Ignika

Like some other rehearsals I came up with Zagorsk the other day. Though I tested very thoroughly, I didn't think I had any comments at that time. Meanwhile, who would have thought it, that's different.

Zagorsk is woody and smoky throughout. To begin with, a small forest slips over your wrist, equally divided between birch, pine and Hinoki. And a little cedar. It doesn't smell too much like coniferous wood, a little dry and light like birch, a little bitter like cedar. Olibanum smokes the trees and, like Hinoki wood, contributes some citrus. Also from beginning to end one can perceive a sharpness as of white pepper: Allspice. Violets are also not seldom smelled, but this note goes down a bit. With the hours the birch weakens the least.

For me, Incense-Zagorsk usually lasted over 7 hours. The Sillage was just right for such an intense scent, so no constant scent cloud, but rather a fluttering companion, sometimes there, sometimes away.

Zagorsk reminds me personally very much of Rocky Mountain Wood by Dsquared2. This is because both are quasi linear and both carry violets, white pepper, incense and cedar. The similarity remains great, the remaining notes of Zagorsk do not really carry any weight. I can even imagine it as an office fragrance. Like Rocky Mountain Wood it radiates a certain maturity, but also coolness. Calm, but also kind of... distant. Competent and polite, but not cordial; no reception from representatives, but rather part of the board meeting

When I first entered the world of olfactory I was more often on the side of Out of Love for Fragrance. There I also ordered some samples, and among them was that scent experiment here.

That experiment with the name, which takes getting used to, is consistently harsh. As much as the slight freshness at the beginning tries to soften the intense, yes, actually chemical character, she manages it rather badly than right. In the background you can see some rose, heavy, intense, but atypically unsweet.
That chemistry grade must have come from the cedar. Rarely has wood been so intense, chemical and smoky as here. Usually this character makes you think for hours of smoky whiskeys, keyword Phenol. If there is black tea in here, then the little smell it contributes is totally covered by the cedar/chemistry. Well, that's it, actually, but one thing more:

my rehearsal is a few years old now. The fragrance has changed positively! While in my tests with fresh sample the chemical scent almost crushed everything else, he is here symbolically a high-flyer, distances himself somewhat from the other notes, and also from the tester. That means: everything is better recognizable, and the chemistry is softened, after about half an hour even weaker, now even laymen could recognize that as cedar. Thus the scent is even relatively wearable, but still not suitable for everyday use; such a person stands out even if he is not loud, and not everyone likes to smell (like) a charcoal burner.

At parties at a fellow student's house, there was always a tear-shaped bottle like this standing around. I had always wondered what the contents would smell like, but strangely enough I was never curious enough to take a whiff. Now in retrospect I know: that had its reasons...

J'Adore begins quietly and reservedly, freshly floral and citric. I smell orange blossom with jasmine, maybe some tea or a white rose in the background. For more, the fragrance lacks sweetness, heaviness and opulence; the same goes for tuberose and ylang-ylang. The only wood that comes into question is sandalwood. After a few minutes you can already guess it in the background, but unfortunately it never comes further ahead. Sillage and durability you can already imagine, rather at the lower end of "satisfying".

I really expected more from Dior. Again, I have to say, for the money, you can get more somewhere else. Showed a buddy Harry Lehmann's place a few days ago. He mixed something great together, 50ml for 20€. 15 minutes, 20 euros: a signature scent. J'Adore? Noticeably more expensive, and boredom. Tastes are different, well,
i don't have to wear it :S

First of all: I can sign every previous comment like this, but I still want to try to put my observations and thoughts into words. I like him and therefore I don't want to leave what I have said standing like this.

Harem Soirée does not really show me a course. Strangely sour and bitter throughout in front of a powdery background. I would also suspect incense; olibanum is supposed to have citric notes, and I smell a fresh, but also a woody chord in the background. Instead of fir(?) I almost wanted to suspect old menthol with cedar Although the scent has a certain heaviness and also appears bouquet-like, I never really RECOGNISED roses as such here. Myrrh delivers its typical sounds, resinous, warm, earthy, balsamic, a little bitter.

The sillage is too strong for such a sour-bitter-powdery heavy character as in harem soirée. Very few people like to smell something like that, and unfortunately our nose is really looking for smells that we don't like. It is similar with the shelf life, not groundbreaking but still too much. Yes, name is unfortunately not the program. Interesting, possibly, portable, hardly.

Yeah ok, the headline may sound a little lurid, but let me explain.
I received Royal Oud a few years ago as a small sample. My first real experience with wood perfume! Not only did I like to test this perfume, but I also liked wearing it. It was empty too soon! My interest in the variety of woods was aroused. Whenever I see the testers standing in department stores, I get a little weak. Sometimes I spray up and fall out of the clouds. Has the quality of the grades changed? I only know that my specimen still smells almost as I remember it, but the filling of the new testers smells......different. Smoother, gestrigelt..........sluggish?

I got to know Royal Oud as a great work. First bergamot, maybe a little pink pepper here and there, but then mainly Lebanon cedar. Enlivened by galbanum, lighter, shallower, creamier by sandalwood. Musk lends(s) radiance.

With fresher varieties, I smell a strong lemon from the top note, with a little too much pink pepper. In some perfumes, the clumsy use of citrus creates a contrast to the rest, as here, too. It takes too long for it to fade, and in the meantime the contrast to the wood is too strong. Also, the wood's proportions are different, the wood appears rougher, maybe even a little darker. The eponymous oud can only guess, and if so, it is certainly oud from Malaysia. Somewhat woody, woodsy, "nice sweet and herbal" - these are descriptions I found on the net, which I can sign by my own experiences. Otherwise none of the oud I know fits. The shelf life was over 8 hours, the sillage remained persistent. It's nice if you can still smell the creation every few minutes after hours.

So the start of my love for wood begins fresh and quickly becomes woody. The high-quality cedar wood is cheered up, more friendly, by green and creamy tones.