Year: 2012
Notes: apricot, honey, straw, artemisia, tobacco leaf, davana, vanilla, parchment, cedar, ambergris
Baque is a rich and creamy tobacco scent that's, stylistically, very Lutens-esque (no surprise there). Imparting a stewed apricot accord, it opens slightly boozy, with some straw adding extra warmth to the tobacco. There's also an occasional ashy (but not smoky) aspect as well.
As it gravitates towards the heart, the davana completely seeps in and reinforces the general syrupiness of the composition. When these components finally meld with the vanilla, a creamy amber effect takes hold. Emitting suede-like nuances, the cedar gradually injects a gritty and masculine tone, during the drydown, with a demure sweet creaminess still evident.
Personally, it's one of the more acceptable offerings from this house. However, the balsamic cedar base slightly cheapens things, so much that one wishes a more complementary woody accord was employed instead. Also, it occasionally veers too close to Rume territory, during the final stages of the drydown. As for its performance, it remains close to the skin, after the initial blast, with reasonable longevity of around five hours or so.
With a little tweaking, Baque has the potential to be among the best of Slumberhouse's oeuvre, which includes the earlier formulations of Sova, Vikt and Norne.
As it gravitates towards the heart, the davana completely seeps in and reinforces the general syrupiness of the composition. When these components finally meld with the vanilla, a creamy amber effect takes hold. Emitting suede-like nuances, the cedar gradually injects a gritty and masculine tone, during the drydown, with a demure sweet creaminess still evident.
Personally, it's one of the more acceptable offerings from this house. However, the balsamic cedar base slightly cheapens things, so much that one wishes a more complementary woody accord was employed instead. Also, it occasionally veers too close to Rume territory, during the final stages of the drydown. As for its performance, it remains close to the skin, after the initial blast, with reasonable longevity of around five hours or so.
With a little tweaking, Baque has the potential to be among the best of Slumberhouse's oeuvre, which includes the earlier formulations of Sova, Vikt and Norne.
Disclaimer: Since some Slumberhouse releases are always being 'improved', and with various formulations of the same fragrance in existence, this review is based on the sample(s) received. Due to the lack of information about these reformulations, one is unable to confirm the actual formulation(s) that has/have been reviewed. As a result, your experience of this fragrance may greatly differ. Understandably, it's all very confusing.
