Reviews of Thundra
by Profumum

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.

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.

I detect a light patchouli and musk, with very little mint. The mint might have helped. The overall effect is ethereal, certainly it is not an earthy fragrance, as patchouli and musk would suggest. Rather, it is more sea and sky. Light and appealing to some, I find it insubstantial and without context-- it is on the cutting edge (or the bleeding edge) of unisex, neither masculine or feminine. It is a fragrance of uncertain commitment; not objectionable, not common, not particularly compelling either.

A rather medicinal scent that smells like a mix of some pungent ointment (must be mint) and a vintage no-nonsense men's cologne. Not unpleasant, but I don't really see what would be an appropriate occasion to wear this. It's not exactly a formal scent, but then you won't call it casual either. Also, don't be misled by the name - there's no moss, sparkling cold air or vast empty expanses of the tundra.