doomsday_disco Report post Posted February 5 Tobacco Absolute and Cherry Chypre. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshinedaisybliss Report post Posted March 5 When I first put this on, there was a slightly medicinal tone and I thought uh-oh… is this the sharp kind of tobacco that I don’t enjoy? But just a few minutes later that was all gone, and there it is – that gorgeous golden, warm sticky tobacco that I love. The cherry chypre isn’t particularly fruity, it’s not sweet, and it’s definitely not foody – it’s not even a real strong cherry as such, it’s quite dry and woody, as you would expect from a “chypre”. The cherry vibe is in there, but it’s really not a main player here – as in it’s not a cherry-forward blend. Imagine you come across a super old wooden barrel used for years to hold cherries, but it’s been sitting out in the sun and now there’s just a hint of the cherry juices that were soaked into the wood – that’s what this brings to mind. Overall, I find this to be quite a mellow mix of warm golden tobacco, soft warm wood, and a gentle touch of warm cherry. It’s not super punchy, it’s actually quite soft with fairly low throw – one of those warm and comforting blends that’s best enjoyed up close. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gentle-twig Report post Posted March 25 (edited) As advertised and yet unexpected. The cherry chypre dominates the opening, sweet, red, and juicy. Some might get cough medicine from this, but for me it is relatively bright and juicy for a cherry accord, with the chypre adding some shadowy depth. Gradually, the chypre elements gain hold and the scent acquires that “pinched” quality that certain vintage chypres possess (think miss Dior). The tobacco starts to come in. I was thinking this might be a big round pipe tobacco, which often has those cherry nuances. But actually, the composition is quite angular with the components remaining wonderfully distinct, and the tobacco is reminiscent more of snuff than pipe tobacco: dusty, almost “scratchy,” and bright. Although a lot of the words I’m using her might be used by others negatively, I’m relieved that this blend contains so much textural interest where it could just be flat and sweet. There’s something about this that reminds me of my first forays into BPAL (I’m reminded especially of GC Nosferatu), although it reads as recent BPAL in a good way, imo. This is a cozy, easy, perhaps somewhat masculine cherry blend that eschews sweetness to a surprising degree after that first blast of cherry. It’s not the kind of thing I usually go for, but I am quite enjoying my decant and may upgrade to a bottle. I’m excited to see how this wears in the late summer/early fall! Agree with sunshinedaisybliss that this is a pretty intimate scent, but given the way it conjures a suedelike, mossy and tobacco dusted “surface,” it feels appropriate that it should cling close to the skin. ETA— Layered with Goose Moon, the effect is quite tart. I noticed side by side that the cherry chypre reads juicier than the comparatively flat cherry top note of goose moon. I wonder if it has a touch of bergamot in the chypre structure producing that effect. In any case, the brighter cherry melds with the shining plum of Goose Moon to produce a much stronger juicy fruit impression than either do alone. The chypre texture is there as well, and the eventually it dries down to a dry woody tobacco—more velvety than scratchy. Edited Thursday at 04:54 PM by gentle-twig Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
