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julia250 – :
Roge’, my dear, yours is the most hilarious review I’ve read on Fragrantica! Maybe the most hilarious review I’ve read anywhere – well, except for that one on Amazon about the espresso tamper.
Thanks for making my evening. 😉
dimdark – :
Very pretty mix of black tea (which should be added in the notes) and bitter orange. As always with MCG, the fragrance really ‘clicks’, all pieces fit together into one coherent blend. But as often is the case as well with this brand, the fragrance doesn’t last that long. Good if you’re looking for something that gives you a happy feeling, even for a short while.
Aleksander – :
Citrus and fig leaf and soap, maybe a bit of wood. Only lasted a couple hours.
pahis – :
Olympic National Forest this is not. Amazon Rainforest this is not. Actually, this doesn’t smell forest-like at all. I don’t know about you guys but Maria got me out here smelling like my 7th grade locker room. All the accords from the athletic facility are here. The musky fumes from sports gear, the numerous vapors emanating from bar soaps and the masculine freshness from the speed sticks of the world. The only thing missing are the dirty metallic benches. Back to the subject of the fragrance: This opens with a smell that i can only describe as isopropyl alcohol then it quickly settles to that locker room accord that i mentioned consisting of musky citrus, musky woods, and all the green soaps in existence…..And that my friend is Lankaran Forest. Nothing more nothing less. The scent becomes more peaceful over time. If you’re patient enough to wait for the drydown, you will notice the mixture taking the sweet route. Don’t get caught up in the mentioning of sweet stuff though. The sweet notes alone isn’t the redeeming quality to an otherwise basic fragrance. This is my first venture into the Maria Candida line and I’m gonna need Maria to step it up!!!
igornagnubeda – :
Lankaran forest was received today as an additional sample to a purchase. There is an olfactive pyramid that is more replete listed on base notes. It is: top notes of bitter orange and petit grain, middle notes of lankaran black tea, lichens accord, sandalwood, leaves, sacred woods accord.
This is not my typical scent, but I like it! The opening is such a stiff gin and tonic, that I am instantly beset with ghosts of hangovers past. Fortunately, the citrus and black tea take more of a lead not long after blending together to become a refreshing cheery forest. In this forest, I imagine there are large sap drenched evergreen trees, with brown needles crunching beneath my feet. Peel an orange with a cup of black tea, and you have lankaran forest. I find this scene, and scent, simultaneously exhilarating and serene.
The composition is unisex, and grows sweeter as it develops. Subjectively a steep price tag considering it only last 2 hours on skin, but holds more steadfast on clothing.
dud2510 – :
Other things are present but on my skin, it smells like Old Bay… a spice mix used on seafood in my home state of Maryland. Nostalgic but not a wearable scent for me.
spiker13 – :
Pettigrain and a citric opening gives a fresh lightness to a forest scent. The tea and lichen with the woody notes give this a modern spring and summer scent for forest type scent lovers. This isnt heavy at all. Beautifully done and lovely for someone looking for a unique artisan scent. Unisex in nature.