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Slightly warm, yet fresh, spicy opening with nutmeg and cardamom. I get a slight cinnamon warming up the spice blend. Mid quickly takes over with a sweet date and rose accord with a butteriness added by saffron. Rose is kind of jammy without being cloying. Almond, heliotrope and a clean muskiness take over in the base. Wafts of soapy aldehydes fade in and out throughout the wearing experience. Final dry down of ambroxan after about 7-8 hours. Gives a vibe of very posh, high quality almond blossom lotion.
Walk up to an aged fig tree, late summer, loaded with fruit. Snap a fig leaf, smell the astringent greenness. Watch the milky substance ooze out, rub it between your fingers, smell the slightly sweet coconut-ness. Sniff a freshly cut pear. Bite into a soft ripe fig. Put your nose to the lichen covered bark of the aged fig tree, breathe it in.
Bitter, earthy, spicy opening, a bit like cut parsnips. Bitterness dies down pretty quickly. Rindy bitter orange with nice dry spices carry the top into a mid with a kind of geranium and a mineral earthiness. Base of a vetiver hand creamy vibe ever so slightly sweetened with benzoin. Final dry down is mostly a light ambroxan skin smell after about 6 hours. Timeless, modern, masculine, classic Elena.