Eau de Parfum

“Fumabat has perfumer Parid Cefa approaching the time-tested leather chypre with an attention to elements heretofore missing from the style that reached its zenith in the late 70s. Yes, IBQ (isobutylquinoline, also known as pyroline) is here, with its verdant, grassy, rooty, spicy bite, dosed impeccably, which can’t be said for other more recent efforts to recapture this style. However, there is a smokiness merging with galbanum and pine that imparts a more rustic sensation of pinon resin incense burning in a wood cabin.

Growing more shadowy, inky, and brooding, the incense sensation grows stronger as olibanum resin is more apparent, along with something that reminds of the way geranium leaves smell under the sun. I wear this as I listen to atmospheric ambient music and I have an urge to look out my window and just watch the trees and shrubs rustle in the breeze. Fumabat smolders, it evokes glowing embers that slowly fade into ash. This is one that sends me to my own personal “happy” place, which always somehow has a hint of melancholy.” — alphairone, fragrantica

NOTES

green tea
galbanum
mint absolute
bulgarian black pine
carnation
somalian frankincense
vetiver
leather
oakmoss
patchouli

NOSE — Parid Cefa

United States, 2017

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