Review by rogalal
In my opinion, this is a basic niche-by-numbers iso e super/woody/pepper scent. I generally like these and quite enjoyed the first couple of hours of Dry Woods, though it's impossible to ignore the basic fact that this is a crowded category (just about every niche house has to have one of these) and a few of them are masterpieces (CDG's incense series is the obvious reference point), so it's quite hard to join the pack at this point and expect to come out a winner. Dry Woods is perfectly competent but does little to stand out from the competition. Also, I just don't care for the base. Instead of creamy sandalwood or smoky incense, it opts for that designer "woody amber" smell, that weird rubbing alcohol odor that so many low quality aquatics die down to. It cleverly pairs this smell with a catchy burnt pine tar smell, but the end result is something that mostly smells like the fumes of a permanent ink marker. The topnotes deserve a thumbs up, uninspired or not, but the lame base bumps it down to a neutral.
