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kzokoli – :
I also don’t smell much of anything incense-y here. To me, it has a slightly medicinal scent. I really can’t pick out any individual notes either. It’s not unpleasant, but not a fragrance I’d be interested in buying a bottle of. I’ll hold onto the sample and try it again on a cold day to see if that makes a difference.
kerz_serega – :
Beautifully unisex. On me I get a lot of cardamom, citrus, woods, pepper and salt. It smells fresh, spicy and very clean, and the notes together blend into something like leather. I think this is a classy take on incense. I find that actual incense smells pretty gross and hippy-dippie (unkempt, kind of musty) but the citrus keeps it light and fresh. It’s certainly not sweet and not floral, so if you like scents like that, go for it. I personally don’t get a lot of musk and i find it quite appealing on a crisp winter day. I really like it but I do prefer the fruitier Malin + Goetz Dark Rum which fits the same fragrance category so I won’t be buying a new bottle once this runs out. It can be worn as a signature I think, as it smells quite unique yet it still very inoffensive.
247 – :
Calvini puts it perfectly–there’s a surprising absence of incense in Rag & Bone’s Encens. I get a mix of pepper, incense, cistus, and a bit of musk. It’s not especially fun or wintery or pleasant at all, really, not nearly the interesting creations of Amber and Oddity that I’ve tried that past couple of days. Certainly try before you buy as the name is a bit misleading.
Not terrible, but mediocre enough that I’ll discard my sample.
5 out of 10
major – :
Top: black pepper, elemi, bergamot
Middle: myrrh, incense, oliban
Base: cistus, amber, musk
This doesn’t actually smell very incensy