Olfactive Dreams

P ALEMBANG S UMATRA E MERALD (2021) by  Agarwood Indonesia   is distilled from wild Sumatran incense grade chips from  Palembang area  with zero soaking. I wore it  5 times since buying it about 3 weeks ago. Palembang Sumatra Emerald (2021) From the bottle ,  i t is very  camphoric,  spicy, intensely green, and  grassy . I also get   a hint ​​ of ambergris-laced  of green leathery quality . Initially, on skin, it is  quite camphorous, terpenic (slightly), bitter and foresty green, spicy, and piquant .   I t hen get hints of soft hay with a touch of dry museli-like smell. In case someone is wondering, it is not yeasty. I do not get anything scatological .   There is also angelica root, ambrette seed absolute, green tea, neroli, watercress (that peppery smell when we start biting), freshly cut/crushed coriander leaves/stems, and many more. I need to spend more time . After 10 minutes : as soon as the sharp green t...

Tabac Grande (2017): A Tobacco Magnum Opus Sultan Pasha Attars Tabac Grande (TG) is probably the best tobacco fragrance I have tried so far within the cuir sub-category. When I smelt it early last year (2018) for the first time, I was quite perplexed as I had no idea what magical elixir I am smelling! Over the last 14-15 months, after smelling a few individual oils (say about 110, without ouds), I can finally detect some - barely. I used the term barely intentionally because I consider myself a novice and thus without Sultan’s notes list, it would have been a bigger challenge to detect some of them notwithstanding the fact that some of the oils are blended so well that it is almost impossible for me to detect them individually. Upon smelling it now, it immediately reminds me of a very old and austere gentlemen’s club I visited last year (2018), where they have some stunning leather sofas that have been used for generations. If I understand correctly, thick and top quality l...