India

Marina Barcenilla's India is as gorgeous as Under The Orange Tree, both intoxicating orange blossom natural fragrances. The blooms in this one are at a more mature phase, spice and incense heaven!

For me this is a very beautiful frankincense perfume with spices and ylang ylang. It doesn't smell like church incense to me, it brings to mind a more ancient temple space (in Egypt or perhaps 'India' ;-) the resins the women there would have burned, the flowers they would have placed on the altar and also the anointed smell of their own warm, spicy skin. There is heat in here from the cardamon and coriander but also a rich and soft creaminess which must come from the blend of exotic florals and sandalwood. It's a gorgeous, opulent, ambered perfume with good longevity evoking feelings of strength and centredness. I would like to own all of Marina's perfumes, every one of them is extremely lovely and it's obvious that they are made with exceptional materials. Sigh... so many beautiful perfumes, I cannot posses them all.

I smell beautiful Indian jasmines. This could be the smell of India although India in general is known of it's rich spices and history beside their divine rancid and animalic jasmine. In here it is resembled in a floral none spicy India. It has rich jasmines, sandalwood, ylang, orange blossom & roses. It's plant animalic and very floral. Interesting.