The opening is a smoke grenade of dark, earthy-incense high-altitude Maroke oud.
To capture a ‘smokey-tone, perfumers typically go for birch tar, burnt frankincense, or the like. Of course, ‘smokey-here doesn-t = incense chords or heavy oudy notes.
That-s why in those compositions, tar and acrid burnt notes dominate, and it-s why you-d inevitably fail to find a true smokey attar, where smokey = resinous incense vapor. Why you-d always end up with an echo of ash instead of deliciously heated agarwood chips.
Inspired by the oud attar Black Changho (sold out), EO Black doesn-t smell of ash or burnt-black gum. Instead, walls of resinous incense waft around you courtesy of artisanal Papuan oud steeped in vintage Timor sandalwood, finished with a splash of patchouli to compliment the earthy drydown.
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My fragrance of the day, which has accompanied the rain and me since this morning, is EO Black. One of the darkest fragrances in my collection and probably by far the smokiest fragrance on this planet. I feel transported into the deep jungle where the dense covers the sun. Below me damp, bitter soil. Patchouli mixes with this primal moisture, this bitter note that already comes from the oud. An intense and powerful aura unfolds from the oud but this aura splits. A fork in the road shows the individual facets of Cambodian and Papuan Oud. A cold suddenly comes out, cool, desolate. The incense wanders through the dense, dark notes and appears brute, powerful together with the ouds.
Like a force of nature – EO Black!