Description
“SACRED eau de parfum is exclusively made with all-Australian native ingredients including:- West Australian Sandalwood (Santalum Spicatum), Tasmanian Boronia absolute (Boronia Megastima), Red Desert Rosewood (Eremophilia Michelli) from Far North Queensland, Blue Cypress (Callitris intratropicai) from the Tiwi islands/Northern Territory, Honey Myrtle (Melaleuca armillaris) from South Australia and Nerolina (Melaleuca quinquenervia) from New South Wales. This incredible natural fragrance is rich, sweet and floral/fruity with a powerful woodiness that lasts the distance. It smells as if you’ve stepped inside a Namatjira painting; the endless and timelessly beautiful Australian landscape (without the stereotypical ‘Gum-tree’ aroma). SACRED perfume is absolutely stunning; it incorporates some of the most beautiful and expensive natural ingredients in the world.” – a note from the brand.
Sacred by Teone Reinthal Natural Perfume is a Floral Fruity fragrance for women and men. The nose behind this fragrance is Teone Reinthal. The fragrance features australian sandalwood, boronia, palisander rosewood, cypress, myrtle, camphor and sweet notes.
2z1k – :
i’ve worn and tested this perfume more than a few times, and done research into its individual notes and what i’m smelling. the landscape this paints is altogether foreign to me, but piece by piece i’m beginning to understand. initially, this smelled intensely solid and medicinal. now, however, after some perseverance and understanding, i’m able to pick out and comprehend individual facets. the opening was the most difficult part to decipher. camphoraceous, lemony, woody, floral, fruity and sweet in respective order of what i detect. i recognise the boronia from this having smelled it before in other compositions, and of course the camphor, but now i realise the honey myrtle is what plays a big part in this. alongside the camphor is a weird lemony-woodiness that i would typically associate with elemi, however this is less piercing and more natural and slightly, ever so slightly, honey-sweet. i see on fragrantica it’s listed as ‘sweet notes’ however i believe this is attributed to nerolina, a sweet bloom in the same family as the tea tree, which is present in the notes on teone’s website. at the same time, this perfume is dry, which is why i think initially it smelled medicinal. it has a kind of dried, herbal-woody, natural-ointment-apothecary, maybe even a herbal tea-type vibe in my mind. as this scent develops, it becomes more fresh and woody, with the cypress in particular making itself known with other soft woody notes in the background, warm and deepening, but still with those cool camphorous-lemony threads winding their way through. ah, and now an hour later, i’m beginning to detect more the creamy sandalwood emanating from the base. ok, this is quite gorgeous now, almost in an oddly gourmand way, and i am in no shape or form a fan of gourmands. the wood and camphor drives it from being a creamy lemon and honey dessert extravaganza thankfully. i’m fascinated by this perfume because i don’t fully understand it – yet, but i’m making progress. it’s truly unlike anything i’ve smelled in perfumery before, but it is a bit beyond my comfort zone for a personal scent at the moment, especially in the opening. however i would love this as a natural incense or even a room scent, it’s gorgeously atmospheric and mysterious, woody and clean, sweet with the growing sandalwood presence in the base just rounding out everything.
also of note: i believe the version of ‘sacred’ i have is now an outdated version, as since teone has added more boronia to the composition, as noted on her website.
Vander – :
I agree with panda0410 that this fragrance is that of “walking through a dry, Australian forest in the temperate summer heat”
Sacred is richly evocative of youthful holidays walking the dusty/sandy tracks to the river in Australian bush areas – in the shade under the gums on a hot, dry day.
The top notes I get are camphorous sweet Nerolina supported beautifully by Boronia’s fresh floral note and cool Cypress. The fragrance is softened and grounded by the rosewood and the slightly dusty sandalwood.
I get a soft to moderate sillage and moderate longevity.
Very lovely Australian natural fragrance.
vetl151515 – :
I want to try this and any of her perfumes so bad! If anyone has samples to swap or share please let me know!
ro1981man – :
So this just got listed on Fragrantica (I’ve been nursing a small decant for months) and I’m both thrilled and dismayed. Thrilled because Sacred is truly like nothing I’ve ever sniffed in the world of perfumery. Dismayed because this is one of the most sublime fragrances I ever come across and I’m bereft of words to describe it.
The iconoclasm of this fragrance starts with the rare botanical essences that Teone Reinthal uses. So rare that Fragrantica has difficulty listing them in the note pyramid. For example, Meleleuca Quinquenervia isn’t even in their database; it’s not listed. And the honey myrtle here is Meleleuca Armillaris, entirely different from the more common Myrtus Communis you get in most perfumes and essential oil form. In addition, the palisander rosewood listed in the pyramid is a completely different genus to the Eremophila Mitchelii used here altogether. It is known by various indigenous names such as buddhawood, native sandalwood and yes, rosewood which all adds to the confusion and mystique surrounding this endemic Australian tree.
Suffice to say, this smells altogether groundbreaking. I believe Teone Reinthal is on to something here. Call me crazy but the scent reminds me of fizzy milky rum. It has got SPARKLING LACTONIC tones like no other: think carbonated Jolly Shandy with a wanton dollop of whipped cream. But no, it’s not gourmandy, nor even boozy. The most rational description I can give is that of a milky, woody scent. And its fizzy. Surely this deserves a whole new fragrance category. Either that or I’m bat shit crazy.
I’ve to say I’m not from Australia, which may explain why the fragrance doesn’t have the “right” kind of associative imagery for me. Yet in a way, I’m coming to it as a blank slate, with no preconceptions. Most of the notes are a first for me. And the experience? Astounding, out-of-this-world beauty. And it speaks to me, in spirit, if not in form.
Whatever it is, Sacred makes me wanna run out into a thunderstorm and stand amidst howling winds and sleeting rain. It’s wild elemental force soaks me to the bone. I know it’s contrarian to the sort-of Bailey’s Irish Cream image. But it is what it is. Now you know why I’m dismayed. This review just might undermine my credibility as a critic forever.
Best creation from this house. No doubt in my mind, whatsoever.
neursiori – :
This is a beautiful illustration of an early Australian summer! A warm summer breeze; a honeyed floral breath with lemon overtures, the honey myrtle reminds me so much of the lemon eucalypts, with their coppery pink bark and the fragrantly rich wafts they drive through a sunny December day. Lots of soft, fragrant woods, and a green, aromatic but slightly herbaceous scent that reminds me of melaleuca. This fragrance is deeply reminiscent of walking through a dry, australian forest in the temperate summer heat, the gum trees laden with soft creamy blooms. Rich, honeyed, fruity florals lingering, with the warm balmy zephyrs soothing the soul.