Ladanika Ладаника

This title perfume of LADANIKA is an absolutely gorgeous modern tool for one to travel into the depth of the brightest memories of perfume fashions of 1980es and 1990es - a dense, sappy, gliding as silk fruite-fleurie-ambre, on the verge of deep, rich fruity and a bit boozy European chypres like Clandestine, Krizia, Fath de Fath, but garmented spaciously with resins and beeswax. But, paradoxically, it is designed in a way that you will notice something unmistakeably Russian in it, in the best of its symbolic senses. The perfume is very complete, gomogenously melted, though various notes are recognizable and pickable within this dense wave of scents accompanying Russian celebrations and religious holidays. Sacred gifts (fruit, bakery, sweets), fuming frankincense, church candle warmth and tonalities of gourmand fiests after a great holiday mass. It also smells of boozy cherry and cranberry, fragrant Russian sbiten' (Russian grog with healing herbs), freshness of meadow blossom and dried hay against deep and delicate wooden outline of a warm country house. The perfume enwraps in an atmosphere of a festivity, natural gourmandise and colourful glamour of the uniquely Russian character. But still, it feels like a very elegrant, attractive and special feminine perfume, and in no way it is a direct rendition of a certain vintage style. This perfume, to my mind, belongs to gems of no age - such rare perfumes are everlasting beautes of polyphonic, multifaceted natural gourmandises with subtle hints of chypre. It's longevity is amazing, and what really deserves praise else, is that the perfume doesn't lose its integrity while whiffing away with time. It remains a slightly fainted and calmed down echo of a holiday... This one is my first favorite in the entire collection which is already huge (43 perfumes). Though, I cannot escape a need to keep precisely this fragrance that makes me 25 years yonger than I am now. Not just because of recollections, but because it's colours are all full of life and joy themselves. The bottle deserves a special tribute, as it is engraved by hand (actually, all of them are). A small, crystal drop of dew with a shadow of a web on it. Wonderful...

Hay woody cocktail... This blend is beautifully done, like a cocktail on a rooftop in spring time. It has cherries, red wine, beeswax, wood notes, & hay. Later on i get the jelly candy note with apples, olibanum, tobacco, violets, & surprisingly jasmines! This is one beautifully alluring blend. Charming.

Gorgeous gourmand fragrance without being cloying. The almond note settles down with dark red fruits, cherry seeds, and all together stays on woody beeswax. A little bit boozy in the opening and a hint of animalic from labdanum. The 11 ml bottle is masterpiece!