by Mark
Often, when speaking of a master composition in any medium, we say it is greater than the sum of its parts.
Often, when reading the list of notes in a fragrance, I notice that I can't detect many of them, and that one or two ingredients seem to be running the show.
Fumerie Turque is an example of neither situation; it is exactly the sum of its parts, and yet this description does not do it justice.
The list of notes is lengthy, exotic, and, in the Lutens style, something like a caravan wreck. It doesn't seem possible that one could pick them all out in the finished product, but with the exception (for me) of juniper, I think they can indeed all be detected.
This is one of the most comforting fragrances I have found. It is sweet and smoky, chewy and leathery, animalic and flowery. All of these characteristics coexist not only peacefully, but blissfully.
Having said that... I will now let the list speak for itself.
Often, when reading the list of notes in a fragrance, I notice that I can't detect many of them, and that one or two ingredients seem to be running the show.
Fumerie Turque is an example of neither situation; it is exactly the sum of its parts, and yet this description does not do it justice.
The list of notes is lengthy, exotic, and, in the Lutens style, something like a caravan wreck. It doesn't seem possible that one could pick them all out in the finished product, but with the exception (for me) of juniper, I think they can indeed all be detected.
This is one of the most comforting fragrances I have found. It is sweet and smoky, chewy and leathery, animalic and flowery. All of these characteristics coexist not only peacefully, but blissfully.
Having said that... I will now let the list speak for itself.
Perfumer: Christopher Sheldrake
Year: 2003
Notes: Currants, White Honey, Candied Turkish Rose, Egyptian Jasmine, Smoked Leather, Beeswax, Balkan Tobacco, Peru Balsam, Patchouli, Tonka Bean, Styrax, Juniper, Vanilla
Thanks for a great review. :) I really love my Fumerie Turque - actually I really love all of them from the Caractere line of SL.
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Chewy, you say?
ReplyDeleteI'll have to give my Fumerie Turque another sniff.
I love this stuff.
Yeah, somehow Lutens/Sheldrake manage to make masterpieces out of spice stew.