Haitian vetiver
Indian oud
Turkish rose
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Complete Confusion
I am confused. Here, 3 notes are mentioned, namely Turkish rose, Indian oud & Haitian vetiver, all of which I either own or have owned as pure oils, or at least have smelled dozens of times focused (& in their natural form) in perfumes. And I am confused because I cannot perceive any of the 3 notes here even remotely. It feels as if the sample was mislabeled, the deviation is so strong. But before I get to that, let me first take a small detour to the individual notes:
Haitian vetiver smells to me:
Gasoline-oily, earthy-bitter-moist, smoky, a bit nutty-woody like real cedars (like those from the Himalayas) & balsamic. It is relatively one of the lighter vetiver varieties & actually a very good base note. I can't perceive any of that here.
I have smelled Indian oud several times pure as oil or focused in perfumes. Often it smelled strong to me, with leathery, animalic & smoky wood tones. She (the perfumer) also mentions a fermented cheese smell with the oud used, and I simply cannot perceive that no matter how hard I try.
With the Turkish rose, there is the greatest room for interpretation. However, I often perceived it as quite bright, so fresh & fruity, sometimes jammy. It is the only note that I could more or less imagine here, because there is a fruity sweetness present that I could also attribute to other notes that are not listed here.
So, how does the fragrance smell to me instead?
To me, it smells like a sweet patchouli cola.
If I had to piece it together sensibly: Jammy rose meets liqueur-sweet patchouli, creamy sandalwood & together smells like a sticky cola.
I really can't detect anything else here. What a shame. Such strong deviations from the notes & the actual perception I would have expected more from synthetic brands. I have smelled this genre (rose-oud) often enough to say that this fragrance has absolutely nothing to do with it. According to the perfumer, however, it does, hmm. But apparently, I am not the only one with a similar experience.
Well, never mind, I am curious about what else the brand has to offer.
I won't comment on the price, as I am still too confused by the experience for that.
I believe the confusion is also confused.
Haitian vetiver smells to me:
Gasoline-oily, earthy-bitter-moist, smoky, a bit nutty-woody like real cedars (like those from the Himalayas) & balsamic. It is relatively one of the lighter vetiver varieties & actually a very good base note. I can't perceive any of that here.
I have smelled Indian oud several times pure as oil or focused in perfumes. Often it smelled strong to me, with leathery, animalic & smoky wood tones. She (the perfumer) also mentions a fermented cheese smell with the oud used, and I simply cannot perceive that no matter how hard I try.
With the Turkish rose, there is the greatest room for interpretation. However, I often perceived it as quite bright, so fresh & fruity, sometimes jammy. It is the only note that I could more or less imagine here, because there is a fruity sweetness present that I could also attribute to other notes that are not listed here.
So, how does the fragrance smell to me instead?
To me, it smells like a sweet patchouli cola.
If I had to piece it together sensibly: Jammy rose meets liqueur-sweet patchouli, creamy sandalwood & together smells like a sticky cola.
I really can't detect anything else here. What a shame. Such strong deviations from the notes & the actual perception I would have expected more from synthetic brands. I have smelled this genre (rose-oud) often enough to say that this fragrance has absolutely nothing to do with it. According to the perfumer, however, it does, hmm. But apparently, I am not the only one with a similar experience.
Well, never mind, I am curious about what else the brand has to offer.
I won't comment on the price, as I am still too confused by the experience for that.
I believe the confusion is also confused.
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