{"title":"Maksim","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaksim Bortnikoff trained at perfume school and worked alongside his father Dmitry, of Bortnikoff, before putting out a line of his own. He composes it at ninety five to one hundred percent naturals, classical in shape and modern in finish. Rock Salt, Liquid Incense, Cologne d'Agar and L'Oud Marin are the usual way in.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"maksim-yeti-extrait-de-parfum","title":"Maksim Yeti | Extrait de Parfum","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn stock and shipping now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Himalayan forest floor, cold air and resin and moss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJuniper berry, timur pepper and cardamom open sharp and aromatic against elemi and black pepper. Oakmoss, Nepalese silver fir and douglas fir needles build a damp coniferous heart with black tea running through it, and the base turns balsamic and faintly animalic on sugandha kokila, sandalwood, Thai oud from Prachin, valerian root and guaiacwood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfumed by:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/all\/perfumer-maxim-bortnikov\"\u003eMaxim Bortnikov\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/all\/perfumer-rajesh-balkrishnan\"\u003eRajesh Balkrishnan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReleased:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKSI Take:\u003c\/strong\u003e This is a coniferous fougere that actually smells like a forest rather than a candle version of one, and the valerian root in the base is what makes it strange enough to be worth owning. 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Frankincense sacra, labdanum, myrrh, beeswax and guaiac wood build a resinous heart, and the base stacks Hindi, Kinam and South Thai oud against an amber accord, chocolate, cocoa and a thread of tar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfumed by:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/all\/perfumer-maxim-bortnikov\"\u003eMaxim Bortnikov\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/all\/perfumer-rajesh-balkrishnan\"\u003eRajesh Balkrishnan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReleased:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKSI Take:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kinam is the most expensive agarwood on earth and almost nobody uses it honestly, so a composition built around it at this price is doing something unusual rather than just charging for the word. 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Madagascar, New Guinea and red vanilla fill the heart with ylang-ylang alongside, and Cambodian and Trat oud close it over benzoin, birch tar, labdanum and Peru balsam.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfumed by:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/all\/perfumer-maxim-bortnikov\"\u003eMaxim Bortnikov\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReleased:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKSI Take:\u003c\/strong\u003e Using three vanillas instead of one gives this real dimension, and the birch tar keeps the whole thing from collapsing into dessert the way most vanilla ouds do by the second hour. It is also the most crowd-pleasing thing the house makes, which means it is the least distinctive, so if you already own a good sweet oud this will feel familiar rather than new. 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Amyris, styrax and nagarmotha build a storm washed woody heart, and Khazanah Malaysian oud closes it with ambergris, beeswax, vanilla, Virginia cedar and vetiver.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfumed by:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/all\/perfumer-maxim-bortnikov\"\u003eMaxim Bortnikov\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReleased:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKSI Take:\u003c\/strong\u003e Real seaweed and a hand made kombu tincture put this in a different category from every aquatic built on synthetic sea air, and the oud underneath gives it a weight the genre almost never has. The flip side is that actual seaweed smells like actual seaweed, briny and faintly low tide for the first ten minutes, which is a lot to ask of anyone expecting a fresh fragrance. 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Frangipani, magnolia, Indian shamama and tobacco build the heart, the tobacco lending a sweet woody warmth, and an Indian amber accord, a marine amber note, Indian sandalwood, tonka bean and Madagascar vanilla finish it velvety and faintly smoky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfumed by:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/all\/perfumer-maxim-bortnikov\"\u003eMaxim Bortnikov\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReleased:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKSI Take:\u003c\/strong\u003e Shamama is a traditional Indian attar base distilled from dozens of herbs and spices, and almost nobody outside the subcontinent builds with it, which is what gives this an unfamiliar depth no western amber reaches. The trade is that shamama is genuinely odd, herbal and slightly medicinal, so it is not an easy first wear, and the marine amber note sits strangely against the tobacco for the first half hour. 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Myrrh and opoponax build a molten resin core and then the animalic chorus arrives on musk, castoreum and civet with nagarmotha underneath, and Indian sandalwood, oakmoss, benzoin and labdanum close it warm and balsamic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfumed by:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/all\/perfumer-maxim-bortnikov\"\u003eMaxim Bortnikov\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReleased:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKSI Take:\u003c\/strong\u003e Castoreum and civet together is a combination most houses stopped attempting decades ago, and the two frankincenses give the opening a sacred brightness that makes the filth underneath land harder. This is the least wearable thing the house makes and that is the point, so anyone who wants to smell clean should start elsewhere. 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