With Abrakabarber, (a wordplay on Abracadabra) Erik Kormann pulls a very special creation out of the hat and has also told us what he had in mind while creating the fragrance.
„Sometimes I imagine what it would be like to go to the barber’s – though I'd have to grow a beard first. Somewhere in New Orleans, in the French Quarter, the air is as humid as ever, and after 20 minutes my shirt is sticking to my skin. My way leads me through Bourbon Street, where Tuba Skinny plays top New Orleans jazz, which you can dance a great Charleston to, and I’m keeping my eye out for the barbershop, Mr. Jack's Louisiana Haircutters. Turning left on to Canal St. and I’m nearly there, I have my saxophone with me and mentally I’m already in the Maple Leaf Club, where music plays the whole night away. And for me barbershop is exactly this combination of men's grooming and music. Barbershop is a harmony of four voices creating a melody comparable to a cool, refreshing gin, the clean scent of shaving soap, the heavy leather upholstery of barber chairs, wood notes and, of course, tobacco and smoke. All these things come together here and exert a spell on me... Abrakabarber.”
He continues:
“When you enter such a barbershop, the scents of the different fragrances and pomades in the room hit you. Fragrances made for men: lemony and fresh, often green woody notes, leather and, in a time before public smoking was banned, tobacco. It is as if, as in music, one can perceive the harmony in all these elements, and yet every note has its very own character.” Erik Kormann
