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Grafon – :
With a sugary veil and wooden treasure inside, Contre Bombarde 32 is an atmospheric frankincense – people are dressed in light colours, the sun enters from the open portal and the lemony woodwax warms up, its scent rising. There is solemnity paired with the laughter of kids. I like it very much.
ViktorDi – :
Bought it!!!
I’m enjoying a custard donut while burning incense in the forest. ;~)
Nekromorph – :
This stuff is so. darn. weird.
It frustrates me that there is a perfume in my collection whose name I can never remember.
I get sweetness immediately when it hits my skin, a pervasive sweetness that lasts the entire time and doesnt change. It doesn’t smell anything like caramel, it smells like strawberries! Brings to mind Cape Heartache.
At first I get Cape Heartache mixed with very distinct frankincense as well as a hint of something funky, like when you open an old library book and it stinks. Like rotten glue or something.
Then I get elemi, specifically, but only when I put my nose right on my skin. Otherwise I just get Cape Heartache.
I think the gross library book scent gets better as it mellows out, giving the fragrance an animalic-ness.
I thought I’d smelled it all, but this has absolutely got to be the most bizarre fragrance I have ever encountered because of its sheer randomness. I’m no art expert, but to me this is like what some people think of as modern art. Throw some red paint on a canvas with the tip of a machete to represent rage, then dribble a basketball over it because it’s your favorite sport, and spit on it because that is how you feel right at that moment…okaaaaaay.
If I were to describe it in a few words, it would be “a strawberry frankincense milkshake with roasted marshmallows”.
“Gimme that stuff, that funk, that sweet, that funky stuff.” (Rick James)
(Edit: Sold it)
Dimiurg22 – :
I love this one, quite reminds of an old church, but with much depth from caramel and others. Main noticeable notes are elemi, caramel, and cedar, in that order. Not cloying at all, but does dry down to basically just the caramel at the end. Still pondering a bottle because it is very enjoyable.
demyanovna – :
Grotto in the Gulf of Naples by Carl Blechen 1829
dimka13861386 – :
Elemi, cedar, black pepper, musk mellow, rosemary, Slight thyme, & amber.
It has that smoky incense, with slight black pepper, slight citrus, and a tiny bit of sweetness. It’s kind of spicy incense with hints of sweets.
Meh
DIMASON 68 – :
Oh oh, this is delicious. A creamy, sweet, well balanced incense. Contre Bombarde 32 works with my skin exquisitely, lasting through a shower and having some of the best projection I’ve found in my tests. It’s not sticky, and is more work safe than my other favorite Filippo Sorcinelli fragrance: Io Non Ho Mani Che Mi Accarezzino Il Volto.
Okay, Now that I’ve got a full bottle and sprayed, in larger quantities this goes from creamy to a burnt caramel, creme brulee type smell, with a little bitterness from the orange. Drys down to mostly incencse.
second edit: Got a couple compliments 16 HOURS after spraying. Put it on in the morning and it was still going strong during the night shift.
Icoxychoorm – :
This is the strongest of the three, and also my favorite! The caramel note is very well done–rich, warm, and almost animalic–nothing like Prada Candy, Mugler A*Men, or even L`Artisan Parfumeur’s Amour Nocturne.
Xoxol970 – :
I love this one, it opens with a blast of with that old European cathedral sort of incense with a woody element. However before it becomes to old church on me the sweetness of the caramel, amber and definitely vanilla set in and it is amazing on my skin. The bottles are very cool also.