Demeter Pick-Me-Up Cologne Incense Review

Date: 2008.09.12 | Category: fragrance | Tags: amber,copal,Demeter,Demeter Incense,Demeter Pick-Me-Up Cologne,earthy fragrance,fall fragrance,hippie fragrance,incense,oriental fragrance,resin,single note fragrances,unisex fragrance,winter fragrance,woodsy fragrance

I love the smell of incense and I have my favorites. I like the “hippie” scents even though I am not a hippie and typically don’t like the same things that they do. I love incense but hate buying it. Thank goodness for the Internet. I was sick of visiting the creepy crystal lady.

Anyways, Demeter Incense is a very pleasant and nice fragrance. It is warm and sweet and not smoky or spicy. It isn’t Nag Champa or frankincense. It is very soft in an amber resin way and is almost vanilla-ish. (It isn’t too vanilla sweet and it definitely is not a cupcake by a long shot.) It isn’t a headshop and doesn’t smell like Dragon’s Blood or whatever. It isn’t heavy. It is light and very resiny. Demeter incense uses Copal. The Demeter website says,

“Demeter’s Incense is centered on a unique core of Copal. Copal is a type of resin produced by plant or tree secretions, particularly identified with the forms of aromatic tree resins used by the cultures of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica as a ceremonially burned incense, as well as for a number of other purposes.
More generically, the term copal is now also used to describe resinous substances in an intermediate stage of polymerization and hardening between more viscous and ‘gummy’ resins and amber.”

So that is why it is amber-ish but not dead on amber resin. This fragrance really wears nicely on skin and has a better than average lasting power compared to other Demeter scents. I will buy more when I am out. It comes in a 1/2 ounce splash, 1 ounce spray, 4 ounce spray, calming lotion, shower gel, body oil and room spray. I want to try the oil.

Copal Rocks!