Horn of Benediction

[Seajewel]

Marble-white sandalwood threaded with veins of ambergris, crystalline holy water, galbanum, petitgrain, white vetiver, flowering sage, and the memory of incense smoke.

[Madonna Lily]

I am very familiar with vetiver, it is one of my favorite notes in perfume starting way back when I was getting into LUSH perfumes. Breath of God has a nice clean vetivert and this does too. This scent is clean yet smoky. The holy water note is what I believe is making this super clean yet interesting. It has a cologne-like aspect, watery, and aldehydes. Yet, underneath there is a sacred incense smoke and sandalwood. Smooth and smoky. I'm also smelling a white musk... something like NAVA Tibetan Crystalline. I would say this rests halfway between TC and BoG. I like this one more than both however. 

[roseus]

In the imp this is a crisp, clean incense. Incense with a warm, slightly salty musk from the ambergris. The sage and aquatic notes are giving a clean freshness to it. On my skin it is much smokier, the vetiver at the front now. But it doesn't get too harsh, just a light smoke over the sandalwood and incense. The sage and aquatic notes are detectable, but just barely.

[deepquietvoice]

This is has the ~vibes~ of sage even though it's not dominated by the actual sage note - fresh-clean, wet, with smoky incense perfume undertones.

 

It's a bit clean and angelic for me.

[Lucchesa]

Horn of Benediction doesn't have nearly as much vetiver present on my skin as I would have liked.  It's definitely a white vetiver -- everything here is light and bright.  The sandalwood, sage and incense are hard to pick apart -- it's similar to the white incense note in some blends.  The overall vibe is of a clean, summery incense, with a whiff of ambergris. 

[zankoku_zen]

Soft, smoky incense. This one smells like incense being used for a ritual. Medium throw and wear length.