80. Latitudinal

For the most part I love this. Fresh, calm, meditative fragrance. However, the warm, peppery mid/base residue that comes later is not for me.

80. Latitudinal is excellent. In order, the dominant notes are pine #1, black pepper #2, orange #3, thyme#4, musk #5 and cedar#6. In concert, these components subjectively create a spicy, resinous, incense-like fragrance. It does not smell exactly like it, but when I first smelled 80. Latitudinal, the first fragrance I thought of was D'Orsay's Tonka Hysteria, which is a love of mine. If you like that, you will like this. Unisex, slightly leaning masculine. Colder weather, any occasion, day or night. I got a sample from Scent Split and a code with delivery of the sample for 20% off any bottle purchase from the sample order. This is helpful for houses like this that are not readily available at discounters. A solid 4.2 from me.

As if nature itself were performing its own lush liturgy. A phantom incense — there, and yet not there. Each ingredient in the fragrance offers itself to form a different facet of olibanum, reimagined, transformed. Orange takes the place of limonene, Pine stands in for pinene, Pepper lends its warm spiciness, Thyme and cedar bring wood and wild green undertones. Ylang-ylang softens and warms the blend. An incense that travels from frozen pinewoods to tropical jungles, to sea-swept shores tangled with algae and salt.