Description
The inspiration behind this fragrance is the Mediterranean. Considering that copal resin cannot be found in fragrance, it is interpreted with three different incense extracts which are “inserted” in the composition and united with other accords. The fragrance opens with fresh and aromatic scents of ozone and salty notes combined with incense. The heart adds accentuated spicy flavors of cardamom and earthy patchouli mixed with incense, while the base is warmed with hot resins of myrrh, amber, tonka and incense.
Perfume Copal Azur arrives in flacons shaped like the previous editions of this house, as 100 ml Eau de Parfum, as well as a travel set available in 3 x 10 ml small flacons.
Copal Azur was launched in 2014. The nose behind this fragrance is Bertrand Duchaufour.
KAV – :
there’s an amazing menthol quality somewhere around the salty myrrh, especially when sprayed on hair and clothes. another perfect duchaufour incense; sinister, sexy and worth it (longevity issues and obscenely ostentatious bottles aside).
struk65 – :
آن چنان که میباید قدرت ندارد
بخوری آرام و شیک
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Scent & Qualiy: 8/10
Longevity: 8/10
Sillage: 7/10
Creativity & Uniqueness: 7/10
Affordability:5/10
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Overall: 7/10
IBANEZ – :
8:40 – Incense, salt, and amber. All the other notes too. I’m liking this more than I thought I would based on the reviews. Reminds me of Christmas in Texas. Not very strong.
10:30 – Settled into patchouli and salt on top of a subtle balsamic base. I wouldn’t call it unisex, more that it could lean either femme or masc depending on the individual.
I wish it was stronger.
On a side note, when I opened the box the Aedes samples came in, everyone near it drew back and I was told not to wear these where they had to smell them. Stinkiest box ever. Smelled like By Kilian’s Vodka on the Rocks gone off. Luckily, the individual scents seem to be okay.
12 – resprayed, three spritzes. This was a mistake. Now it’s a strong, semi-masculine, patchouli bomb. Smells pretty good, though. Just not for me.
novomo – :
It’s totally a dark ocean for me. It was first fragrance I could smell salt. Salty with incense and strong cardamon in front. Also something aquatic/fresh/ozonic lingers deeper.
bbllaacckk – :
quite a pleasant scent, a salty incense , inoffensive, safe and fresh . a scent to remember ? sadly not, for the price I won’t be investing in a full bottle anytime soon .
prostomed – :
Copal Azur is a frag built around the Incense note. Bertrand Duchafour is a Master when it comes to Incense accords as anybody who has sniffed Timbuktu will tell you. Again like Timbuktu, these fragrances have a slight raw, rough edge to the incense and are not sweetened in any way so if you are not an incense lover, definitely sample first.
Copal Azur as the notes indicate has the Incense as the spine of the fragrance from top to base notes. Initial notes have a salty vibe to the incense before taking a herbal, spicy turn with the patchouli and cardamom notes in the heart. The myrhh and amber flesh out the fragrance and add a bit of smoky depth but by and large, this composition is linear. Once the top ozonic salt notes fade, this stays a spicy herbal incense for the rest of its scent life. Projection is kinda on the softer side, stays within arms length and longevity likewise is average, around the 5 hour mark.
Final Thoughts. This is one of those frags I love for the smell alone. Being a fan of balsamic incenses, this is right up my alley. The performance could have been better but is good enough that it’s not a deal breaker. Definitely a large decant or a Full Bottle of this in my future.
killer13thh – :
This is pretty much a perfect scent. The drawbacks are the price,originality and the time frame that it came out. This came out a year before ADG Profumo but ADV is not a known house such as Armani. Most niche heads will reference Heeley Sel Marin as their go to salty scent and TBH I do as well.
Albeit this is original,the house is not known and the price tag is 3 or 4x as much as the Armani and pretty much gives the same effect. Salty.aquatic with some incense. This has more spices than the Armani flanker but it just does not warrant the price tag. Personally, I love it but will never even think of buying it.
Mezhs026bedyWelty – :
Fire at Night by Francisco Goya 1794
Neolan – :
Tested this out today, but only on a strip. I can see the comparison to Tom Ford’s Vert D’encens, but Vert is much deeper and more complex than Copal. It has moderate projection starting out, which makes me think that it may wear close to the skin for the majority of its duration. It has a forest vibe that is refined and seems restrained. If you are looking for something with more grit and depth, give Vert a try.
5987441984s – :
5/10
akvalangcom – :
Scent – patchouli, amber incense & salt.
Season/Time of Day – I prefer to use this one in the colder months, day or night.
Projection – I didn’t get noticed, I didn’t get a compliment.
Longevity – I get 8hrs consistently.
Volkov90 – :
Delicious caramelly exotic oriental opening. Spicy – drinking a rootbeer by the seaside. Immediately tones down to an unusual but appealing combination of incense and salt. This is my second Aedes de Venustas fragrance and both share the quality of being surprising, delightful, and luxurious. I just looked at the description and saw Bertrand Duchaufour’s name again! Yesterday it was his sublime Timbuktu that I fell in love with. I need to track down more of his creations obviously. When I looked at the notes I thought this was going to be a very warm, winter-y frag but it’s incredibly cool. As I keep smelling I get a cool, green, almost watery note. If this is marine it’s more like a thirst quenching spring running through the shaded undergrowth of a jungle. This isn’t the smell of a temperate forest; the exotic incense keeps it from being familiar. Dries down into a cool, fruity incense reminiscent of Aedes Signature, also by Duchaufour. Has excellent longevity; 7 hours later it’s still pretty noticeable. Shangri-la: the hidden paradise nestled in a cool green forest.
nadya94_08 – :
Other special work on the incense and its peculiarities by expert incense: Douchaufour for Aedes de Venustas.
The fragrance is truly spectacular and is inspired by the Mediterranean Sea. Considering that copal is the highest quality incense, the fragrance has three types of incense placed in different arrangements to mimic this high quality.
Most interesting, that makes it different and original Copal Azur are opening it feels fresh, ozónica and salty that when combined with incense cardamom and patchouli transports waterfront and imagine the breeze on your face, is very special this fragrance. Drying resins with myrrh, amber, tonka and incense brings a hot spot that overwhelms and complete perfectly balancing the fragrance.
High duration and average projection makes this special fragrance for everyday use.
Rating: 7
KoT32 – :
اعتقد الكثير محبين لنوته البخور الذي من انواعه اللبان وبالتالي ان كنت محب للبان طعماً و رائحةً هذا العطر أعتقد انه سيكون له شأن معك، يرتكز على بخور اللبان بأسلوب رائع روحاني فخم بامتياز بعيد عن تلك الرائحة التي قد تجدها لاذعه او حاده في اللبان والتي تجعلك تنفر منه احيانا، بالرغم انه يرتكز عليه في عطرنا هذا الا انه مقدم بطريقة دافئة انيقه باعثه للتأمل والاسترخاء المكونات الاخرى ليست بذلك البروز الذي يجعلك تتخيل انه عطر مليئ بالضجيج او انه عطر شرقي حاد أبدا، الهيل والعنبر والباتشولي والتونكا كلها عناصر مكمله وموظفه بطريقة ناعمه وهادئة لترويض اللبان و لرسم اجواء ارادها المصمم ومالك الدار الذي يملك متجرا لبيع عطور النيش مع خط عطوره هذا.
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تخيل معي أنك على سفح جبل تنظر بتأمل عميق للبحر وتلاطم أمواجه الزمردية مستمتعاً بصوت تلاطمها وبترانيم الطيور من حولك في فترة ظهيرة بعد أن سدلت السحب ستارها عن السماء لتعلن معها هطول المطر،حتى تأتيك نسمات الهواء العليلة ببعض من نسمات المطر بعد توقفه وشيئ من تلك الغابة التي تقبع بالخلف منك لتصطحب معها نسمات بارده مصحوبة برائحة التربه الخافته المبلله ورائحة بخورية (لبانية) دافئه روحانية اشعلها مجموعة من شعب المايا القاطنين في تلك اللغابه في احتفالية مقدسه لديهم، مع لمحات من نسيم البحر المالح الناعم المصحوب برائحة هوائية بارده لتجعلك لا أراديا تغمض عينيك مستمتعاً بذلك الشعور ومتنفساً بعمق معلنا أنتشاؤك بتلك الاجواء ومحلق بخيالك مع نسمات من بخور يدعى كوبال
copal by Bertrand Duchaufour.
بالمناسبة بخور كوبال شديد الشبه برائحة اللبان واراد
Duchaufour
تجسيد ذلك البخور الذي يستخدمه شعب المايا قديما… ولازال يستخدم حاليا في بعض دول امريكا اللاتينيه في احتفالاتهم المقدسه وكذلك في مراسم الوفاة… إلا انه لايمكن استخدامه في العطور!
8/10
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هذا من العطور بالنسبة الذي تصفه حسب أجوائه التي يوحيها لك.
العطر ذكرني بلمحات طفيفه جدا من عطر جيبلويشن من امواج
العطر يحتاج تجربه اكثر من مره
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اتمنى ان تكون الفكره وصلت وابدا ودائما وصل على النبي ولاتنس ذكر الله
shark3 – :
Copal Azur was marvelous for the first hours. A fantastic intoxicating mix of clean incense with warmness of amber and just the right nudge of sweet, elegant tonka and resins.
I have never enjoyed saltiness in perfume, būt here it is just spot on, adding a refreshing masculine twist.
Unfortunately 2 hours in, it turns to a generic polished wood scent, lasting strong for good ten hours. It does have a slight marine scent, making it a tad More interesting, but it is nothing compared to the first experience.
Worth a try for the initial beauty, būt not Worth the price tag, in my opinion.
ATV666 – :
This fragrance is nice. I think it’s more for spring and summer because I get a beachhead vibe from it. I think it is very good. My only complaint is the price. $245 is a lot to drop on a fragrance. If this had a price tag around $180 I’d probably pick it up. Until then I will just have to settle with my sample. A definite try in my book. 8/10
vampirsha10 – :
دود و مه تمام فضا را پر کرده بوده , حس خوبی داشت این فضای دودی ، سبز و کمی آبی رنگ حس گرمای خوبی بهم میداد . حس جستجوی مکانی ناشناخته , حس جستجویی که خیلی شیرین هست بدون استرس و با ارامش .
هر چه بیشتر در این فضا غوطه ور میشی , همانند این هست که بیشتر وارد دریا شده ای, هیچ صدایی شنیده نمیشه رنگ ابی و جلبک های کف دریا بر ارامش شما اضافه میکنه . رایحه دودی که استشمام میکنی هر لحظه بیشتر میشه ولی هر بار با تغییر های جذاب , در ابتدا ادویه ای و کمی شیرین ( هل ) سپس رایحه رایحه شیرین بیشتر و ادویه ای کمتر ( دانه تونکا ) سپس کمی حالت چوبی ملایم . در ادامه جستجو و گم شدن در رایحه این فضا از پس این فضای دودی و شیرین و کمی ادویه ای سایه دروازه ای اشکار میشه نور زیاد اجازه نمیده شخصی که کنار این دروازه ایستاده رو تشخیص بدم ولی یک حسی مثل بودن در کنار مادر را احساس میکنم .
رایحه دودی که حس سیاهی , تاریکی ندارد و فقط در ابتدا تلخی زیادی دارد که هرچه از ابتدای عطر دور میشیم این تلخی کم شده و عطر به سمت حالت ادویه ای شفاف و تمیزی حرکت میکنه در این بین عطر کمی شیرین شده ( رایحه هل ) و سپس باز هم کمی شیرین تر شده باز با ته بوی ادویه ای ( تونکا ) . تمام این تغییرات در بستری دودی و بخوری در جریان است .
بهترین لحظات عطر : ترکیب نت هل با تونکا رایحه ای شیرین و در عین حال ادویه ای را ارائه میکند که نت بخوری این رایحه را فوق العاده بکر و دست نیافتنی نموده است .
بخور : رایحه بخور شفاف , صاف , در ابتدا کمی تیز ولی سپس ملایم شده ,
فضای کلی عطر : رایحه بخور ملایم و شفاف با کمی حالت ادویه ای و شیرین که هر چه از ابتدا گذر میکنیم رایحه شیرین و ادویه ای پر رنگ تر میشود ولی قادر به غلبه بر رایحه بخور نیست .
stalker758 – :
It smells like a bathroom cleaner, but a really good one. This is an incense fragrance that opens with a bang — a “blue” flame kind of effect carved from a snappy combo of aldehydes that gives it a feel not too far removed from one of those “blue” CdGs. From start to finish, it’s clean — like OCD clean — which seems odd against incense, but it does work somehow. What bothers me about it, though, is the slight herbal tinge that seems sage-like — a note that I’m jut not a fan of. Even though I don’t think this is something I’d wear by choice, I am impressed by how daring the approach is. I must admit, though, that it’s a very poor performer; all the good parts are gone within 20 minutes, and what’s left an insipid shadow of what came prior. If I were to sum it up in a just few words, I’d say it smells like someone just mopped the floor of a church with some top-shelf bleach.
Orerritueby – :
Knowing the grain copal incense I can say that I did not distinguish the notes in this fragrance.
Initially it is a marine and turn amber, but I do not see the note incense.
The holding is good but nothing special overall.
Slundruidly – :
When I originally heard the news of Copal Azul, I immediately thought about a cold / bright incense….well, this is not. At least not completely.
It opens with a sparkling and extremely clean incense note joined by a subtle ozonic accord. In this phase it vaguely brings to mind of other similarly themed incenses such as Liquide Imaginaires Sancti, Heeley’s Cardinal and, to a lesser extent, Andrea Maack Craft or even Comme Des Garcons Blue Encens. This phase doesn’t last long though and the fragrance morphes pretty quickly into a competent, if not completely deja-vu, sweet ambery incense middle-phase and drydown which are both comforting and boring at the same time.
Not bad after all. It’s absolutely pleasant and well done but, in my opinion, redundant and kind of formulaic too.
Rating: 6.5/10
mrcvn – :
Copal Azur by Aedes De Venustas and created by Bertrand Duchaufour is a new and fascinating take on the incense genre. Bertrand Duchaufour has created many memorable incense perfumes including Aedes’s own eponymous scent and the famous Avignon by Commes des Garcon.Here he creates a new genre.I’d call it “Tropical Incense” or “Oceanic Incense”.Too often these days are the launches of perfumes accompanied by marketing drivel and florid descriptions that rarely live up to the hype.Descriptions of exotic locales, rituals and rare ingredients fall flat as the reality is far different from the promised journey.Copal Azur is one of the few perfumes I’ve found that indeed does take you on the promised journey and what a journey it is.Designed to recall the juxtaposition of the scared Mayan incense Copal,the lush oceanic locale of Tulum,and the verdant Mayan jungle,Copal Azur starts with a powerful blast of incense apparently constructed from 3 different extractions of Frankincense as Copal itself is not used as a perfumery ingredient.The opening is eye- wateringly strong.Behind the incense lurks a marine like ozonic note but don’t worry aquatic phobes there’s no Calone like note here.Because of that the incense has less of a Catholic or liturgical feel. It’s more of a dry/bitter green ozonic note,almost chlorine like with a salty element.It has an airy and crisp feeling like staring into the depths of a deep blue cenote.Since cenotes usually occur at a fresh and salt water interface this makes perfect olfactory sense.Think of it as a salty fresh note,maybe Floralozone?.After a few minutes a tropical note begins to creep in.This is the note of the Mayan jungle.It is the scent of a distant jungle rot with a spicy sweet green accent provided by the Cardamom.Bertrand Duchaufour used a similar note in his excellent Aurore Nomade for The Different Company.In Aurore Nomade the floral element was turned up and accented with rum and spices.Here it’s much drier and airier.It’s like the distant humid veneer of the jungle made drier by the incense and ozonic notes.At this point Copal Azur really does provide a remarkable realistic feeling of being on the beach in Tulum surrounded by a cloud of burning copal resin.As the perfume reaches it’s middle stages it becomes slightly sweeter as the notes of Tonka bean and Amber make an entrance. The amber is meant to represent the fire that burns the sacred Copal. That sweetness is tempered by the patchouli and the Myrrh and the resinous smell of the Copal still swirls like a sweet smoke holding everything together.As Copal Azur dries down the notes meld seamlessly into each other into a resinous salty/fresh tropical blur.With a polite sillage and excellent longevity this is a must try for incense lovers and those that enjoy fresh tropical salty scents.It’s a new and daring take on incense.I truly enjoyed the journey.Bravo Bertrand Duchaufour and Aedes De Venustas!