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· March 2, 2008 7:21 PM by
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Posted by Dain, Sunday, March 02, 2008 5:19 PM (Eastern)
Inside Sainte-Chapelle, in Paris, the inspiration
for my college application essay.
for my college application essay.
If Angélique Encens is incense lite, and Messe de Minuit is incense conceptual, then you might say that Incensi is incense Platonic.
Which is to say, it is a straightforward representation of traditional resins and gums: elemi, galbanum, labdanum, benzoin, myrrh, styrax, tolu, sandalwood, and frankincense, laced with spices (pepper, cinnamon, and ginger). Within the blurring chaos, sandalwood, frankincense, and myrrh are the most prominent, exuberant yet brooding all at once. Incensi smells exactly like a church, the narcotic, magical breath of God. So concrete, and yet so metaphorical: you can see the thuribles swaying before a procession of monks, the jeweled roses of stained glass, the shadowy corners where the echoes of Latin gather dust, the quintessence of high mass. It is possible I find it so profoundly evocative because I associate incense with the more meditative atmosphere of a Buddhist temple. Catholics might sniff and think, "Why smell like Sunday?" But if you ask me, Incensi is the best of the three, and without the built-in imagery of Dietrich and melancholy ruins. I like the Creed and ETRO, but this is a perfume worthy of Morgan le Fay's pulse points.
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March 2, 2008 7:21 PM,
Erm...why smell like Sunday? lol
The one incense-y perfume I've liked was Etro's Shaal Nur. On me this was a fusion of lemon and incense. My kids weren't nuts about it on me, otherwise I would have considered it.
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