-to-earth calm, frees me from any hustle and bustle of present-day life. I sink deep into my club chair.
A few hours later, the smoke is almost gone and the acidity has completely disappeared. What remains is sweetness, and a hint of powder begins to set in.

In the end, Source fades away pleasantly mild and slightly nutty, continuing to soothe with a touch of musk on wood.

Welcome to the club!

03/13/2025

Moincha
15 Reviews

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Moincha

Helpful Review 5

The Forgotten Library of the Hermit

With Source, we enter an ancient, forgotten library. The roof collapsed long ago and is barely discernible among the thick, old roots of the trees. On the decaying, half-rotten wooden shelves, the last remnants of once magnificent books can be seen. Bound in faded brown and gray, the paper has become so frequently damp that the pages are moldy and illegible. Dust hangs motionless in the air, and no sound breaks the silence. One single wall of the library still stands, and if you stay long enough, eventually a narrow beam of sunlight will fall through the weathered window and bathe the library in cool light.
Touch nothing, take no step, but look and then go, and never return.

Source is a fragrance that must be staged. It has a secret that wants to be uncovered, and those who stomp around the library in sneakers will destroy it. Source is a very earthy and somewhat spicy scent without patchouli, with tendencies towards the musty and rotten, but it avoids the moldy. Over time, as the resins emerge, it becomes a little lighter and brighter. Those who find a way to capture the old and mysterious while wearing it will be gifted with a mystical aura. However, those who approach thoughtlessly will have many winters stolen from them for the duration of the wear.

07/20/2025

8.5Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

Annabraucht
51 Reviews

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Annabraucht

2

Where does the sudden change come from?!

I’ll get straight to the point:
I sprayed the fragrance and found it terrible! A cold ashtray. Seriously, I wondered why I was the only one who smelled that.

Shortly after, I started getting green notes. Like something green, unripe, bitter. Not really better, is it?!
I didn’t want to wash it off, though, because I wanted to be fair and give the fragrance every chance.

Now, about an hour and a half later, I’m sitting in the garden, 27 degrees. No sun. Stifling air, light breeze. And my God, this breeze brings me the most beautiful scent. Light green, oudy notes. And this is actually NOT at all my type. Really not. I always enjoy green notes combined with freshness or citrus notes. But not with masculine, woody accords. Almost even burnt wood.

In the base - after hours - I believe there’s a sandalwood hiding. Soft, creamy plus benzoin.
So simply beautiful.

It feels so self-assured, mature, and just confident in what it does. This is the first of its kind that I like so much that I really need a larger bottle.
Thank you for letting me test this.

04/27/2025

8Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

BeanBandit
7 Reviews

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BeanBandit

3

Notes from a Successful Skin Test

Wanderletter: "Mystery" Christmas Special
Candidate: Vallense - Source (uni)
Paper strip test: positive (3.5/2.5/3.0 --> 7.0) --> Skin test Thursday morning

Starts spicy and slightly sweet, definitely a masculine scent. Where is the mandarin???
I like it so far, rather dark fragrance
becomes woodier, slightly earthy notes emerge (--> Oud)
The scent would definitely suit ‘fine attire’, formal/informal occasions
Sillage medium

After 10 minutes: additionally light incense tones, do I smell musk here?
Eyes closed: I’m in a fresh (white?) shirt with dark jeans
I no longer find it sweet.

After 30 minutes: remains nicely spicy with earthy-woody notes, incense in the background, subtle oud
a bit of clean musk, as before
Sillage medium

After 4 hours: spicy and resinous, a bit woody, some incense
Sillage has decreased, moving towards skin close

After 6 hours: warm, spicy, resinous-ambered, slightly incense-like

After 8 hours: spicy-warm-ambered and again slightly sweet
Sillage skin close

Conclusion: Fragrance with a classic character, for men over 35
Spring / autumn / not too warm summer days
3.5/3.5/3.5 --> 8.0 --> get AF