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Though it was 30 degrees F outside when I woke up this morning, I didn\u2019t crave an intense amber, wood or incense fragrance; I wanted sparkling citrus\u2026citrus that would laugh at winter and say: \u201cYour time is almost up, Withered One\u2026flowers and warmth are on their way!\u201d<\/em> Smiling at me from the \u201cperfume sample bowl\u201d near my bed were two recent citrus-y perfume releases from Askett & English, each an Eau de Cologne\u00a0\u2014 Askett Absolute and Askett Essential.<\/p>\n Askett Absolute<\/span> includes notes of tea, mandarin, bergamot, cardamom, basil, rose, orange blossom, woods, amber and musk. Absolute opens with \u2018bergamot tea,\u2019 lightly sweetened and clean. A zingy orange blossom-basil combo appears in mid-development. (I do detect a rose note, not at all soft or feminine but clear and \u201cripe.\u201d) Absolute ends with a slightly floral, sheer wood accord (let\u2019s call it \u201csummer amber\u201d). Overall, Absolute reminds me of a \u2018sweeter\u2019 Tom Ford Neroli Portofino<\/a> (a likeable, well-done citrus fragrance with a too-huge ego, $195 for 50 ml, really?<\/em>)<\/p>\n Askett Essential<\/span> includes notes of herbs, lemon, bergamot, lavender, jasmine, woods, moss, cedar, tonka bean and vetiver. \u00a0Essential opens with an abundance of sour\/tart citrus aromas (accent on the rind<\/em>, not the juice). Mixed with the citrus is a bright, green \u2018moss\u2019 note (sharper than expected); jasmine is a background accent. Essential ends with a flower-tinged moss-vetiver accord. Essential smells like an old-style citrus scent (think Eau de Guerlain<\/a>), the type of Eau de Cologne made before moss was slandered, flowers were diluted, and awful ozone and \u201cmentholated\u201d sport fragrance notes appeared.<\/p>\n I enjoy Askett Absolute and Askett Essential; if I didn\u2019t have way too many Eaux de Cologne in my collection, I\u2019d buy one (probably Absolute). Each fragrance is unisex and has good lasting power (five hours) and sillage.<\/p>\n Askett & English Askett Absolute and Askett Essential are \u00a360 each for 100 ml; they are not currently sold in the U.S. but can be bought at Les Senteurs<\/a> in London, Kapok<\/a> in Hong Kong and The Different Scent<\/a> in Berlin.<\/p>\n Note: top image is Egon Schiele\u2019s Der Cello-Spieler<\/em><\/a> [altered], via Wikimedia Commons.<\/p>\n Read the rest of this article »<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Though it was 30 degrees F outside when I woke up this morning, I didn\u2019t crave an intense amber, wood or incense fragrance; I wanted sparkling citrus\u2026citrus that would laugh at winter and say: \u201cYour time is almost up, Withered One\u2026flowers and warmth are on their way!\u201d<\/em> Smiling at me from the \u201cperfume sample bowl\u201d near my bed were two recent citrus-y perfume releases from Askett & English, each an Eau de Cologne \u2014 Askett Absolute and Askett Essential.<\/p>\n Askett Absolute<\/span> includes notes of tea, mandarin, bergamot, cardamom, basil, rose, orange blossom, woods, amber and musk. Absolute opens with \u2018bergamot tea,\u2019 lightly sweetened and clean. A zingy orange blossom-basil combo appears in mid-development. (I do detect a rose note, not at all soft or feminine but clear and \u201cripe.\u201d) Absolute ends with a slightly floral, sheer wood accord (let\u2019s call it \u201csummer amber\u201d). Overall, Absolute reminds me of a \u2018sweeter\u2019 Tom Ford Neroli Portofino<\/a>…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2123,1014],"class_list":{"0":"post-65824","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-perfume-talk","7":"tag-askett-english","8":"tag-classic-cologne","9":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65824\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/ask22.jpg\")
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