Burqua

(Review for the Nektar/Extrait) This stuff is like Ex Idolo on crack, with the natural rubber (chemical facet) blasted to volume 10 and the rose + blackest of ink combo very bright and wet and shimmering while still smelling black. I picture it as a liquid latex black body suit (the cover of American Horror Story S1 comes to mind), and the 'freshly printed newspapers' image is not inaccurate below. Extremely potent! I've been able to get 3 wears out of a 1/2ml sample and I think I still have several more to use. I like it, or perhaps it's more accurate to say I'm morbidly fascinated by it, but is it wearable? That depends if you want to smell like you've been locked in a monastery using calligraphic ink for the past few months and have spilled large amounts of it on your robes. The ancient damp forest outside and the massive cold stonework have seeped their way into the background smell of your robes, too. I rarely get picture/place associations with my scents but this is full of them. For this reason and the below associations, I must click 'love'. The Name of the Rose comes to mind as well, Sean Connery and all when I smell this. Delightful. Due to the true INK smell, this is actually the closest I've come to a scent resembling books etc.

The opening smells like black olives and faintly of violets in the background. (may be the 'ink' plus patchouli ?) I expected this to be much colder and more metallic because of the way i think of ink i suppose, but i found it to be very warm. Very woody and ambery once the opening passes. The drydown of rose and jasmine plus some cardamon. It's not quite as unique as i was hoping for but definitely a like for me along with pretty much every other rose/ violet and woods compostions i have tried.

Reminds me of the smell of the freshly printed newspapers in a bundle, dropped off near the house in the earl a.m. for delivery. Teak stands out and so does the sap. Overall a winner. I got a free sample at the Scent Bar in Hollywood. I can never afford this, just saving this small amount for a special occasion.

Very gentle femininity expressed in sweet and flower notes. Burqa? Delicate lady, covered. Name just an interpretation of the scent. It is nice way to lead you intrepret it your ways.

Sensual and inky, this was a hard like for me, but not a love. You can find more impressive fragrances that share a similar DNA.