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Musk Lave (Areej le Dore, 2020)

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Tiny Review Musk Lave (ML) opens with soft citruses. In my subsequent wearings (4 so far), I found them to be quite oily in texture – yet very pleasant. I can detect them for 2-3 hours on skin (depending on the temperature and humidity). They provide a soft, medicinal/herbal quality (in lieu with lavender's own) into this composition. Musk Lave (2020) Sample I then immediately get a large dose of orris butter, myrrh, sandalwood, probably benzoin and labdanum combination that has lots of similarities with ‘25 Junos Suhma (2016/17) and Regolith (2017) by Mellifluence Attars – especially with the first one. The herbal lavender, on my skin, appears only as a supporting act where it sweetens things up a bit and contributes later in it’s musk accord, which somewhat makes because lavender absolute have that sweet musky thing which can be exploited with oud and other heavy extracts. During my 1st wearing, I also get a Baikal Gris type ‘tonkafied sandalwood’ vibe with random appearance in t