War and Peace Part II

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• Dr.No

  June 21, 2021

  

  Highly artistic, yet it simply doesn’t convince me. The opening is a super resinous, dark scent, reminiscent of dampness, as if time had stood still. With vintage oils and resins millions of years old, the verdict is clear. Should we believe Russian Adam? He shouldn’t have to lie. There is no evolution or other nuances; it feels like it’s in beta, lacking development due to its simplicity. As a fragrance, it’s fantastic: if I were building a volcano diorama for a dinosaur era, I’d spray W&P2 to add realism. It smells like time stopped, very resinous and dark. The performance is good, it’s masculine, though in perfumery there are no rules if a woman likes it. If someone recreated the smell of straw or excrement, I’d appreciate it, but as a fragrance, it’s difficult for me because I don’t fancy it. If they lowered the intensity and paired it with white flowers and a touch of vetiver, I’d consider it. Areej le Doré is an elitist house with very artistic perfumes. Zoologist follows that ARTISTIC philosophy (or did, as they’ve reformulated many because they don’t sell due to being exotic or rare). I applaud smelling different things and that passion, but I don’t want this in my collection to lift my chin and say: ‘I have an Areej’. It’s not my philosophy. If I end up keeping something in the drawer unused, I prefer it to be a gold coin or money, not a bottle gathering dust.