Dzing!: The Greatest Show On Earth

 Back to L'Artisan Dzing! today.

Dzing! is supposed to be inspired by the smells of the circus. L'Artisan describes it as:

A unique fragrance inspired by the circus. Possesses all of the distinguished fragrances of this wonderful universe: saddle leather, sawdust from the ring and the caramelised smell of candy. A perfume that reveals itself completely on the skin and is intended for both men and women. Soft and fierce.

Dzing! notes: tonka beans, balsam, saffran and ginger.

I definitely smell the carmelized candy, and the leather. There is a salty note that I pick up -- probably from the saffron -- that gives it a little bit of a stinging smell, which I experience both at circuses and at live stock shows and rodeos. This is less sweet than a livestock show, sharper and spicer, but it's in the same area.

Also, when I forget I'm wearing it and it wafts up and surprises me, I am immediately transported back to a certain high school boy's room. He was one of those loner types who kept his door closed when he was home with his parents,and he burned incense and played a well-card for, oiled acoustic guitar, and he wore perfume and always smelled lovely. Dzing! when it catches me off guard, smells like his room. Being old enough now to be someone nostalgic for my youth, I think that personal aspect of Dzing! is lovely.