Sensuous Scholarship

"a metallic floral, the oxidation of woods and resins, smooth porcelain riddled with cracks but cracks incorporated, glazed and translucently hardened" "pure control, man-made intrusions on nature´s chaos and the ecstasy of drawing out the essence of things" "China White is a bone white floral, a fixture of ashes, burned to create an austere fragrance that is unbreakable while allowing vulnerability"  Preemptive Ramblings: Discussing the experiences that served as my initiation into the world of fragrances and an overall turn in approaching culture not from the fixed standpoint of reason and theory, but from sensory experiences and a bodily grounding in contemplating culture, China White isn´t just my first niche scent purchased, but the one encounter with a fragrance that showed me, that there is an art to it.  Not in the way that other scents were purely functional and thus inferior, but in showcasing a singular execution and one...

"A scent of quiet mysticism" "The oud and labdanum serve to make the rose appear in 360, fully fleshed out, with leaves, stems, and dirt attached to it. All this still serves to showcase a blackened but vermillion rose, deeply tinted and endlessly fragrant" (c) dior.com "Oud Ispahan is pure ornamental bliss" "The sandalwood in Oud Ispahan would be a damp but crisp wood, able to be squeezed, milked to release a rose-colored liquid, much like drinkable rose syrup in milk" Preemptive Ramblings:  This makes sense as my first review. In the journey of fragrances and other sensuous experience, Oud Ispahan marked the point of standing in a store and smelling something so outlandishly beautiful, that I understood the aims of high perfumery in a different light. While Noir de Noir by Tom Ford set off the bomb of me wading into the endless array of scents not just as a hobby but a field close to music, and China White by Nasomatto m...