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vas2798 – :
Et tu, L’Artisan? Iso E Super. Too much of it. Could’ve been an enchanting cool forest scent as promised, but no, the Iso E is virtually all I can smell.
Ah well. It’s okay, L’Artisan; I still love lots of your OTHER scents.
Taylor_fromAD – :
Nocturnal, dewy forest.
bocman696 – :
Wild zigzagging slalom ride through northern forests. Stunningly spare austere Nordic woods, cold, an icy blue on the nose as well as to the eye. Opens up with a wisp of smoke so sharp I almost thought ‘bbq chips’ but it passed in a moment to become a glorious pagan wild incense, cycling into a much warmer resiny incense with deep dry warm woods beneath. Lingering sap and toasty sawdust hangs on faintly for a little more.
Stone love if it could sustain those wonderful phases, but in fact they hurtle past scarily quickly … the zingy assault of the open lasts for maybe a quarter of an hour, each phase after that maybe an hour more, barely there by 4h in. A scent not strong enough to last the rugged journey it wants to take you on. About as expensive as your own private Norwegian forest reserve, too – and nearly impossible to find where I live. But I love every maddening moment of it. Will probably settle for some CDG HInoki or Aesop Hwyl instead, even though (I love them both) neither quite hits the heights of Tenebrae’s high points… as both offer slightly better though still frustrating performance.
gudza5833 – :
A bright incense laden offering, this perfume showcases the sunnier side of frankincense. Mixing the frankincense with plant resin, fir, tree sap and earthy notes the perfumer creates a radiant if somewhat familiar fragrance. Given the glut of incense based perfumes in the market this may seem a bit repetitive but give it a try. It does have its charms. Unlike other brooding balsamic beauties (Norne or Lavs) this one is more airier and cheerier. Nice blending, unisex with moderate to strong sillage, projection and longevity. Enjoy!
strah-trah – :
The more perfumes I evaluate from the Natura Fabularis collection, the more obvious it becomes to me that there is something strange about the approach that L’Artisan Parfumeur had for the collection. The members give so much impression that the creative direction of the collection passed through the hands of more than one person as also produce the feeling that the collection was stretched for 6 members without there being an increase on the money to produce them. This makes it lack both a creative identity and the same level of finish in the aroma itself. It seems that the perfumes whose numbers are larger came later and that are exactly those that bring the problems to the collection.
Tenebrae 26 makes me wonder if the idea of the collection was spun afterwards to the perfumes themselves or if they just did not bother to maintain the coherence. After all, do you propose an imaginary garden and then put the concept of a dense black forest in the middle of it? Coherence sent a hug and said that she misses L’Artisan. This is the second incense perfume in the collection and just as Mirablis is lukewarm, it seems an unfinished idea or a reuse of some commercial formula. There are nuances of a green scent and something that brings the idea of sap, but the scent itself depends heavily on musks and velvety and woody materials that do not even create the sensation of a dense black forest. The aura of the perfume is very familiar, however a bit dull that does not remind you what the reference is being emulated here.
poxipoll – :
Atmospheric, baleful, haunting notes that create a forestscape I’ve only experienced in fantasy. A cold, ominous wind in a dark fairy tale forest! Chill pine envelopes everything in its sweet and wintry cloak. There’s an earthy undercurrent, like desolate ground that’s been freshly trod. The tingling sense of being watched in the woods . . . footprints on the path. It gives you a icy feeling, and you are drawn into a surreal world that is made possible by Daphne Bugey’s scent imagery.
This is my second of L’Artisan’s Natura Fabularis Collection and I’m captivated. This is perfume artistry at its best. An irresistible magnetism that transports you to a locus of forest magic. Granted, it has the mediocre sillage and longevity L’Artisan is known for. But Tenebrae’s extraordinary passage to a realm only reached through imagination offsets the challenge. Bring on a heavy hand applying! I’m ready to travel!
andre.kot – :
I tried it on some days ago and liked it a lot; pity for the almost non existent longevity and extreme softness, that makes it almost undetectable.
ashli – :
Nice shady coniferous blend on the sharp side though.
JASTREBKILL – :
This is a nice daytime perfume (good for the office because it is very soft). I put a lot on and it’s still hard to smell (basically i used the whole luckyscent sample but still hard to smell). it’s a light fragrant woody vs. hit you over the head with the wood/fir. not convinced that it’s worth it for the money but i do like the scent.
Doneecora – :
This has all the notes I like, but you have to douse yourself in this. It’s very soft. Spicy and woody.
March 2017 LuckyScent Sampler.
svatik – :
After the top notes are gone, it develops into a very metallic and unpleasant smell…. I guess it’s the Sap, but in my skin it doesn’t work at all….
Really a pity, it’s the first Artisan perfume that produced such a bad reaction in me : I need to wash my wrists…..now!
burhik – :
The notes sound perfect, but if the performances are identical to the regular fragrances of this house (weak), I will never pay 160 EUR.