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Dark Lord - Ex Tenebris Lux

7.6 / 10 4 Ratings
A perfume by Kilian for women and men. The release year is unknown. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Resinous
Animal
Sweet
Green
Smoky

Fragrance Notes

Cambodian oudCambodian oud
Ratings
Scent
7.64 Ratings
Longevity
8.33 Ratings
Sillage
6.33 Ratings
Bottle
7.03 Ratings
Submitted by Chizza · last update on 09/06/2024.
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for the little Oud craving in between
In autumn, when the brown leaves fall, I like to tinker in my workshop; it’s always these little sleds that I make from resinous wood that I’ve found. In summer, on the other hand, I enjoy taking walks in the rainforest, collecting rice and harvesting honey from the agarwood tree. Sometimes I play catch with a musk animal.
In spring, when the earth awakens and the incense melts, I like to visit our old library; it’s always so dusty, beautifully cozy, and dry. You can almost smell the old parchment rolls. I flip through
but prefer to rummage through old books, I like to taste the leather, and it’s informative anyway.
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light core wood finely stripped
eel smooth and shiny, coated with
a sweet honey wax turpentine glaze, resinous, dry, balsamic, and woody, wrapped in fragile rice paper. The scent becomes darker, smokier, a light incense mist, slightly earthy, and a musk animal sneaks around far away. Towards the end, warm and cozy, so many amber stones?! A museum and antique wood, old dry books bound in leather.
For me, it’s a young Oud
that presents the incense profile
more autumn wood than rainforest
the third dimension is not there
But it conjures images and is
very well made, artisanal
The musk is hardly worth mentioning; it just doesn’t like incense.
Cuddling isn’t really here
but otherwise, top-notch.
A thank you to YuzuMn for the testing opportunity.
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Typical Cambodi. Very intense green jungle, damp leather moss with a hint of sweetness. Still exciting but not my area.
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Ethereal downdrafts
Frosted fruits
Northern lights
Opens the barn doors
Spices in steaming bark
Resins melt into dark molasses
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3 years ago
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Quite animalistic, very resinous, with slight fresh notes and demanding. Thick, later light caramel notes, then harmonious. Needs some time.
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