Comments on: Comme des Garcons Zagorsk, and some final thoughts on the incense series http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/01/11/comme-des-garcons-zagorsk-and-some-final-thoughts-on-the-incense-series/ a blog about perfume Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:43:36 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/01/11/comme-des-garcons-zagorsk-and-some-final-thoughts-on-the-incense-series/#comment-10006 Anonymous Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:50:44 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/01/11/comme-des-garcons-zagorsk-and-some-final-thoughts-on-the-incense-series/#comment-10006 That seems to be the consensus of the Russian perfumer bloggers I know, thanks for commenting! That seems to be the consensus of the Russian perfumer bloggers I know, thanks for commenting!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/01/11/comme-des-garcons-zagorsk-and-some-final-thoughts-on-the-incense-series/#comment-10005 Anonymous Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:42:34 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/01/11/comme-des-garcons-zagorsk-and-some-final-thoughts-on-the-incense-series/#comment-10005 Hello. Thanks for this wonderful blog. I really enjoyed reading this. If you do not mind I would like to leave a comment regarding the perfume. Please note that all the below mentioned is my humble opinion only. :) To comprehend this perfume completely you should be Russian or make several visits to Russia at least. As for me Zagorsk is my leader in the Incense Series of KDG. Top notes are a chord of pine (or fir) needles and resin, shrill but becoming softer with time. Then incense and birch bark appear sweetened with soft aroma of iris. In general Zagorsk is cold transparent aroma of birch wood saturated with melted snow with strong incense base. This is how it smells in Russian coniferous and birch forests early in spring. The perfume is introvertive making me absorbed in my thoughts. Meditative. Triumph of spirit over the substance, I would say. To describe it in a word it is VERY RUSSIAN. Hello. Thanks for this wonderful blog. I really enjoyed reading this. If you do not mind I would like to leave a comment regarding the perfume. Please note that all the below mentioned is my humble opinion only. :)

To comprehend this perfume completely you should be Russian or make several visits to Russia at least. As for me Zagorsk is my leader in the Incense Series of KDG. Top notes are a chord of pine (or fir) needles and resin, shrill but becoming softer with time. Then incense and birch bark appear sweetened with soft aroma of iris. In general Zagorsk is cold transparent aroma of birch wood saturated with melted snow with strong incense base. This is how it smells in Russian coniferous and birch forests early in spring. The perfume is introvertive making me absorbed in my thoughts. Meditative. Triumph of spirit over the substance, I would say. To describe it in a word it is VERY RUSSIAN.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/01/11/comme-des-garcons-zagorsk-and-some-final-thoughts-on-the-incense-series/#comment-10004 Anonymous Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:34:03 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/01/11/comme-des-garcons-zagorsk-and-some-final-thoughts-on-the-incense-series/#comment-10004 Violette layered with Zagorsk would be lovely. Annick Goutal La Violette, maybe, if you can find it? But I'm also partial to the very simple Borsari Violetta di Parma. Violette layered with Zagorsk would be lovely. Annick Goutal La Violette, maybe, if you can find it? But I'm also partial to the very simple Borsari Violetta di Parma.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/01/11/comme-des-garcons-zagorsk-and-some-final-thoughts-on-the-incense-series/#comment-10003 Anonymous Sat, 18 Aug 2007 18:13:19 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/01/11/comme-des-garcons-zagorsk-and-some-final-thoughts-on-the-incense-series/#comment-10003 Oh, please don't apologize -- I went quite willingly. Darling little decants should be arriving by nearly every post. I am trying quite a few with violet, am curious to see if any will layer well with this, or others in the incense series. Maybe I should just leave that fugitive suggestion of violet alone... Thanks so much for broadening my horizons, I shall be checking in frequently! Oh, please don't apologize — I went quite willingly. Darling little decants should be arriving by nearly every post. I am trying quite a few with violet, am curious to see if any will layer well with this, or others in the incense series. Maybe I should just leave that fugitive suggestion of violet alone… Thanks so much for broadening my horizons, I shall be checking in frequently!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/01/11/comme-des-garcons-zagorsk-and-some-final-thoughts-on-the-incense-series/#comment-10002 Anonymous Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:57:43 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/01/11/comme-des-garcons-zagorsk-and-some-final-thoughts-on-the-incense-series/#comment-10002 Hi A, welcome and my apologies for costing you $$! But what a lovely description of Zagorsk -- sounds like you'll need to own it :-) Hi A, welcome and my apologies for costing you $$! But what a lovely description of Zagorsk — sounds like you'll need to own it :-)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/01/11/comme-des-garcons-zagorsk-and-some-final-thoughts-on-the-incense-series/#comment-10001 Anonymous Sat, 18 Aug 2007 14:39:27 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/01/11/comme-des-garcons-zagorsk-and-some-final-thoughts-on-the-incense-series/#comment-10001 Hello, new to the site. This is a wonderful blog, I love it, and you have corrupted me completely -- I've ordered enough decants to insure financial ruin. The incense series arrived yesterday, and before I went to sleep I dabbed on Zagorsk. Loved it immediately, and when I woke up had a wonderful, transitory sense of being in some chilly 19th century forest, with towering pines, a vast silence, and the most fleeting drift of violet -- I've always loved perfume, but I think this is the first time I've been so truly transported. I will have to buy the whole series, I fear... Hello, new to the site. This is a wonderful blog, I love it, and you have corrupted me completely — I've ordered enough decants to insure financial ruin. The incense series arrived yesterday, and before I went to sleep I dabbed on Zagorsk. Loved it immediately, and when I woke up had a wonderful, transitory sense of being in some chilly 19th century forest, with towering pines, a vast silence, and the most fleeting drift of violet — I've always loved perfume, but I think this is the first time I've been so truly transported. I will have to buy the whole series, I fear…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/01/11/comme-des-garcons-zagorsk-and-some-final-thoughts-on-the-incense-series/#comment-10000 Anonymous Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:13:30 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/01/11/comme-des-garcons-zagorsk-and-some-final-thoughts-on-the-incense-series/#comment-10000 A, it is so interesting how differently people perceive Zagorsk. Agree completely that it evokes thoughts of cold and snow, and nothing that does that can make me happy, LOL! A, it is so interesting how differently people perceive Zagorsk. Agree completely that it evokes thoughts of cold and snow, and nothing that does that can make me happy, LOL!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/01/11/comme-des-garcons-zagorsk-and-some-final-thoughts-on-the-incense-series/#comment-9999 Anonymous Thu, 12 Jan 2006 03:09:10 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/01/11/comme-des-garcons-zagorsk-and-some-final-thoughts-on-the-incense-series/#comment-9999 I confess, I haven't smelled any but Zagorsk because it's just so perfect for me. I don't get any developement though. Just cedar and "snowy air". But that is simply wonderful for me and makes me feel so happy! Also, it's the only fragrance that is supposed to evoke thoughts of cold and snow that actually does IMO. I confess, I haven't smelled any but Zagorsk because it's just so perfect for me. I don't get any developement though. Just cedar and “snowy air”. But that is simply wonderful for me and makes me feel so happy! Also, it's the only fragrance that is supposed to evoke thoughts of cold and snow that actually does IMO.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/01/11/comme-des-garcons-zagorsk-and-some-final-thoughts-on-the-incense-series/#comment-9998 Anonymous Wed, 11 Jan 2006 20:12:57 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/01/11/comme-des-garcons-zagorsk-and-some-final-thoughts-on-the-incense-series/#comment-9998 J, the pine lasts on me but not the sharpness, although I do know what you mean by the Pine Sol. Overall our preferences are not terribly different -- had a hard time picking between Kyoto & Avignon for top place, although at other times I would put Ouarzazate first. Not very decisive here, I'm afraid! J, the pine lasts on me but not the sharpness, although I do know what you mean by the Pine Sol. Overall our preferences are not terribly different — had a hard time picking between Kyoto & Avignon for top place, although at other times I would put Ouarzazate first. Not very decisive here, I'm afraid!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/01/11/comme-des-garcons-zagorsk-and-some-final-thoughts-on-the-incense-series/#comment-9997 Anonymous Wed, 11 Jan 2006 19:34:13 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/01/11/comme-des-garcons-zagorsk-and-some-final-thoughts-on-the-incense-series/#comment-9997 I enjoy the meditative feeling of this, but I would like it better if it developed on me the way that you describe. On me, the "sharp burst of pine balsam" is anything but "short lived"! In fact, it seems to become sharper and stronger as it continues, creating something of a a 'Pine-Sol" accord (or perhaps I simply become more annoyed with it, and this is why it seems stronger). It doesn't ruin the fragrance for me, but it prevents me from liking it as much as some others. My order (taking into account that I haven't yet retried Ouarzazate, so may upgrade:): Kyoto, Avignon, Ouarzazate, Zagorsk, Jaisalmer. I enjoy the meditative feeling of this, but I would like it better if it developed on me the way that you describe. On me, the “sharp burst of pine balsam” is anything but “short lived”! In fact, it seems to become sharper and stronger as it continues, creating something of a a 'Pine-Sol” accord (or perhaps I simply become more annoyed with it, and this is why it seems stronger). It doesn't ruin the fragrance for me, but it prevents me from liking it as much as some others. My order (taking into account that I haven't yet retried Ouarzazate, so may upgrade:): Kyoto, Avignon, Ouarzazate, Zagorsk, Jaisalmer.

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