Ephemera by Unsound: Bass, Noise and Drone 2/2
(this post starts here ) 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 supp