I saw these at Luckyscent and then went to the Humiecki & Graef website.
Before getting to them, I should explain my "ARGH!" at the beginning of the post. It has nothing directly to do with the current releases. Previously this house released Skarb. I (and some others) found the imagery of the Skarb marketing to be lacking in taste, with allusions to World War II and the holocaust. That and trying to capture male melancholy for $210 a bottle just didn't didn't cut it for me.
So they have four new ones. And they may be quite good; I don't know. I just have bad memories of Skarb.
Askew - notes: birch tar, cardamom, soft leather, ginger, grapefruit, vetiver, Egyptian mimosa. Sounds interesting. Intended for men. Inspiration: the demolition of the classical men's fragrance. (per the H&G website). Don't ruin it for me.
Eau Radieuse - notes: green banana skin, fresh mandarin peel, fresh Italian lemon, fresh mint leaves, rhubarb juice, bamboo sap. Termed a "futuristic remake of an Eau de Cologne." Green banana somehow does not appeal to me as a scent element.
Geste - notes: soft amber, musk, soft violet petals, soft fir resin. Inspirtation: "A mature woman in love with a young man." Hmmmm....
Multiple Rouge - notes: cinnamon bark, frozen orange note, green pineapple, immortelle absolute, vietnamese cilantro, green violet, peach kernel, ozonic red berries. Interesting notes, but the Luckyscent blurb says, "Imagine a botanical Willy Wonka, creating the ultimate fruit in a hydroponic frenzy: a luscious melonberry, with hints of peach and pineapple thrown in for good measure and a dose of acidic tartness to keep it lively." Somehow I wish they left Willy Wonka out of it.
Okay, maybe some of these are good or great; we will see. Let us all know what you think if you try these!
Their website has been updated. See: http://www.humieckiandgraef.com/.
Before getting to them, I should explain my "ARGH!" at the beginning of the post. It has nothing directly to do with the current releases. Previously this house released Skarb. I (and some others) found the imagery of the Skarb marketing to be lacking in taste, with allusions to World War II and the holocaust. That and trying to capture male melancholy for $210 a bottle just didn't didn't cut it for me.
So they have four new ones. And they may be quite good; I don't know. I just have bad memories of Skarb.
Askew - notes: birch tar, cardamom, soft leather, ginger, grapefruit, vetiver, Egyptian mimosa. Sounds interesting. Intended for men. Inspiration: the demolition of the classical men's fragrance. (per the H&G website). Don't ruin it for me.
Eau Radieuse - notes: green banana skin, fresh mandarin peel, fresh Italian lemon, fresh mint leaves, rhubarb juice, bamboo sap. Termed a "futuristic remake of an Eau de Cologne." Green banana somehow does not appeal to me as a scent element.
Geste - notes: soft amber, musk, soft violet petals, soft fir resin. Inspirtation: "A mature woman in love with a young man." Hmmmm....
Multiple Rouge - notes: cinnamon bark, frozen orange note, green pineapple, immortelle absolute, vietnamese cilantro, green violet, peach kernel, ozonic red berries. Interesting notes, but the Luckyscent blurb says, "Imagine a botanical Willy Wonka, creating the ultimate fruit in a hydroponic frenzy: a luscious melonberry, with hints of peach and pineapple thrown in for good measure and a dose of acidic tartness to keep it lively." Somehow I wish they left Willy Wonka out of it.
Okay, maybe some of these are good or great; we will see. Let us all know what you think if you try these!
Their website has been updated. See: http://www.humieckiandgraef.com/.
