07 Tanoke

Got this via Maxaroma on a complete stroke of fortune. For the 2nd time in less than 60 days my email notification did the job I've waited over 2 years for it to do! First, I scored Dior Homme Parfum and then 3 days ago, I scored this marvel of a fragrance: Tanoke 7! This scent is MHARVALOSSA!!! I'm lucky enough to own a vintage bottle of Bottega Veneta Pour Homme Parfum. I would venture that Tanoke 7 is the taller, darker, brooding younger brother to BVPHP. The BIG difference is Tanoke 7 has much better performance. This scent last well over 8 hours and gives strong yet measured performance in the first 2-3 hours. It's more piney and smokey incense infused than BVPHP. The overall formulation is darker and a bit more spicy. What is fantastic though is the patchouli and black musk combo in the late dry down: WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This thing smells like James Bond running at top speed in his Brioni tuxedo with his Walther PPK in hand ready to deal out some serious justice in the Black Forest of Baden-Württemberg, where the latest spawn of SPECTRE has decided to set up shop. Just picture that. If you can, you've nailed this scent... It's unlike nearly ANYTHING currently on the market. I have Dunhill Black, and as great a value for money proposition that fragrance is, Tanoke 7 is that and a wagon full of gold! If you are familiar with PdM Nisean... which is highly lauded by multiple influencers on YouTube, you will understand when I say, Tanoke 7 is what Nisean aspired to be. It's an absolute class scent. Woody, spicy, subtle piney note in the mid, then a full cashmere blanket of black musk and a clean chocolate patchouli in the late drydown. If you like unconventional woody fragrances that are not the recent typical oud hodgepodges... then get this, then get a custom made tuxedo and book a trip to Baden-Württemberg, Germany! bon.chance

A fantastic incense fragrance! Odin line did not convince me, aside of this one. This is a pine-y frankincense, with a spicy/burnt wood backbone and an masterful hint of orange as a supporting note. It sometimes leans toward the ashtray (in a good way). Performance is average, a positive point here, since it's probably the best performing fragrance of the whole Odin line. This one shares strong similarities with CdG Zagorsk (like others have said before me), but does it better imo. Like for many incense fragrances, it could have also been marketed as a pepper frag (like others underlined): the orange with frankincense in the blend gives nearly an impression of sichuan pepper. Original retail price is simply funny, but given that a 100ml bottle of Tanoke can now be found for half the price of a 50ml bottle of Zagorsk, it's a no-brainer for me! I did not think I could still be impressed by an incense fragrance after the many I have smelt, but it happened here with Tanoke, and given its price now, it is a dangerous competitor for Unum Lavs, CdG Zagorsk, Armani Bois d'Encens and TF Noir Anthracite. Now my n.2 incense frag, just behind N.Goodsir Bois d'Ascese. Highly recommended, if you can find it for less than $80/100. Fall evenings and Winter days, 25+ PS: Tanoke has NOTHING in common with Guerlain Bois Mysterieux.

Stunningly sensuous, smoky-seeming, aromatic trail through mysterious woods. After a string of disappointments with Odin (Seylon and Roam, neither of which gave up the goods in terms of detectable tea or wood notes I was hoping for) this one changed my mind about the house, as it's not just beautiful but also lasts for an acceptable (if not amazing) amount of time. This one clings to fabric for up to 24h and stays detectable on skin up to 8h, even on me. And boy did I WANT it to stick around, because Tanoke is a dry forest I'd love to live in. Gaiac & orange is a no-lose combo for me, but oddly I didn't sense either note in isolation - instead I was so lost in its glorious fug of spicy wafts that I almost thought "myrrh maybe?". This is distinctive and makes its presence felt; definitely not a blind buy as it's a quirky, individual thing which certainly won't please everyone. But I think if you like it, you'll *really* like it. All the comparisons below about its near relatives are dead right but this is distinctive enough to be worth adding to your collection even if you have a few of the scents mentioned. Approaching a reasonable price, too. So if this sounds like your wheelhouse, even if you've been burnt before by Odin, give this a try, because Tanoke is ... terrific. W-A-N-T.

We’ve just returned from a camping holiday in the woods (with the family, so nothing extremely rough) and it’s the perfect time to finally enter my review for Tanoke. I got my bottle through a blind swap; I’m on a black pepper kick currently, so the descriptions and reviews for this appealed to me. The beauty of Tanoke caught me off guard though. Not ‘pretty’ sort of beauty, but pure and raw and essential. I took a decant with me for our camping trip, because I had already figured it would fit the forest setting very well. On most days the lovely sweet fresh piney scent of the actual forest would be enough for me, but on some days I wanted to amplify the magical forestry feel and a little spritz of Tanoke would do the trick. As for comparisons: Hinoki is way more artficial smelling imo, as I find with a lot of the cdg (although not always unpleasant). This might be considered blasphemy to some, but also Norne pales in comparison, lacking the depth and richness that makes Tanoke a pleasure to wear for hours, days in a row. For me, only Bois d’Encens, with a similar black pepper and incens combo, is comparable. Tanoke has a slight fresher feel to it from the ginger and citrus, which give it a zesty edge, a bit more sweet and friendly.

Magnificent! Tanoke opens with a blast of very churchy incense -- very much resembling the frankincense heavy Full Incense. Then, after just a few minutes, the incense levels off and shares space with a bright and bitter orange peel for a most unexpected freshness that mingles with some spice in the background. Over time, the citrus gives way to a fantastic blend of incense, spice and deep coniferous forest in all its splendor, the deep green pressing forward with every hour until it fades away, some 6-8 hours later. The uniqueness of Tanoke makes it really hard to come up with a true comparable. But I will say that depending on the moment, I get whiffs of Full Incense, also a darker, broodier version of TdH; and surprisingly, something else that at times reminds me just a bit of Aramis, strange as that may sound. I think the note votes have it pretty much spot on, so you really have to like those more dominant notes to have any chance of loving this stuff. But if you get it, you really get it. In every phase, Tanoke strikes me as a hidden gem among hidden gems. If you can find it, just BUY IT. Kind of bummed I slept on the opportunity to get a backup bottle of Tanoke, now that it seems all but impossible to find...