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Oud Moschus Zakir Gafur 2010

7.1 / 10 66 Ratings

A perfume by Zakir Gafur for women and men, released in 2010. The scent is spicy-woody. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Spicy

Woody

Floral

Leathery

Smoky

Fragrance Notes

Cedarwood

Spices

Leather

Rose

Saffron

Flintstone Iris

Iris

Musk

Patchouli

Zorplamquix

Perfumer

Nicolas Bonneville

Ratings

Scent

7.166 Ratings

Longevity

7.253 Ratings

Sillage

6.453 Ratings

Bottle

6.350 Ratings

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Reviews

8 in-depth fragrance descriptions

04/27/2014

4Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Drseid
828 Reviews

Drseid

Helpful Review 5

Dirty Cumin and Waxy Iris Equal An Elementary Failure...

Lithium opens with a slightly fruit-laced rose before quickly transitioning to its heart accord. As the composition reaches its early heart, the rose remains though quite faint, giving way to the starring waxy iris and dirty cumin tandem additionally supported by vague sharp cedarwood and soft leather. During the late dry down the iris and cumin spice slowly recede, revealing a strong patchouli base note that takes over as star, supported by relatively tame musk and remnants of the earlier cedar and soft leather. Projection is average and longevity excellent at 10-11 hours on skin.

After Lithium's top notes burned off within ten seconds, the first thing that came to mind was I've smelled this before... Cumin spice mixed with waxy iris reveals a very heavy Cartier Declaration influence. In the case of this reviewer that is *not* a good thing as I disliked that Jean-Claude Ellena composition considerably. Yes, Lithium adds a bit of a leathery undertone to the mix, but there is not much daylight between the two compositions' heart accords. The late dry-down is where the two similar compositions go separate ways as Lithium becomes more tolerable. That said, the patchouli and musk driven late dry-down is far from exceptional and has been done better by countless other compositions. The bottom line is the $150 per 100ml bottle Lithium is a disappointing outing from nu_be that shows little innovation, failing the smell test to boot earning a "poor" 2 stars out of 5 and an avoid recommendation unless you are a fan of Declaration and have money to burn.

03/14/2021

9Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

Elysium
914 Reviews

Elysium

Helpful Review 5

The Untold Story Of The Magic Mineral

As far as cosmologists know, there were only three elements present when the universe first formed about 13.8 billion years ago: hydrogen, helium, and lithium. As one of the original three elements, we find lithium throughout our atmosphere. The sun, stars, and meteorites burn intensely with the flame of this highly reactive element. On land, lithium remains a vital mineral component of granite rock and lingers in significant quantities in seawater, mineral springs, and soil. Lithium has also found its way into the batteries of our cell phones, electric cars, and holiday fireworks. Every organ and tissue in the human body contains the mineral lithium, which is essential for brain health. Lithium [³Li] by Nu Be is an aromatic and spicy fragrance created by Nicholas Bonneville’s nose. The bouquet features notes of mineral, woody, earthy, spicy, leathery, and floral accords.

I do not know how Mr. Bonneville composed this fragrance, as Lithium [³Li] interprets a metal translated through cedar and iris, with an almost mineral density. On my skin, the scent greets me with an explosion of hot cumin, with that something reminiscent of body sweat and rather pungent, unmistakable, and dominant saffron. But after a few minutes, it calms down, becomes pleasant and wearable. Cumin is still present but has a pleasing aroma. Acidity, bitterness, plump, moist, strange fruity, spicy, and liqueur are soon accompanied by a sweet warmth that reminds me of gummy saffron candies kissed by salt, melted by heat, and placed in some stone fireplace. The metallic effect came from Saffron, Cumin and an “iron” effect from Patchouli.

The finesse of the dusty rose, and the intensity of the iris give life to the heart. Rosewater extinguishes and moistens, enhancing soft and delicate waves of smoke, refreshed by the flowers. A sort of masculine pink, on the darker side, with a hint of gourmand quality. The primordial smell of flint and leather blends with saffron’s soft warmth and the ephemeral freshness of the rose. There is also a subtly creamy, powdery note that smells like feminine cosmetics, like a cream. It is a light and soft, warm scent with great versatility. Warm and sultry rose and cold geranium form a link between the metallic opening and the mineral dry-down. They blend very well with saffron.

The dryness is a harmony of contrasts with the persistent presence of woods, cedarwood, patchouli, and the softness of musk in antithesis with the spicy opening. The musk is immaculate, almost leathery and metallic on my skin, taking it to a whole new level of dark saffron-pink scents. Iris and cedarwood accord create such a dry, sharp, and mineral effect.

Lithium [³Li] is an exceptionally well-made perfume, saffron is almost suffocating, and the rose is deadly cold, patchouli and spices enhance the rose’s cold and dryness, making this perfume incredibly dark and gothic. I smell my pulse and remember why I love the rose note so much; it is versatile, and Lithium [³Li] is another perfume that proves it. Lasting potency and sillage are both moderate. The spicy and leathery theme makes it preferable for the cold evenings of the early autumn months. If you like all the pink-saffron genres, you might as well try it. The combination of rose with spice in the fragrance is nothing revolutionary, but here it is done with finesse and ease that is worth trying.

This review is based upon a 100ml bottle I own since March 2021, which I ordered here www.parfimo.it and paid €19.50.

-Elysium

Updated on 03/18/2021

02/23/2016

8.5Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

Palonera
467 Reviews

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Palonera

Top Review 39

"Good Against North Wind"

...is the title of a novel by Daniel Glattauer, in which the protagonists Emmi and Leo get to know each other through a misdirected email, which - coincidence or whim of fate? - lays the foundation for a multifaceted, continuously intensifying relationship of high emotionality that never leaves the realm of the virtual, and one that both men and especially women wish for a tangible, real happy ending from page to page, from email to email.

"Good Against North Wind" came to my mind in these days that I shared with "3Li Lithium."
Whatever Monsieur Bonneville may have thought when he began to capture the light metal with the lowest density in a fragrance: The adjectives "light" and "dense" are among those I would use to characterize the scent, but they are by no means sufficient to describe "3Li Lithium" even remotely.
Whenever I felt certain during this multi-day test that I had recognized "3Li Lithium," understood its core, decoded its message, the fragrance would elude me, only to completely reformulate itself the next day and present facets that brought me back to the very beginning of our encounter.
Up and down, back and forth - while continuously digging deeper and more intensely into my consciousness, my perception, my engagement with the question "Who are you and what are you doing to me?".

On the first day, I was greeted by a gentle, warm hint of fine spices that seemed to waft directly from the Christmas bakery, immediately fading out the damp, cold gray outside the windows and enveloping me in a loosely woven, not too light cashmere scarf, warming skin and soul for hours and hours, and finally resting on a creamy base of light musk. On the second day, my skin played the first trick on me: Alone on one wrist, a bright rose blooms softly, sugary, young and sweet and free of any guilt, while everywhere else a terracotta-cinnamon-stitched blanket of indefinably gentle warmth lays over the sprayed nakedness.

A real surprise awaits me on day 3: Nothing delicate and nothing soft appears on my skin; instead, dark, bitter wood and warmed incense provide an unexpectedly virile opening, to which ambroxan and birch tar notes add further edges and contours.
Spices are at best discernible in the background; today, "3Li Lithium" flexes its muscles.
I like this - broad shoulders, powerful hands, a well-defined chest that withstands some adversities, not just the cold north wind.

Day 4 sharpens this impression even further: Immediately after spraying, a very powerful ambroxan-birch tar-leather note presents itself, quickly displacing the briefly flickering spices and allowing no competition until late evening.

And today, on day 5?
Gentle, sweet warmth surrounds me, amber-caramel, interwoven with hints of beeswax and honey, carried by deep warm incense, dense yet light, airy, transparent.
And tomorrow, if there is indeed a tomorrow, it will be different again - multifaceted, always gently intervening, yet never without a happy ending.

10/28/2015

7Scent 7.5Longevity 5Sillage

Meggi
1018 Reviews

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Meggi

Top Review 18

A Perfectly Filled Morning - Part 1

What to do when a professional event is coming up where three out of four presentations are only of marginal interest and one is incredibly relevant, meaning you have to attend but don’t need to be fully engaged the entire time? Of course: Quickly check when the important presentation is (around noon, great!), and apply two previously unknown fragrances for discussion. The tightly packed notes are already written down by the start of the event at half past nine, so only occasional note-taking during the less exciting parts of the presentations is well disguised in this environment; no one can read my chicken scratch anyway. Morning optimally utilized. This way, I was able to test 3Li Lithium and 8O Oxygen from nu_be.

I hadn’t counted on a strong Terre d'Hermès distraction from the gentleman two seats to my left. That required some mental filtering. It should have worked; I’m optimistic.

3Li opens with spices. Cumin, with its initially metallic, then sweated character, seems certain to me, possibly cardamom; I think I can sense unsweetened cinnamon, responsible for the slow warming during the first good hour. Additionally, the fragrance has a barely noticeable creamy base. Musk is fine. Bright, consistently non-animalic.

I wouldn’t have immediately thought of rose; I would have guessed some kind of fruit. Well, there are plenty of roses that smell fruity. Such a similarity is no surprise, after all, many fruit varieties (like apple, pear, plum, peach, cherry, strawberry, raspberry) botanically belong to the rose family as well. It’s one big family. We’ll deal with the rose again later.

After about an hour, dusty saffron becomes noticeable, flanked by distinct hints of cedar. A tangible anchor to illustrate the current scent impression: It smells like a fruity rooibos tea, but with that peculiar rooibos woodiness. Rooibos with raspberry, that’s it. I can’t separately identify iris, though it is plausible as a supplier of a fresh breeze.

In the third hour, I cling instead to the increasingly stable cedar. Interestingly, the bright wood note, combined with the matured, now non-sweaty cumin and (perhaps) a hint of the mildest clove, somehow strikes me as banana-like, but not fruity-sour. More like in cheap ice cream or something. Moreover, cashmeran likely has a role in the mix by now. The fruity rose (which we will return to once more) is on a break. I can only imagine leather.

From the fifth hour, finally a rose that I would call such. At first, it wafts through the scent as a kind of hint, but once identified, it suddenly becomes surprisingly noticeable despite its restraint, though only close to the skin. The ideal distance for that is approximately 3 centimeters, measured vertically and excluding Terre d'Hermès from the back of the hand (it was just about some press distributors in foreign European countries).

I perceive the fragrance as relatively sweet starting around the seventh hour. As if a hint of vanilla or non-animalic amber has joined in. It’s certainly no longer banana-sweet. Additionally, the rose makes a stunning final push and becomes steadily more prominent. Nevertheless, the scent progression is nearing its end. While it essentially reaches its conclusion after nine hours, 3Li manages to fragmentarily carry on into the evening and makes a final turn into an unexpected patchouli-rose note.

Conclusion: A bright, intermittently glowing warm-spiced, slightly synthetic wood note, increasingly refined with rose. I find it O.K..

I thank Ergreifend for the sample(s).

12/22/2013

9Scent

Bertel
236 Reviews

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Bertel

Very helpful Review 9

Rose-Saffron-Wood instead of Stone

"[3Li] Lithium" from the "nu_be" line by Alberto Borris' house Fluidounce is, from the very beginning, a very pleasant, soft, gentle yet clearly articulated rose-saffron scent on a silvery-woody foundation, similar to what many houses are currently offering. I find it very difficult to detect iris, while leather is much more prominent. Beautiful, soft, indescribable spices, warm musk.

Even though "Kiesel" here in the pyramid is a mistranslation of "flint" (=firestone), it doesn't matter; I cannot establish any kind of scent associated with a stone or a corresponding association. Instead, in my perception, there is a very beautiful, dense, high-quality supporting wood accord, not necessarily water lily oud but rather various dry dark woods, specifically more massive trunks including bark.

Lithium, the lightweight metal with the lowest density, does not fit this scent at all in my opinion, just as the (fire)stone association attempts do not - but as usual with such marketing attributions, this does not play a role. This rose-saffron-wood scent is very well crafted by the previously unknown master Nicolas Bonneville and executed in excellent quality; it stands for me alongside very similar representatives of this genre like Eutopies "No. 2" and others. However, this does not necessarily make it easier for this scent; in contrast to the failed "stone-element-marketing," the house striving for innovation and novelty has nothing new to offer here. From the outcome perspective, this is not a problem at all ;-)

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