Darkbeat May 13, 2022

Literally smells like church incense and a Holy Week procession, and I love it for that very reason. I wish the opening lasted as long as the main scent, but I’m content with those first half-hour of beautiful, heavy, rough and slightly acidic cathedral incense, a beauty that makes you wish it would never end. After the opening, the incense remains the star but gradually loses its religious tone to become more common, woody and resinous; it’s still gorgeous, just missing that extra spark of the opening. The dry down is a supersoft, settled incense with lovely resinous nuances, clinging almost to the skin in a near-residual way. It’s not powerful; on the contrary, it invites calm, peace and relaxation; it’s spiritual, deep, simple and fresh all at once. If I compare it, it’s as if we’d added greyish tones and a more solemn, serious character to Montale’s Full Incense. The performance is moderate: it lasts well on skin, over seven hours, but the trail is discreet, something common in this type of fragrance, you can’t ask for too much. It can be worn at any time and in any situation, but it’s not for everyone; you must really love incense in its religious guise. Tried thanks to a sample from my friend Emorandeira.

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Darkbeat May 13, 2022

Literally smells like church incense and a Holy Week procession, and I love it for that very reason. I wish the opening lasted as long as the main scent, but I’m content with those first half-hour of beautiful, heavy, rough and slightly acidic cathedral incense, a beauty that makes you wish it would never end. After the opening, the incense remains the star but gradually loses its religious tone to become more common, woody and resinous; it’s still gorgeous, just missing that extra spark of the opening. The dry down is a supersoft, settled incense with lovely resinous nuances, clinging almost to the skin in a near-residual way. It’s not powerful; on the contrary, it invites calm, peace and relaxation; it’s spiritual, deep, simple and fresh all at once. If I compare it, it’s as if we’d added greyish tones and a more solemn, serious character to Montale’s Full Incense. The performance is moderate: it lasts well on skin, over seven hours, but the trail is discreet, something common in this type of fragrance, you can’t ask for too much. It can be worn at any time and in any situation, but it’s not for everyone; you must really love incense in its religious guise. Tried thanks to a sample from my friend Emorandeira.

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