Boadicea Nemer, from Boadicea the Victorious was released in 2012. The perfumer behind this creation is Christian Provenzano. It has the top notes of Lemongrass, Pepper, Saffron, and Ylang-Ylang, middle notes of Rose, and base notes of Amber, Cashmere wood, Cedarwood, Cypriol Oil or Nagarmotha, Musk, Oakmoss, Patchouli, Sandalwood, and Vanilla.
This is a weird fragrance the progression of notes seem to go backwards! The opening is incredibly woody and Oud was the first thing I recognized but it's overpowered (no mean feat)and literally after a minute or so...Gone! This fragrance then begins to morph completely into a crazed scent which reminds me of public toilets. Really hate that analogy, it makes me sound like a philistine because this juice is one of the most opulent things I've ever smelled but unfortunately it has that eye watering thing of highly concentrated/industrial strength cleaning products. One tiny application and I can tell already this is up there with the strongest perfume I've ever got the chance to smell. It's not quite the urinal cake of Amouage Ciel man it's actually bearable. I get the rose aroma but it's very unconventional more like Turkish delight! Seriously that's what Nemer smells like and of course I assume they flavour Turkish delight with Turkish roses...so it makes sense. I know I'm a genius! :) So odd that the woods come on so strong at first and then transition not so subtly into a complete sharp floral bomb! I love saffron and I suspect that's where the sharpness is coming from, although with so many strong elements in here I couldn't pick it up for sure and I'm normally very sensitive to saffron. I thought Tigerwood was a golfer? well no wonder he gets laid so much if he smells this good, the woody element to this fragrance opens strong then sits gentle underneath for the duration of the experience. I can't help but admire this fragrance for it's gutsy approach and I'm positive many fragrance lovers will be bowled over by it, I am but not in the right way. It's weird because it doesn't smell of any of the component parts but all at the same time all of them at once...usually the mark of a great composition. Very high quality ingredients have been used and Nemer is a unique combination but everything is fighting for the limelight to my nose and as such nothing shines. Update: Oh yes the woods have come back out to play and the drydown is really really nice a such a contrast to that turbulent opening which lasts several hours.