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Pashok – :
A very nice incense fragrance but quite simple. How can you go wrong with incense, wood and sandalwood though. Good longevity and sillage.
mov1984 – :
This is one of the fragrances I am currently sampling from a discovery set. It is yet another fragrance from the set which surprise me a bit as my subscription was aimed to include fragrances for HER. And this fragrance by all means is very beautiful frankincense, strongly masculine especially in the dry down. It is obviously not for me, however I am sure that hubs would love it. If you are after classical incense/sandalwood/woodsy aroma go for it. Everything is very well blended. Someone below mentions E super, I can not find even a trace of it. Yep, overall very pleasant fragrance, nothing in it to be disliked.
diman123.09 – :
First Impressions:
A very promising rich, smooth, smokey frag but as it dries down the Iso E Super is the main thing I notice when I get wiffs.
ArxARV – :
This fragrance has very strong spicy and woody notes. Although it’s unisex, I prefer this on a man. Frederic Malle Monsieur is very similar though I think Oliban smells a touch more bitter. Great longevity!
Chibliobarcor – :
This is a dry, woody and masculine incense perfume of little interest. Maybe if it weren’t quit so hot today I would get more subtlety but as it is it’s very linear and the vetiver adds a soapy green note to the incense which I’m not enjoying.
PatrickJNK – :
Phaedon was a native from old Greece. Young man, he was taken prisoner during the battle between Sparta and Elis. While serving the meal in the house of his master, he answered to a question from Sócrate, who bought and made him his disciple. A scent hunter and collector of memories, Phaedon built simple and beautiful fragrances, through notes collected on his travels, such as Freesia from South Africa, Woody incense from Awaji, peppers from Egypt, essence of Malaga from Andalusia, etc.
Grisens is a cologne with an extremely natural content, which transmits the feeling of a pure perfume made in the oldest perfumery standard, when were used only natural ingredients and the fragrances “resting” inside tanks/bottles, until becoming relics.
There’s not much mystery or complexity in its creation, since it is a very linear scent. It is, from the beginning to the end, incense. Its notes are incense, sandalwood and wood. But the incense dominates!
It’s a trip to a spiritual ritual – whatever is your religion – surrounded by many incenses on all sides. But it is a less “smoky” incense than some that I have already felt. It’s definitely established in the territory of unisex fragrances and, I believe, should not vary if used by women. I just avoid excess, in their case.
Median/low projection with long lasting. Made for incense lovers.
iizemlyakov – :
Testing Phaedon GRISENS essentially blind, with no knowledge even of the house’s name (my sample vial indicated only “Grisens”), I first detected citrus, then vetiver, then a kind of vague greenishness. After a few minutes, the incense quality of this composition settled in, and I felt that there was some sort of blanketing base–musk? labdanum? a combination of the two?–to which the incense became attached. It smells rather nice to my nose and also has a kind of comfort scent effect.
GRISENS is primarily an incense perfume, but I think that its texture is less dry than most of the others I’ve tried, and I do not believe that the notes listed above are complete. I find this composition to be slightly more masculine than feminine, but it’s definitely still firmly situated in unisex territory and worthy of testing by any incense or woody perfume lover.
filin-2 – :
Anytime I see a new straight-forward incense composition I get so excited but I’ve to say that Grisens left me somehow unsatisfied. If you’re already familiar with fragrances such as Josef Statkus EDP, Herve Domar Diamant Noire and Dior’s Mitzah (yes, I said it), there’s nothing new to experience here. Grisens is a straight-forward incense/sandalwood/cedarwood compositiion with the addition of a subtle minty hint on top. Less sweet than the Herve Domar, more minimalistic than both Mitzah and the Josef Statkus but overall it still results like a starving to death love son of the aforementioned fragrances…
Close to the skin, weak lasting power. Nice but without the ability to stand out in this crowded territory.
Rating: 6.5/10
paradox54 – :
Incense and wood. Interesting because the woods used, unlike for example in Dior Homme, are warm, not chilly as Jude Law’s eyes. Lasts about four hours on my skin.