I'm new and inexperienced here, but thought this topic might be a little specific for the newbie's board.
I tried Azzaro's Pure Vetiver quite a while back and had an ambiguous relationship with it. I found it interesting, green and bitter but somewhat synthetic and overpowering, and it clung to clothes like a bad curry. I put the central accord down to something to do with pepper, cardamom and tea/maté and, as I say, something about it did intrigue me.
I recently tried Eau d'Ombrie and, after much searching of the olfactory memory, realised it too has the same accord, once you've got past the booze in the opening. Ostensibly, the two don't share any notes according to the official versions. Whatever it is it is strongly reminiscent of a bag of dried red chillies but there are other spicy/woody/green inflexions.
What is it I'm smelling there?
I tried Azzaro's Pure Vetiver quite a while back and had an ambiguous relationship with it. I found it interesting, green and bitter but somewhat synthetic and overpowering, and it clung to clothes like a bad curry. I put the central accord down to something to do with pepper, cardamom and tea/maté and, as I say, something about it did intrigue me.
I recently tried Eau d'Ombrie and, after much searching of the olfactory memory, realised it too has the same accord, once you've got past the booze in the opening. Ostensibly, the two don't share any notes according to the official versions. Whatever it is it is strongly reminiscent of a bag of dried red chillies but there are other spicy/woody/green inflexions.
What is it I'm smelling there?
