Annales Veteris et Novi Testamenti

[Ina Garten Davita]

Fossilized amber, dusty white sandalwood, galbanum, balsam of Peru, and brown oakmoss.

[zankoku_zen]

Amber, resins, and a whiff of oakmoss. This smells like old venerable amber. Good throw and wear length.

 

Amber lovers, take note.

[Lucchesa]

Lovely old-fashioned powdery amber and sandalwood are the dominant notes.  I thought from the context (17th century bible scholarship) that it might be dusty and dry, but the oakmoss means that it’s beautifully balanced between ethereal and earthly. This was a second tier choice for me as some of the decants I wanted were sold out, but I’m enjoying it a lot.

[Little Bird]

Someone sent me a partial bottle of this as a gift and I'm very thankful.  This has a lot of my favorite notes in it, but it didn't show up on my radar for some reason.  It's like having a creamy sandalwood that's been dipped in golden resins, with one of the most beautiful drydowns ever.  Whenever I wear this, I keep thinking of frankincense with it's golden, sour-sweet character.  It has a really good, non-powdery, labdanum/amber richness and warmth, on a bed of just slightly earthy, sour, dry, sophisticated oakmoss.  After about 3 hours, this reminds me of some of my favorite shops full of solid resins and old, vanillic books, with a slight, clove-like warmth and spiciness.  I love it and actually don't find it to be too powdery (I strongly dislike it when amber and sandalwood go powdery - this is more creamy and resinous).

[Claire-of-the-Valley]

Now this is a perfume that very much conjures an image of an old, grand library, more than most other library based perfumes I've so far come across. In the bottle, this smells overwhelmingly like dust at first. Likewise, when I first put it on dust was a very powerful note, so I was a little unsure how this was going to go. XD The bottle has now aged for a few days and that first note has shifted more to dust and amber, which is a lot more palatable. It really does smell like an aged book, which is pretty neat.

 

As it dries it becomes far more reminiscent of a beeswax candle, warm and soothing, but also aged. This aged quality contains a touch of amber still and possibly oakmoss. I can't comment on the other notes as I'm not familiar with, but there is a depth I can't quite describe, so they could very well be at play.

 

All in all, this is a keeper for me. I really love the atmosphere it captures and the way it's aged so far over a few days. Truly a lovely scent.

[Maggi]

I agree with the all the above opinions. This is a fantastic perfume. Someone recommended it to me when I was searching for more bpal similar to Faster Kittycat. It’s not the same but is similar in the dusty chypre and amber aspect. It’s like old books and classic perfume. The writer of ascentaday on Wordpress hit the nail on the head when she likened it to a masculine Chanel 5. But this is not like the edt, more like the smoothness of the parfum. A drop on my wrists and it wafts around me in a beautiful way, good throw and smooth dry down.

[ghoulnextdoor]

 Rich, earthy and slightly bitter balsam and leathery-green oakmoss lend some glam-gorgeous 70’s chypre vibes to a dusty, crumbling dinosaur vertebrae propped on an ancient piece of driftwood in a vast warehouse of musty arcane books and bones.

[MonBon]

Amber slut reporting for duty, I adore this!! I just love the way this scent makes me feel sophisticated and comfortable in my own skin. It's musky, powdery, sensual but also resinous, luminous, complex. The galbanum and oakmoss add a green twinkle to what would otherwise be a puddle of gold-flecked resins. This has a similar feel to the amber in The Serpent in The Roses. Scholarly chic, LOVE. 🧡

[spaghettysburg]

The opening of this smells exactly like caper berries to me, but it quickly settles into oakmossy amber. Amber is not in my usual wheelhouse so I don't have a whole lot to compare it to, but it is pretty and pleasant and reminds me of walking around my favorite consignment store. It definitely has a vintage vibe to it, and feels quite classy. I'm surprised by how much I'm enjoying this, seeing as none of the notes are ones that I usually like.