THESCENTOLOGY

An evocative perfume based around the incense and amber The master perfumer Luca Maffei creator of some perfumes that I love such as L'attesa by Masque Milano, Oud Imperial and Rose de Taif by Perris Montecarlo, has created this complex and rich scent. Imagine the sensation of entering a forest full of intoxicating labdanum with a humid/moist soil where there's a church in which incense is burning and a cedarwood campfire is also burning at the entrance. A warm and dark incense opening mixed with a leathery and smokey labdanum meets a spicy and resinous heart with a dark and burned sensation provided by the mix of resins especially elemi, labdanum and most important nagarmotha that adds a dark and mysterious sensation. Sacreste is a fragrance with a very deep and marked character. Fantastic longevity and moderate sillage. Notes: Labdanum, Elemi, Cardamom, Saffron, Incense, Fumencens, Hydrocarbon, Resin, Cypriol, Black Pepper, Virginia Cedarwood, Guaiac Wood, Cashmeran, Ambe...

  If you have patience and let the scent develop and dance through your skin you'll discover a lovely and a perfect definition of a rose - oud combo Super potent and challenging opening with a heavy dose of oud and a spiced blood red rose. The Oud in here is the type that only real oud lovers would like and understand. There's other notes that add other facets as well as depth to the composition but on my skin this is basically an ode to the oud and the rose with some cashmere here and there and saffron that gets creamed-up a bit by the sandal and with a little balsamic vibe by the amber notes. There's also raw leather at the base. Animalic at some stages, raw, let me say dirty and even hard at the beginning to the point that my first impression was disliking it but if you have patience and let the scent develop and dance through your skin you'll discover a lovely and a perfect definition of a rose - oud combo. Oriental, rich and deep. The quality of the ingredie...