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The first movement is an adagio in yellow-green. A trio of rough spicy rosemary, conciliatory balsamic chamomile and bittersweet mugwort opens up a wide space for breathing and listening. Tarragon and galbanum set pulsating green accents. In the second movement, a Largo maestoso in forest green, cypresses with their calming waves invite you to linger. Ginger brightens the tree uniformity, elemi resin gives it something mysterious. The final part is a Lento tranquillo in dark green. Fine notes of cedar leaf and bark rise above a soft ground of earthy patchouli and moss.

The orchestra never plays too loud, there are no solo passages. Through the nuances the voices harmonize without becoming pleasingly boring. The piece sounds modern and yet somehow archaic, not clearly in major or minor: a floating, yet expressive melody, equally captivating and restrained.

In December 2018, the perfume will no longer be available on the manufacturer's website and production may have ceased. Maybe it hasn't been advertised there for some time, because the extraordinary fragrance has had enough loyal buyers since its release in 2004.

Matching music: Psalom by Arvo Pärt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICMrVzfOFaE

The first impression after spraying is a credit to the name: strong appearance of the black agent! It is powerful and dark, dense, complex and balanced. But at once he reveals his real, much more gentle nature. A bergamot-fresh, almost cool breeze comes up, which is slightly bitter-fruity seasoned with pink pepper. After the initially trumping gesture this is really pleasant and sympathetic.

Soon the scent gets warmer and soft incense comes up. At first very compact, then a delicate rose note unfolds that lends the fragrance something sweet. Only directly on the skin is the agent still as spicy, earthy and dark woody as it was at first.

Over time, the fine rose incense becomes a light vetiver incense that remains soft and gentle. After a few hours the fragrance still gets a vanilla-floral note like an old cognac.

Vetiver blonde, incense blonde and not stupid at all, but quite refined: sometimes Black Agent, sometimes Undercover Blonde! A nice unisex winter scent, especially for going out. Sillage and durability are above average: present, but not intrusive. All in all, Black Agent makes a high-quality impression.

A short cologniges prelude, and already the sun rises - a tangy, fruity and spicy orange. Clouds of heaps quickly appear in the sky, all spicy, some herbaceous-woody like lavender and cedar, others bitter like cider. After a while the haze formations melt into veil clouds of sandal powdered lavender. The haze soon lifts and allows a fine light vetiver to shine through. After half an hour, the whole sky glows with a vetiver interspersed with patchouli. This heavenly ray lasts two or three hours, then the luminosity decreases.

For me, the scent of Piver has one of the most beautiful vetiver notes I've ever smelt, and the composition is as graceful as it is pleasant: orange, lavender and sandalwood are a wonderful match for the harmonious duo of vetiver and patchouli. Discreet, but with that certain something, it is indeed an all-rounder for vetiver lovers. Sillage and durability are below average, but after-spraying does not cost money

There it is, the little old-fashioned bottle, on the neck the tiny silhouette of a rococo lady, the splendour of curls high piled up, the décolleté lavishly rushing. I wonder what the perfume smells like The manufacturer promises rose, jasmine and lily of the valley - that sounds conventional, perhaps even old-fashioned or worse: boring. But far from it!

As expected, the fragrance opens with a floral note and a little powdery at the same time. Instead of lily of the valley, it clearly smells like hyacinth, fortunately not at all bulky-wummy. This fine fragrance blends pipe bush jasmine and some bitter lime. The rose creates only a soft, oily ground.

Soon a multitude of flowers will be added. Something dark sweet indicates tulip, freesia contributes something fresh green, and the nectar-like, unsweet with a bitter impact, smells like hawthorn, robinia and wisteria. Something powdery is also present, either iris or heliotrope, but without the almond note. It is a distinctive flower mixture, so it is not as usual as the sparse data would have us believe.

And it gets even more interesting. After half an hour, the powderiness passes and the flowers are complemented by herbaceous green notes, perhaps myrtle and galbanum. And there is something very special, perhaps a hint of elderflower? Jasmine comes to the fore and gives the fragrance a light soapiness.

After another half hour, astonishing delicate spicy tones emerge, possibly calamus and galangal with a dash of nasturtium, later perhaps some light vetiver and light patchouli. The perfume becomes more discreet and envelops for many hours with a wonderful green-floral aura, which is cool and warm at the same time.

Who would have thought! Of course Pani Waleska is not a modern fragrance, but it is not at least old-fashioned and certainly not boring: an extraordinary flower chypre with interesting development, on top of that at a reasonable price. Give me that Nothing easier than that: you don't even have to travel to Warsaw, three times W is enough.

Incanto - charming, enchanting, even enchanting, this perfume promises to be. The opening is quite delightful: fresh green and citric with a bittersweet touch that could as well come from a pomelo or kumquat as from a bitter orange, oily without any acidity or fruit. almost as ethereal as lavender.

The scent remains fresh and reminds of a walk in a cypress grove, flooded with light, green and light-wooded. But wait, it's not a magic forest, it's rather the greenery in a large urban residential complex, well designed by the landscape architect. Finally some floral musk is added, ready.

It is a perfume that, like the block of flats green, unfolds its beneficial effect in a subtle way: no eye-catcher, but pleasant. No blaze of colour, rather monochrome and yet pleasing. Not complex structures, but simple. Just there. Although the name has promised too much, Incanto is still not disappointing. A fragrance for strolling in the green, perhaps arm in arm, perhaps even scented in the partner look. Cuddly green?!