Scentrack:
Hindi Zahra – Un Jour
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| Source: Proraso |
From the beginnings of the fragrance
community there is a persistent tendency for starting a hype train. Several YouTube
reviewers were known for (un)successful hype train creations. Successful hype
trains are usually like an atomic fission chain reaction, and soon the whole community
is overwhelmed with reviews of the same fragrance. Unfortunately, hype trains
are often unjustified and just a tool for gaining some kind of prestige within
the community. Personally, I consider hype trains as a childish attempt to
present a fragrance as a universal “lady killer”, “panty dropper”, “compliment
getter” etc. In my humble opinion, love for a certain fragrance is strictly a personal
act. A manifestation of my personality or a current state within the fragrant
molecules.
What is the reason of this prologue? Maybe
a possible try to start my own hype train, the first and last, after I sniffed
and bought Proraso Wood and Spice. Not to create my own energetic pendulum as
Vadim Zeland claims, just to pinpoint that one could find a beautiful fragrance
creation on totally unexpected place. Mysterious are the ways of perfumery.
Finally, how does it smell? Wood and Spice
are the beautiful hybrid of classic Italian colonia genre and contemporary
Oriental tendencies in perfumery. For an Eau de Cologne, this creation is rather
strong and long lasting. The main player is the saffron note, combined with
gentle, yet dirty cumin note. This cumin note gives a typical Oriental dissonance,
off putting to some. The spicy part of the fragrance is combined with woody
part, made of cedar and very polite darker oud accord or a touch of Guaiac wood.
Beneath all, one could sense some gentle amber-like bottom, which is somehow
muted with the oud or maybe the source of this oud mirage. Interesting is the
very faint green violet leaf which combined with this amber reminds me of
Narciso Rodriguez for Him. However, Wood and Spice reminds me more of Lubin
Idole or Bentley for Him Absolute due to the strong saffron note. Sweet and
woodsy part strongly reminds me of Calvin Klein Obsessed Absolute.
Additionally, it possesses some distant Oriental echo of Laudano Nero.
Spice and Wood is a fairly linear and
somehow rough fragrance, but successfully satisfies my need for cliché niche Oriental
fragrances like Idole, Laudano Nero or even long gone M7. There is plenty of
good news here, but the bad news is that probably the whole collection is discontinued. Grab it now,
and you will thank me later.
Longevity/ Projection
Solid (6-8 hours) / Average
Suggested Wearing
Evening and Nighttime / Casual
Alternatives
Lubin Idole & Bentley for Men Intense
- saffron
Calvin Klein Obsessed for Men Intense –
same dark and sweet woods
Tiziana Terenzi Laudano Nero & YSL M7 –
some similar oudy vibe
Pros
Unbelievably similar to several Oriental
standards within the community
Solid performance
Easy to wear
Great bang for the buck
Cons
Linear
Standard Oriental creation
Probably discontinued
Rating
8.5/10
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