HMan
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Heeley - Eau Sacree
I've been waiting for the right day to test this one, and today was the day. As the name suggests, it's a liturgical incense, the type of smell that evokes the feeling of being in a Catholic Church (or any old sacred space).
Comme des Garçons Avignon is generally considered the go to in this category, and Heeley's Cardinal is right behind, to me smelling very similar, but with that characteristic Heeley simple open feeling. For me, both feel a little too literally like the smoke from a thurible, while not evoking the smell of the space itself as much. My favorites tend to smell more like the actual space, e.g. Oriza L Legrand Reve de Ossian.
Heeley's 2nd entry to the field ranges this wonderfully as well, there's a touch of rose to give the sense of flowers in the space, and a heavy dose of pine that has you seated in ancient well work pews.
This might be my favorite of the genre, as I love the smell of pine and incense, and the pine keeps shining here, while never feeling cheaply rustic or cliche.
I've been waiting for the right day to test this one, and today was the day. As the name suggests, it's a liturgical incense, the type of smell that evokes the feeling of being in a Catholic Church (or any old sacred space).
Comme des Garçons Avignon is generally considered the go to in this category, and Heeley's Cardinal is right behind, to me smelling very similar, but with that characteristic Heeley simple open feeling. For me, both feel a little too literally like the smoke from a thurible, while not evoking the smell of the space itself as much. My favorites tend to smell more like the actual space, e.g. Oriza L Legrand Reve de Ossian.
Heeley's 2nd entry to the field ranges this wonderfully as well, there's a touch of rose to give the sense of flowers in the space, and a heavy dose of pine that has you seated in ancient well work pews.
This might be my favorite of the genre, as I love the smell of pine and incense, and the pine keeps shining here, while never feeling cheaply rustic or cliche.
