Fragrance Reviews by Mark67

This is a fantastic woodsy-incense fragrance with an intriguing hint of mossy musky dankness. Green AND sexy, manly in a most uncliched way. A coiled potency swathed in a lovely grace and depth. Others here have done a better job describing it. I love peppery citrus opening notes that lead you into the woods and ultimately the dark, sexy resinous heart. This would be an absolute must-have (I just don't think I can afford it!)

Guerlain's was a revelation to me, old school, with its tobacco/spice debonair. Where the Guerlain is smooth and spicy, this one is crisp, herbal, and to the point. Where the Guerlain can take a bewitching turn on a lady, I'm not sure this one is anything but masculine. It has great lasting power, too. Virile Vetiver Extraordinaire!

I feel bad rating this one low, given its reputation and my relative lack of experience with fragrance. But I like to think it is not merely let-down after reading the myriad glowing reviews. It certainly sounds for all the world like something I would like. But my nose does not tell me "melancholy" when I smell this cloying, powdery foo foo. It absolutely does not tell me "rain showers," nor "twilight."

My nose tells me "Pampers."

I enjoy this one. Like Black March, it is a very natural evocation of a wet, earthy, woodsy scene that is uncanny in its analogy. It is also similar in that you may think twice about using something this close to the dirt as a skin scent--though Wild Hunt is maybe more amenable than greenish Black March in that respect.

Where Black March puts your nose up against a wet mossy log, Wild Hunt finds you on the forest floor, with pine needles, leaves, sweet woodiness and smoky mushroom. To me it stays more linear than Black March. Neither are particularly long-lasting to me, but hot damn, how cool that someone is going for this level of verisimilitude.

There are some decent notes that immediately get overwhelmed quickly by a "dish soap" smell. Didn't care for this one at all.

A very rakish scent, smoky seaside bar-meets-cool old used book store. Sour coffee and spicy nutmeg notes peppered with sweet tobacco/leather and a hint of old booze. The sourness has a pitch that may turn some off (my wife isn't crazy about it) and my guess is you'll either think its sweet spiciness provides a nice balance or just masks smoky weirdness. An rich, intriguing mix for a harder-partying Indiana Jones that holds up incredibly well throughout the day.

There is a pleasantly spicy, almost medical herb feel to the start, from which a wonderful rendition of the titular pepper emerges and dominates for a few minutes. The drydown is warm amber/incense that retains a hint of the pepper. There is an old-school feel to the composition. For my taste, this amber-y base is too sweet and creamy. However, it is a well-made scent some might find it very enjoyable.

A clean, light and classy scent that I can see worn in just about any setting. For whatever reason, I think "Modernism" when I smell it--sleek, unadorned, but with hidden angles and compositional complexity that belie its simple appearance.

It begins with a cymbal crash of bittersweet citrus and earth that is momentarily aggressive and "spiky." And I can see why some do not care for it. But for me the scent is all about that sparkling, mineralic edge that emerges just after, glinting off the peppery, woods/cedar. The orange becomes more "burnt orange peel." It mellows to warm woods in the long drydown.

After an initial positive reaction, my nose may have grown too used to it, and for a few days I was very disappointed by what seemed to me a smell like "burnt rubber." It is possible I overdid it a bit, mistaking its lightness for faintness ("faint" it is not.)

I took a break for a few more days, re-applied, and I'm back to really loving it. If applied lightly, a great, long-lasting scent which could very well be worn daily. The scales tip decidedly to "masculine," but not "macho."

Mossy-green, wet, with strong dirt undertones. An idealized but perfectly natural rendition of earth in spring thaw--just what it claims to be, and as such, a remarkably evocative achievement. But soon enough (too soon?) it dries to a pleasant, nondescript floral-sweet scent (is it the "sap" advertised in the notes?)which I would call a bit anticlimactic. If it is meant to suggest a bloom after a thaw, it is not quite there--but the attempt is very laudable.

Wearability would depend on how much you might want to smell like the damp corner of a greenhouse. Which is pretty cool, if that's your thing.