Pyrit Ana Tra
Olivier Durbano (2018)

Pyrit Ana Tra is a full-bodied herbal-resinous concoction, like opening a chest packed full of aromatics in brown paper bags, old things mingling with new, the scent potent, warm and intriguing. Earthy tones mingle with woody ones, ripe, sweetish tobacco is rubbed up against the power of cypriol, deepened by bitter linctus greens, the whole almost sliceable. What could easily have been yet another over-dense indie offering turns out to be genuinely intriguing, because, despite the full-spectrum nature of this perfume, there is a sense of proportion and balance, of aspects being set off against each other, which prevents it from turning to sludge. Things that captured my attention: 1) wrapped around its rich, gummy heart is a grounding bitter, smoky woodiness and 2) an accent of licorice that pings against everything else. Not a casual-wear perfume, Pyrti Ana Tra requires a certain receptiveness on the part of the wearer. I wore it on a cold day when the heating was on the blink and it seemed remarkably suited to this circumstance.
I must confess to a decline in interest after about four hours, when, during the convergence of the deep drydown, a perhaps inevitable muddying of the elements at play took place. Still, if resins-prominent perfumes call to you, you should pay Pyrit Ana Tra a visit.