Senyokô Hora de la Verdad Sombra

Senyokô Hora de la Verdad Sombra picture through model

“Bullfighting is the one artwork through which the artist is in peril of loss of life and through which the diploma of brilliance within the efficiency is left to the fighter’s honor. “~ Ernest Hemingway

It has been lower than a 12 months since I reviewed Senyokô Hora de la Verdad, one in every of my prime ten fragrance decisions of 2022 (all the time a difficult activity, to place it mildly!): such an excellent fragrance that I bought it with out the slightest hesitation  – and today, that’s a rarity for me. Senyokô was variety sufficient to ship me a flacon of its shadowy sibling, Senyokô Hors de la Verdad Sombra just lately, and it’s a creature of a really totally different shade, albeit descended from the identical lineage.

Senyokô Hora de la Verdad and Senyokô Hors de la Verdad Sombra through the model

I cannot see it!
Inform the moon to come back,
for I don’t wish to see the blood
of Ignacio on the sand.
I cannot see it!

The moon extensive open.
Horse of nonetheless clouds,
and the gray bull ring of desires
with willows within the barreras. ~ excerpt from Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías by Federico García Lorca, revealed in 1935

Senyokô Hors de la Verdad Sombra through the model

Hora de la Verdad Sombra might certainly fête the coup de grâce dealt the bull by the bullfighter – nevertheless it may simply as simply honor the alternative mirror picture as properly. It possesses a brutal magnificence which is born of blood, metal, the sweat of beast and man-as-victor; the bleeding disguise of an impressive and noble being now vanquished. I can’t assist however hear the poignant, resounding refrains of Chavela Vargas’ La Llorona (The Weeping Girl) – nor Lorca’s lament for his pal, the bullfighter Ignacio Sánchez Mejías – in my ears. Hora de la Verdad Sombra jogs my memory that there’s a couple of attainable consequence from the bullring – and I confess that I’m extra more likely to envision a wounded warrior than I’m the dying bull.

Remedios Varo The Name, 1961 through wiki

Woe is me, weeping girl,

Weeping one, take me to the river.

Cowl me together with your scarf, weeping one,

As a result of I’m dying of chilly.

I carry two kisses in my soul, weeping one,

That by no means depart me

The final is from my mom, and the primary

Is the one I gave to you.

 Ay, de mí llorona, llorona,
llévame al río.
Tápame con tu rebozo, llorona,
porque me muero de frio.

Dos besos llevo en mi alma, llorona,

que no se apartan de mí.

El último de mi madre, llorona,

y el primero que yo a ti te di.  ~ conventional track La Llorona

Senyokô Hora de la Verdad Sombra through the model

The copy which has been written for Hora de la Verdad Sombra is beautiful. There are a couple of translation nuances which I’d have interpreted otherwise, had been I the translator. The place I differ in notion is within the enviornment of chiaroscuro (gentle and darkish) which is depicted; to my nostril, there may be treasured little gentle to be discovered on this savagely elegant perfume. Within the first model, chiaroscuro is completely spot on – however Sombra is well-named and describes this fragrance most succinctly. Sombra is likely one of the most animalic scents which I’ve come throughout, and that ought to come as no shock: hyraceum (African stone tincture), castoreum, civet, musks, oud, birch tar, guaiac – these are hardly light-weight supplies. Jasmine and narcissus might often learn as closely indolic; labdanum and styrax, in addition to the leather-based accord – have a strong presence, which is accentuated/burnished by saffron, oakmoss, and whichever oxides counsel the inevitable existence of blood. If one is acquainted with the distinctive aroma of white pepper and freshly verdant, considerably medicinal thyme – they can’t be dismissed; it’s the very first thing you odor when Hora de la Verdad Sombra greets your nostrils. I like this perfume’s unequalled veracity, its skill to convey a situation with lightning pace and no sense of artificiality or falsity within the presentation. Typically, when making an attempt to evoke a potent beastly presence, the top outcome smells contrived; in Sombra, it’s a credible evolution of the fragrant supplies employed. I’ve little question that it’s the end result of a extremely popular day within the bullring, and the extraordinary carnality (and carnage) might be discerned even from a distance. A flutter of rose petals grasp suspended within the heavy air like a whispered promise.

 Salvador Dalí Bullfight No. 1, 1966 wiki

Who’s victorious? I can’t say – for in actual life, there are only a few events when the bull is spared by the matador for admirable habits within the ring, though this does happen. The bull is shipped for slaughter if the matador wins; if the matador dies, an executioner enters the ring and disposes of the victorious bull with a dagger. Apparently, some matadors deliver the bull’s flesh house to their village, the place it’s eaten by the neighborhood (bull meat is hard and requires prolonged marination, often in crimson wine); there may be one restaurant, the Casa Toribio in Madrid – which purchases all of the meat from bullfights and serves it up – with the tail being thought-about a selected delicacy. Bullfighters undergo accidents, as do bulls. Custom is an illuminating, elemental factor, an artwork, and inscrutable to these of us who’re unfamiliar with the tradition.

As a murals, Hora de la Verdad is indeniable, primordial, and extremely subtle. It plumbs the depths of 1’s soul and won’t depart you unmoved. Some artworks are extremely controversial and open to interpretation, and Hora de la Verdad Sombra is such a piece. It calls for your respect.

Notes: white pepper, thyme, Spanish saffron, blood accord, Turkish rose absolute, jasmine, narcissus, hyraceum, leather-based, cedar, guaiac, birch, castoreum, musk, oakmoss, civet, Spanish labdanum, styrax, oud

Bottle for evaluate kindly despatched by Senyokô – many thanks!  My nostril is my very own…

~ Ida Meister, Deputy and Pure Perfumery Editor

Senyokô Hora de la Verdad Sombra

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