Aesop
MARRAKESH INTENSE
A beautiful, floral, aromatic, sandalwood perfume. Cardamom is intense, crisp and medicinal at first in the way that green cardamom pods are, followed by a bit of clove and smooth, ambered woods. I was hoping for masala chai spices, and that is precisely what I got. It continuously blooms on my skin. I also notice petit grain and a pinch of jasmine in addition to the wood and spice.
Sillage was very good for about 6 hours, then it became more of a skin scent, a beautiful one that retained its complexity for 12+ hours. The sandalwood became strongest or most noticable in the drydown, and it smelled dark and silky-smooth.
Marrakesh Intense is similar in style to L'Air du Desert Marrocain--dry and woody with aromatic spices and an ambery, incensy base. Marrakesh Intense, specifically, takes me back to the days and nights I spent in the Outback. I guess it is the dryness of the perfume that reminds me of the landscape.
I kept coming back to this perfume over and over again, so I finally caved in and purchased it. There is nothing else quite like it. It is loaded with spice, yet it is remakably pleasant. A winner. (Updated Oct 2016)
A beautiful, floral, aromatic, sandalwood perfume. Cardamom is intense, crisp and medicinal at first in the way that green cardamom pods are, followed by a bit of clove and smooth, ambered woods. I was hoping for masala chai spices, and that is precisely what I got. It continuously blooms on my skin. I also notice petit grain and a pinch of jasmine in addition to the wood and spice.
Sillage was very good for about 6 hours, then it became more of a skin scent, a beautiful one that retained its complexity for 12+ hours. The sandalwood became strongest or most noticable in the drydown, and it smelled dark and silky-smooth.
Marrakesh Intense is similar in style to L'Air du Desert Marrocain--dry and woody with aromatic spices and an ambery, incensy base. Marrakesh Intense, specifically, takes me back to the days and nights I spent in the Outback. I guess it is the dryness of the perfume that reminds me of the landscape.
I kept coming back to this perfume over and over again, so I finally caved in and purchased it. There is nothing else quite like it. It is loaded with spice, yet it is remakably pleasant. A winner. (Updated Oct 2016)
