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andreykazakov2009 – :
Castana is a melange of sweet nectars infused with sumptuous heart notes and a sensual blend of spicy vetyver , aromatic woods, and the creaminess of the Tonka bean. One of the best vetyver scent I have ever smell.Although the perfumer is Delphine Thierry, it’s very much a collaboration team between her and Cloon Keen Atelier’s Canadian Margaret Mangan, she is the inspiration behind it.
JON – :
The attractive guy in the perfume shop suggested I try this one. Perhaps it was the side of cute male, but I fell for it.
It is rather lovely, I mean chestnuts ! Yum. But also….. When the rosy glow of first love faded, there’s a metallic note, very cold steel Vs warm copper. Now hard metallic objects have their place, but perhaps not in a perfume. So the jury is kind of in… And out
silegooro – :
This one smells like a metallic mineral water filling a cup of dried chestnuts. It’s neither sweet nor nutty although sometimes gives me the impression of a marron glacé while IT IS already A chestnut but blended so well in away that makes both the nutty and sweet flavors quite mild AND balanced.
As it calms down & around (20 minutes) I get a hint of old wooden furniture fills the place in an antique house! And surprisingly, and as I keep on sniffing my hands that is full of castana, the first hall of the infamous “Resident Evil 1” game on playstation 1 came up to my mind repeatidly with its super strength! It’s the first room in the mansion when Jill, Barry, & Wesker (if you are playing by Jill, while Chris, Barry, & Wesker if you are playing by Chris) escaped the forest and gone into the mansion. To be clear, it’s the following hall:
The video:
youtu.be/bdrbLeTx-xM
Min: 4:15
It just feels as if I’m there sniffing the whole scene!
I’ve tried “castana” last year in one of london’s niche fragrances shops and I was mad about it when I left as it made quite an impression on my skin, and last month I tired it again in the sam shop and I have a sample of it, it is quite impressive although I don’t like metallic notes but I’ll try to get over it since it is a great kind of gourmand fragrance. Besides, the metallic here are presented more as the mineral water which is a bonus… let’s have some tests and see.
KOSHAN64 – :
A unisex scent. Baked chestnuts, warm on my skin. A cold weather comfort scent. I do get some pepper and mint, but rather lightly.
Sniduanna – :
On the tester strip “Castana” was a thin, papery, fresh vetiver. On my skin, however, it smelled intensely warm, dark and nutty; An abundance of buttery ketones.
Natural vetiver does indeed have a slightly gourmand hazelnut tinge, but here I found it a bit too stodgy; I preferred the lightness it had on paper. My skin does tend to draw out the heavier aspects of a fragrance though, so I can only speak for myself.
Definitely could work well on the right person.