Pasărea Măiastră

Abstract: the accords of Pasărea Măiastră can be resumed as something floral from a very, very cheap perfume trying to cover up a bad smell, like sheep's wool soaked in chlorine and a hospital toilet. Plus very chemical and unsuccessful sour coffee accords. Pasărea Măiastră reminded me of the following olfactory situation: I was doing a photo reportage in a Romanian village, including a sheepfold. The smell of wool and sheep droppings had become ingrained in me, and wanting to get rid of it, I went into the first village shop and bought the only liquid perfume I could find (they only had solid deodorants), something with lily of the valley (or lilac?) for 5 lei (1 dollar). I poured it on my hands, face, and neck like excessive aftershave. After about 30 minutes, I realized that the cheap, chemical floral scent not only didn't get rid of the sheepfold miasma, but it enhanced it in a grotesque niche perfume style that Prin Lomros would have been proud of. The scent was completed by a coffee machine from another village that hadn't been cleaned for years and smelled of coffee grounds and sour milk. But not realistic coffee accords, rather those coffee accords from some Mancera that I can't recall, which smells extremely chemical, so chemical that the coffee accords seem combined with chlorine and the smell of plastic and rubber from a Chinese shop. I've never felt like vomiting from animalic ouds, but Pasărea Măiastră brought me on the edge of throwing up. Not necessarily because of the smells themselves, but because of how chemical the components are and how bad they are blended. Furthermore, the other 2025 release from B.A.S.M., Balaurul cu Șapte Capete, is even worse, that one is dirty diapers powerhouse + bug spray + fake cheap flowers + alien radioactive pepper & burnt plastic (fortunately, it evaporates quickly and has no projection / sillage).