Scent (2007)
by Theo Fennell

I was put off by the negative reviews but decided to 'buy and try'. WOW! This is a fabulous scent. Certainly not one for the girlies who rely on the latest designer 'in ' smells but an exotic classical scent for a woman! Initially a warm floral hit then mellowing into a sumptuous sexy aroma. Expensive and elegant. Timeless. I usually like Lanvin's Arpege or Chanel's 5. Bal a Versailles and Creeds Bulgarie. This is for me an equal. Keep on making it Theo, but, hopefully not too many others will catch on leaving us that love it exclusive!!!

1st July, 2011.

Bought this one from a friend(as I usually do, and believe me you save a lot of money that way and get a satisfying amount of the scent), for a bargain. It is a suprising how the price of TF Scent varies....
But most of the stores sell it (EDT I mean)for couple of pounds for a big 75 ml (2.5 oz)bottle...and I saw some sites where the price raises to a very high amount of 70-130 pounds, but I guess it depends on the concentration (maybe the perfume extract is very expensive)and the special edition-like the one with the silver sleeve on the bottle...
Reading many reviews, I kinda hoped that the ''skank'' part isn't so skanky after all,cause I don't really dig skanky, animalistic (civet,castoreum,musk) scents due to the fact they develop in a very unpleasant ''beasty, dirty'' way that I don't like on me.though men loove skanky compositions, that raw, meaty, dirty, hormony smell...
and boy was I surprised there weren't any nasty components that would't appeal to my taste...
First of all this is a musky-oriental, not a chypre...maybe in a first half an hour that dominant and bright rose gives that ''chypre feeling'' to it,and is quite flowery,musky in a pleasant (but boring) way...
so i said-ok, another pleasant perfume with musk and a bit of oriental touch to it...
but I couldn't be more surprised when that divine concoction started to envelop itself and develop in a most exquisite of the florientals that I've ever smelled.yes, there are some resins here, patch for sure, but the musk is so predominant, soft and ooo yeah-sexy,that reminded me in an instant of Helmut Lang's Eau de Parfum.yes, that's it!!that is THE MUSK OF THE MUSKS!very feminine, almost unbereable silky,sexy and non offensive...
it is very close to the skin, but has a nice sillage, and as it develops, it surprises me with the facetes that it brings to the surface...
this is one hell of the floriental, a niche-like scent for strong individuals,for women that aren't affraid to be different and smell different...
so don't expect chypre perfume, but expect surprises from this great scent. B.O-no way...I don't like B.O, and when I say dirty, I'm instantly thinking of B.O.
yes, THAT IS a dirty little skunk..
but this is nothing like it. it is dark, it is mysterious and it is different....if you like H.Lang, SJP Lovely, Baghari,Rance Musc Blanc A.Provocateur....don't miss on Theo Fennell 'cause the man knows his stuff and delivers it...
strictly for the evenings out and when you want to be noticed, not in a Gucci or D&G ''seee me I'm sexy chic'' kind of way...but ''I don' care if you notice me, but YOU WILL notice me'' ladylike kind of way...
ok, that's it!!

5th April, 2011.

This is a Fabulous BOMB of roses and spices...think of Diva by Ungaro but amped up 10 times...

Love it...

Big thumbs up...!!!

5th April, 2011.

Apologies, it appears that I have given the review for the EDT in the EDP listing!

*UPDATE* I now have the EDP too and thankfully it is the same stunning fragrance, just a stronger concentration of oils.

"This has been billed as a scent constructed in a classical "old fashioned" way. This is most likely true as the attention to detail is breath taking! Beautiful rosey/chypre opening with musks coming through. A lovely creaminess to it that carrys on all through the scent to a lovely woody/amber base.

As Luca Turin put's it in his wonderful book "Perfumes - The A-Z Guide" this is a "modern masterpiece" and I agree with his opinion that is really is very unisex.

If you're looking for a very well constructed fragrance with obviously high quality materials, I say give this a try!

16th July, 2010. (Last Edited: 29th July, 2010.)

I love this. I am often delighted by a nice smell, but this one made me cackle. The first raucously buxom thirty seconds of roses, sweet spices and something rather like bubblegum build into a monumentally sweaty moment, like the speeded up smell-biography of some sex-legend's party dress. Not everyone will like the sweat, although I think the sensitive, intelligent men will adore it and spend the whole night trying to 'understand' you. Lasts well and keeps morphing.

5th May, 2010.

Musc Koublai Khan with more cumin, vegetal musk and rose, less castoreum and civet, and a generous dashing of fizzy saffron.

14th April, 2010.