Like the first whiff
of burning incense,
that moment when one
connects with their higher power.
Coriander, geranium &
aldehyde lift out from
a rising cloud of olibanum,
sandalwood, leather
& ciste absolute.
Top: Aldehyde, Coriander & Pink Peppercorn
Heart: Olibanum, Geranium & Cedar Wood
Base: Ciste Absolute & Santalum Album
FOREVER NOW opens with invigorating green, aldehydic top notes that evolve into a mysterious oriental heart, where balsamic and gold ambery notes express themselves sensually, accompanied by a shy smoky incense and strong spices. As the fragrance progresses, dominant warm resins, dark dry woods, and a burning incense create a calming yet magnetic trail, inducing a meditative state.
Neil –
Forever Now, a scent I quite enjoyed last night, at least in its opening and end stages – the middle I found a bit busy – is basically a well crafted frankincense perfume that has a lovely, ethereal, aldehydic opening, and a fresh and ghostly olibanum note at heart that is pleasingly spooky and affecting. Where real frankincense oil dissipates quite quickly, the perfumer has found a way here to clad the ghost with cedarwood, ciste absolute and santalum album in a way that makes the incense more hefty but which is just a smidgen too sweet for me personally perhaps (in a similar manner to Annick Goutal’s fine Encens Flamboyant), but which still retains the footprint of beautiful frankincense throughout, pedestalled on a gentle, animalic, base. Quite lovable.