{"id":170,"date":"2009-06-08T22:30:26","date_gmt":"2009-06-09T02:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danieltharp.com\/weblog\/?p=170"},"modified":"2009-06-08T22:30:26","modified_gmt":"2009-06-09T02:30:26","slug":"nev2-initial-impressions-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danieltharp.com\/weblog\/2009\/06\/nev2-initial-impressions-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"NEV2:  Initial Impressions, Part Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, my nose has had time to recover, so I&#8217;m going to dive into the second half of these samples.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Parfums 06130 Cedre:  I&#8217;m reminded a great deal of <a href=\"http:\/\/danieltharp.com\/weblog\/2009\/02\/vr-antidote-sovereign-specific\">Viktor &#038; Rolf Antidote<\/a>, which isn&#8217;t a bad thing but Antidote would be the cheaper alternative.  May well do this one side by side with it, Cedre seems slightly softer.<\/li>\n<li>CdG Red Sequoia:  This stuff is very, very good.  I was predisposed to like it as a concept, but the execution is just as good.  I&#8217;m consistently amazed at how many unique variations there are in the men&#8217;s woody category.  Less sweet and more spicy compared to Palisander.  Looking forward to it, not disappointed in the least.<\/li>\n<li>L&#8217;Artisan Parfumeur Timbuktu:  Very interesting, very green and earthy.  I&#8217;m also getting a great deal of fruit, maybe a mango note a la Un Jardin Sur Le Nil?  This thing is exceeding my expectations so far, I&#8217;m actually much more curious about it now than I was before.<\/li>\n<li>Keiko Mecheri Bois De Santal:  Sandalwood counterpointed with white osmanthus makes for a very interesting composition.  I think this one leans only slightly towards the feminine side of unisex, but I won&#8217;t have any reservations in applying it.  Quite lovely stuff, I like this note more than I did the one in the Ormonde Jayne creation.<\/li>\n<li>Andy Tauer Une Rose Chypree:  Altogether different from what I was expecting.  Rose as a complement to a camphorous tea leaf that&#8217;s stealing the show, and a dash of cinnamon to break down any gender barriers.  It&#8217;s unlike anything else I&#8217;ve smelled.  Beautiful, simply beautiful.<\/li>\n<li>Parfums de Nicolai New York:  About all I can get is a strong sicilian lemon note, so this one&#8217;s revealing no secrets before I wear it.  The note pyramid is quite intriguing, so I&#8217;ll forgive it and wait until it&#8217;s turn comes around in the review queue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Look for the first of these twelve reviews later this week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, my nose has had time to recover, so I&#8217;m going to dive into the second half of these samples. Parfums 06130 Cedre: I&#8217;m reminded a great deal of Viktor &#038; Rolf Antidote, which isn&#8217;t a bad thing but Antidote would be the cheaper alternative. May well do this one side by side with it, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fragrance"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1RwV4-2K","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danieltharp.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danieltharp.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danieltharp.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danieltharp.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danieltharp.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/danieltharp.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171,"href":"https:\/\/danieltharp.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions\/171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danieltharp.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danieltharp.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danieltharp.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}