Thundra
by Profumum

Leaves, mint, patchouli, white musk
This is a delightful and distinctive scent, somewhat delicate and yet having a lot of character. I find it to be very minty, but that is not a problem. No toothpaste here, rather what I find is a great green-leafy sort of mint. Now this is the way to achieve a fresh cool note, a beautiful natural-smelling path rather than the usual tiresome ozonic and synthetic-smelling elements! The mint reaches into every phase of this scent. The opening is a leafy green mint. The brown earth tones of bark, soil and forest floor have a cool tone. The light patchouli is framed by mint. And the gorgeous musk is balanced by mint. I think this is a well-designed scent. Although it is not a fougere, it evokes the same cheery vibrant mood as my favorite Trumper’s Wild Fern. My only reservation is the price! Otherwise, it's a winner in my opinion.

I wish this didn't morph into the patchouli base so quickly. If the top notes stayed around a bit longer, I'd easily splash out the $250 odd for this scent. Easily. The mint and mushroom smoky mustiness is really pretty damned cool. I find this easily wearable. But that lasts all of about 20-30 minutes and then its a nice enough, but let's face it, pretty straightforward patch.

However, at these prices, I'm not all that jazzed for a bit of interesting smoke and mirrors that's all front-loaded.

This is currently my favorite fragrance. I love it all the way from the opening blast of mushroom-like earthiness, all the way down to its indescribable other-worldly finish. Longevity is typical of the Profumum line --- legendary. I ordinarily turn almost apoplectic from spending $240 on 100ml of fragrance, but this juice is worth every penny for me. I just can't say enough about it.

SirSlarty is right, I could swear this opened with a big blast of lavender! I was hoping for dead leaves and mushrooms, but all I get is lavender, eucalyptus (I know it's supposed to be mint but that's what I perceive), patchouli and some camphor. Instead of a damp, cool, earthy scent this is a dry, aromatic, throat-clearing, soapy-clean lavender potpourri. A tad earthy from the patchouli, yes, but earthy in a sharp and dusty way, not like moist soil or a frosty thundra or whatever. It reminds me of some cheap perfume oil from BPAL also failing miserably at evoking gloomy nature. It gets a neutral thumb for originality and daring. I guess it's no worse than Serge Lutens' lavender/incense concoctions which I also don't like.

Mint, my arch nemesis. Here Mr. Mint dresses the part of the Ms. Patchouli giving a very weird illusion of Sir Lavender. Very odd creature this is.

Profumum - Thundra: opens with a very cool, wet, MINT note with a underlying touch of green, this openin note is soo good, so good that one may just drop $240 for this one....the opening notes is impressive the same way PG's Corp et ames is....half an hour past, the mint note fades away completely..leaving a very "earthy, almost barren note" with a lesson in patchouli...this phase is very true and smells like "real earth+patchouli". This phase hangs in for quite some time then moving to a powdery trail of dust and "WOOD" + a smell which is very very similar to gentleman(the note tht makes gentleman, the scents it is) and or PG's Corps et ames..i would like to say theres leather, but im confused whether its leather or earthy notes...

overall, a pretty good experience; very realistic, enjoyable, wearable, intriguing one with damp earthy notes and one of the finest Patchouli, it'd like to add ever, but, lets say its nice.