Ephemera by Unsound: Bass, Noise and Drone 2/2
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The three fragrances have a strong impact and are quite intense, with a life that surprised me: hours and hours on skin, even days on clothes! Naturals contained in them accent and offer interesting shades, but are the synthetics the ones which provide stability to the compositions over the hours, which are quite linear throughout their duration.
The three fragrances have a strong impact and are quite intense, with a life that surprised me: hours and hours on skin, even days on clothes! Naturals contained in them accent and offer interesting shades, but are the synthetics the ones which provide stability to the compositions over the hours, which are quite linear throughout their duration.
Bass
is a beautiful and very challenging aromatic dominated by mastic,
combined with incense, cedarwood and oakmoss, plus a hint of tea
(that special tea with leathery and smoky notes, Lapsang Suchong
type); I also detect IBQ (but maybe it is the mastic/leather/tea
accord, that gives that "smoked leather" effect). The
result is fascinating, with a very strong personality, intense, dark,
bitter, cold, vaguely ominous and thus irresistible. I've worn it
with true joy, this is an exciting scent.
Noise
is the most wearable of the three, bright aldehydes (so many) and
ozonic notes are supported by cistus labdanum and accented by saffron
and black pepper. The result is intriguing, fresh, bitter and dry up
total astringency, and carries a certain outside-the-box elegance.
Good job, both intellectually speaking, and in terms of wearability.
Drone
is the only one I really found it hard to wear. It unleashed an
emotion of fear so evident and unpleasant that I'm not sure I could
understand it properly, and then if I can tell you about it as I
should. There are aldehydes. Aldehydes, aldehydes and some more
aldehydes. To further cool the juice, a note of cold juniper and
bright white musks. The result reminds me of a surgical room:
disconcertingly cold, metallic, aseptic -surgical, I'd say- and
dazzling. I imagine some people are surely searching the world for a
scent like this…
In their website there's an online store selling a sample set for 10 euros, if you feel like making the whole experience, that's a good starting point!
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