Leather Forever

if too soon one would write a review, we can get quite a wrong image of this perfume. 'it is complicated'. the first impression of this perfume for me is at home with a Full Bottle of [Extrait de] Perfume 50mL for 370 euros. this is my way of acquiring perfume. I must admit that I thought this time, I blew it. but the core seemed to be: get used to this peculiar, strong, complex and multitudinous perfume. then the review will be more apt. firt days I sprayed three times, at my left pulse, and twice in the Nape of the Neck left and right, as I always do. (I must say the insight, of not using too much and especially not in the beginning, I have agreed upon and I seem to learn, but only so slowly and stubborn and stupid.) so with the three Spritzes it seemed as if a Freight Train had just drove into my Brains. it was almost to the point of unbearability. it was a thick wall of Leather, Castoreum and Oud. now I often, if not mostly, had and have such perfumes. 'Al Waad', Promise, I smelled through the sealed parcel, sealed perfume bottle and all wrapped in cellophane and packages, I smelled the perfume and immediately had a YES. although it also proved to be quite challenging. I have seven (six now) Oudh Infinis from Dusita. strangely, armored with the same inimpenetrable wall of Laotian Oud Palao (THE barnyard oud par excellence) and a hefty dose of civet, it first takes over the control and let you feel what perfume is all about. and in fact all Hookerperfumes of the 1980s, did the same. they were so exceedingly heavy and sultry and lush-louche, they annexated complete biomes around you. then the period of Montales, from 2003 until now (for me, that is), which all have a screechingly loud alarmist entrée. and that is only the entrée. but I have always loved his Rose-Ouds. yet for a moment I thought the De Gabor was too much. only now, today, after three hours of uninterrupted attacks with Leather Slabs, the perfume thaws up and here comes a beautiful Iris smell, along with an almost Fougere Structure. had the perfume immediately ressorted to this more serene place, I had found it less in character and quality. Saffron, Smoke, Truffle, check. and if I be the only person who smells the rosebud, then that is the case. Rose I always pick up upon. it is my flower. I think the Cinnamon, Amber, Styrax and Vanilla also bring softer spaces, hours, mixxologies with the perpetuous onslaught of Leather, Oud & Castoreum. animalics in perfume I swoon in. for exemple Marions-Nous of Oriza L Legrand opens up with the strongest Piss Smell of Civet and it makes the perfume for me. in Oudh Infini there is also a great tome of Civet. and Rose de Mai... I have a feeling this perfume has deserved the status 'Masterpiece' but can only be judged in months. (later) about the drydown of this perfume, one could write Volumes. I can smell where all the aromas are coming from, and so, yes indeed, all the Pomp & Circumstance were needed, to soften, make fluid like gauzes, waving like grasses and fields of lavender, dripping as rivulets of water but also clay from the banks of the Ganges, its further Prosperity. it is a far, soft land where I receive now these balming, soothing smells from. the transference did move slowly from the Initial Furor and Fervor drip by drip and second by second, slowly over in this rest. which already also lasts for hours. (it reminds me somewhat of Dusitas Issara.) but it is sweeter, more feminine, yes that must be the erratically named 'Rosebud' Note, with Amber, Musk, Vanilla. Cinnamon and perhaps the evening-out of Patchouli which also can have thousand faces. it is an Exemplary, Imperial, Exclusivist perfume with thousand Secrets. Chypre Palatin (above), although quite different, has perhaps a same impact. as also 'Al Waad' (Promise), Oudh Infini, chanel COCO, Cartier Oud & Rose. etcetera. in short: I am very lucky with the perfume and next are Geisha Diva and Darling Rouge, the White Flowers & Roses Roses Roses Bombs of the De Gabor. (now 280,00 € instead of 360 € [what I paid])