Reviews of Thundra
by Profumum

Thundra is indeed weird. It opens with a strange aromatic green / herbal accord that seems designed by committee, with each committee member choosing his/her favorite note without consideration for balance or refinement of the outcome. There are no mushrooms for me in this aromatic herbal green salad – nothing but annoying green things. Next I get quick flashes of dirt that, for several minutes, fades in and out of the now-medicinal herbal accord – this could only mean that the patchouli has shown up in the salad. Finally there is that mediocre floral base that Vibert mentioned: There are just too many flaws in this fragrance. Thundra is a losing proposition all around … it just does not work for me.

I can't say I'm impressed. Thundra opens with one weird combination: leafy geen notes, dry woods, and mushrooms. Lots of mushrooms. The idea, I suppose, is to evoke a dim forest floor, but I have trouble smelling anything but the mushroom bin at my local grocery store. I like odd, challenging fragrances as much as (if not more than,) the next guy, but I do not want to smell like this.

Patchouli eventually floats in to prop up the mushrooms. This makes things a little more complex, but when, after thirty minutes, the whole mushroom and compost accord fades out, I'm left with something far more conventional. The remaining notes I can detect are a tart citrus, some non-descript florals, and relatively neutral woods.

Thundra transforms rapidly from a pungent and confrontational scent to something like an ordinary cologne. Once the oddball fungal accord goes there's very little sillage or projection here, and the whole show is over in about three hours. At these prices I want something more.