Piano Santal

Beautiful. Simply elegantly beautiful. The name is fitting. Piano Santal made me expect a smooth, elegant and somewhat sharp and clear scent. And that's exactly what i get. Like the keys on a piano. Hit it hard and you get a lot of sound. And hit it soft for a soothing note. That's kind of what this is all in one. A sharp, smooth, creamy, citrusy, cashmere wood, sandalwood, iris, fig, and milk fragrance that manages to be calm and loud at the same time. I believe this has fig to give the sharp sour-sweet note and iris to give the powdery note. It Very much reminds me of Gris Charnel, but with enough variation to not just be a copy/inspired by fragrance. No spice and no vetiver, as in Gris Charnel, and there is a milky note in Piano Santal that is lacking in Gris Charnel. That said, it is very similar in a lot of facets on my skin. I have an original sample from both the brands, and testing side by side, they could be cousins. I never know what this "skin accord" is, as my skin doesn't smell like anything unless i skip showering, and this is Not the smell i get from that kind of skin. Where: This is semi casual to fully formal. Weddings, dates, work, if you work in a suit or dress stylish/elegant, evening out or meeting friends. This is a little too nice and elegant for a sweatpants and t-shirt day at home though, in my opinion. When: All year. It's probably a bit much for daytime in high heat summer, but a summer evening would be nice, and spring is perfect. winter and fall works great too, but i prefer more spice and warmth in that part of the year. Who: Any gender, but i can see this being a bit on the feminine side for some. Any age. It's got a sweet touch, and a crisp sour tone. So anyone should really be able to wear this. Personal score: 9.5/10 (i'm fighting the urge to give it a 9.75/10). I was blown away. I expected elegant and nice, but this over delivers in my opinion. Long lasting, great sillage, smooth and creamy, and sharp and powerful at the same time. WOW. Get a sample if you like iris and fig. If you like Gris Charnel, you Need to try this.

#805 in my "Tour de Fragrance" I've been a fan of sandalwood since my sister gave me an incense burner for Christmas when I was seven years old. I like it even better as a scent without the smoke. It's featured in a lot of scents I enjoy most: Le Labo Santal 33, Tom Ford Oud Wood, Amouage Reflection Man, Montale Wood and Spices, Creed's Green Irish Tweed, Dunhill Indian Sandalwood, Byredo Gypsy Water, Xerjoff Ivory Route. I could list a dozen more or more. It's a very long list of top rated scents, but this sandalwood scent from L'Orchestre is my absolute favorite for sandalwood. Smooth, creamy sandalwood, cashmere, musk, cumin, ambroxan, just a light brightness from the bergamot. I don't find this at all lactonic. One spritz does the job. Good projection, all day skin scent, one you have to go very easy on to not get kicked out of the car pool and office. I'd save it for dinner out with an intimate partner. Not cheap, and I say this infrequently, but it's a $100+ scent that's actually worth the money. I would say if you appreciate scents like Kalemat, Arabian Knight, Ankh Sun Amon, Anabasis, this scent will fit right in on your shelf. Not sure what it has to do with a piano .

absolutely beautiful creamy sandalwood. i work with a lot of south asian men and am thus around a lot-- a LOT-- of sandalwood fragrance lol. as a result i'm very picky with sandalwood-- it's one of my favorite notes to wear but after being around so much of it (and not always the good quality stuff) i'm very aware of its tendency to turn sharp and unpleasant. this is silky-smooth, sandalwood that's been sanded down to gorgeous softness, a mug of warm spiced milk on a sandalwood table. it's soft and clean and not overtly masculine. the kind of scent that has me trying to sniff myself all day lol. it's much better on my skin than on my clothes, though-- on my clothes it remains sharp and almost herby, on my skin it dries down to a much more gentle, creamy scent. i've never gotten any of the musky or sour notes that some people are talking about but my skin tends to dissolve and clean away musky/animalic notes like you wouldn't believe so it's maybe just my skin chemistry.

So beautiful and soft! Very creamy latonic sandalwood. Pretty fragrance yet very viril. Men can most def wear this and females too. Notes on website and packaging: White sandalwood, cedar wood, white musks, heated skin, bergamot, ambroxan, warm milk, caraway. I wear this after i bathe after i get home from work; i wear this when im cozy inside home and when i go to bed. Piano Santal is sweet animalic intertwined with background sandlewood. Sandlewood herbaceous. I guess white sandlewood?! Sandlewood is dense mist with recognizable presence that doesnt punch in face but sillage loud freshness as you move. The animalics is lovely. This is furry, soft woody and very creamy. Small amount of sweetness i think coming from caraway plus bergamont. I think warm skin note mix with caraway and cashmeran give off the cumin accord. There is alota notes to give off the musky creamy animalic accord. To a sensetive nose this may be too musky. This not soapy.

Definitely not a safe blind buy, I feel like this perfume works differently on everyone depending of their skin chemistry. For me this opens with a sharp musk and ISO e Super, but it quickly dries down to a more lactonic sweet scent, almost like if you spilled sugared milk on yourself. Sandalwood is present from the beginning and disappears after 6-8hours. This is super long lasting, and by super long I mean that I can still smell it on my skin 20+ hours after I sprayed it ! I really get the "piano" part, as I feel like a white touch of an old wood piano (not a stunning black grand piano though, more like a wooden, brownish upright one). It's cozy, warm and clean, I find it really addictive. For me, it's full size worthy but if you have other lactonic fragrances, it may not be. But you will prefer this one and buy it anyways, and you will be right beacause this is a masterpiece.