Ricardo Ramos is a fashion designer based in Granada, Spain. He is working on the evaluation and art direction of the brand collaborating with perfumer Jorge Lee on the formulation side. A mission for the brand is to " making use of classic fragrance ingredients from the ancient kingdom of the Al Andalous to recreate a fused olfactory universe that blends the Middle East and Mediterranean traditions, with an aim to bring perfume enthusiasts closer to the cultural legacy of the Al Andalus kingdom, where European perfumery started in early Middle Ages".
Aside from a wide ranges of perfumes in the regular collection, Ricardo Ramos Perfumes de Autor also have released some special editions and last spring I had the pleasure of winning a Fragrantica draw of a travelset of the three perfumeextraits in the The YouTubers' Series which was released in 2022. Thank you Ricardo for your generousity.
The trio is inspired by three YoutTubers, of whom I actually don't know anything. That could be an avantage, just to focus on the scents when writing down one's impressions. As the fragrances are extraits, a little lasts for long one has to be careful, not overapplying.
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| Pic: Interstellar Moka Photo: PR Ricardo Ramos Perfumes de Autor (c) |
Interstellar Moka: This is a very pleasant gourmand, with soft, rounded, fluffy, nutty, slight spicy, coca coffeeaccord . There is also something dark, thick, lurking underneath, this dark side has sort of a oily dark brown to black texture, but not an oily scent. Maybe this is the Interstellar, otherworld moment, the endless space. An advantage with Intersellar Moka, is that this gourmand is pleasant un -sweet, friendly and perfect for grey winterdays. Like warming in a fluffy, oversized, white mohairsweater.
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| Pic: BucanerO Photo: PR Ricardo Ramos Perfumes de Autor (c) |
BucanerO: A warm, sunny gourmand with tropical island wibes. A coconutty Tuberose glazed with booze, honey and tobacco is the focal point. The tuberose accord have something in common with Armani Prive Rouge Malachite but BucanerO is thicker, rougher than the elegant Rouge Malachite, happy, casual and easygoing. Compared to Interstellar Moka, BucanerO is sweeter ,but the sweetness is not overwhelming. The same spirit as Interstellar Moka but on the light, sunny happy side and just as the latter, perfect for grey winterdays.
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| Pic: Chypre Molecular Photo: PR Ricardo Ramos Perfumes de Autor (c) |
Chypre Molecular: My favourite of three, a very green, metallic, nuclear, contemporary chypre. Chypre Molecular starts with an accord resembling like green soapwater mixed the greenery of bulbflowers, like hyachints that is just about to start rotting. In this stage Chypre Molecular reminds me of another green intriguing fragrance, BeauFort Fathom V. Not that they smell the same but somehow they mediate a similar mood where Fathom V is sort of rural, way darker and moisty as a mire compared to the urban minimalistic bright greenery of Chypre Mocular. Even if the first accord is green, slight watery, it has some dry elements, it's the beginning of the dry, light spicyness of the perfume, an accord that's not present in Fathom V.
In the dry down a clean ozonic, clean metallic, mossy, light dry spicy accord occurs. In this stege Chypre Molecular reminds me of flying Concorde in the 90ies, the understated, clean cabin, the dim metallic glitter from the slim aircraft rushing in suprersonic speed almost on the border to space.
Chypre Molecular is a perfect fragrance for late winter and early spring, it's nuclear in proejction and longevity on skin, it has to be applied in maximum four spritzes to avoid an overdose.
