Haze

I've been wearing this sample from Akro's Discovery Kit from Lucky Scent the last two days and I was surprised by the similarities between Haze and my favourite summer fragrance, Beso Beach Beso Feliz [the entire line was unfortunately discontinued earlier this year]. Both Haze and Feliz explore the same green, herbal territory, though each approaches it with a different personality. Haze opens with a very distinctive cool blast of mint, eucalyptus, and absinthe, settling into clary sage and an earthy patchouli-leather base that is reminiscent of the vintage 70's perfumes I've smelled over the years. It feels like stepping into a smoky café filled with herbal haze with its fresh, slightly bitter, and tinged with an almost cannabis-like character, though surprisingly no cannabis note is listed. Feliz, on the other hand, makes the cannabis connection explicit. It pairs that accord with blackcurrant, pink pepper, and rhubarb, creating a brighter, more playful opening. For me the heart brings in this decomposing rose, sage, hay, and black pepper, while the base leans on patchouli, vetiver, and musk. Beso is uplifting and free-spirited, evoking open-air beaches and sunlit gatherings rather than smoky rooms. For me the two perfumes overlap in a meaningful way with the same herbal-aromatic DNA and I will likely buy a full bottle of Haze once I use my backup of Beso. I wonder if Akro named Haze, well Haze, because it reminded them of cannabis without including an actual cannabis note? Check out my past review of Beso Beach Beso Feliz to read how much I enjoy wearing Feliz around my hometown. 🤤💫 Postscript: I totally agree with the reviewers below that say it smells like a mojito.

At its core, Haze is just... “green”. The mint is bold and fresh, the absinthe comes through sharp and bitter, there’s a bit of a limey-ness to the scent that keeps it fresh. I absolutely smell like a refreshing mojito, but a mojito made with gin instead of rum. Any other notes were muddled enough that they didn’t come through independently and I didn’t get any leather or woody notes. As for the cannabis smell that people mention; I’ve never been around the growing plants so maybe there is a similarity there, but this has zero relation to any cannabis by-products. There’s nothing skunky or funky about this scent, thank god. I’m obsessed with this scent – its definitely going to be my go-to green fragrance for this spring. On my skin Haze performs fairly linearly. I didn’t get much evolution or change from first spray to dry down to 8 hours of wear later. But, the fact that this lasted for over 8 hours on my skin and didn’t lose any projection is phenomenal to me. I genuinely can’t imagine what happened to those who said the performance of Haze is weak. Regardless, it works for me, and I’ll absolutely be getting a full bottle.

Nothing in common with marijuana and for the good of it. This became more than a skin scent for me, I sprayed my car interior, my accomodation, perhaps people around me occasionally. Not the pets though, always keep their sensitive noses off the olfactory attacks, please. Expertly done, comfortable, fresh, dark green, icy just enough, intoxicating by playing that one trick on your brain that makes you fall in love with a perfume. No, there’s no sophistication on the dry down, but it doesn’t come across as cheap or mass market. Gentle spraying won’t do it justice, I feel you must cocoon yourself in that eucalyptus to reach the effect this packs. This is a rare perfume to invigorate you through sports yet to calmly focus you after. It’s a very positive scent, optimistic, non confrontational, therapeutic. For as long as I’ve been questing myself to find my signature green-fresh-type of easy eau de cologne that makes sense to me as such, heaven knows how happy I was to stumble upon Haze. A no brainer, a true partner in crime of a perfume.

Love at first sniff. This perfume carries an inmense sentimental value for me because it smells exactly like my grandma's homemade herbal tea mix. When she was still alive, she used to walk around the fields and meadows near our village and hand pick all sorts of herbs and flowers. She would then lay them out to dry on clean bed linen in the spare north-facing bedroom and when ready, mix them in an air-tight jar. And I would get to sleep in that scented bed linen - a treat I could hardly appreciate as a child but terribly miss now, almost 30 years later. Haze brings those memories back. Somehow it is sweet yet dry at the same time. Crisp yet subtle. The mint is present but it doesn't scream for attention. It is honeyed, toned down and blended beautifuly with the sage. The longevity is moderate and it sits closer to the skin, but I don't mind at all. It is not intended as a statement piece and I only want to share this treasue with people closest to me.

I LOVE this fragrance. It's my go-to everyday wear. When I first sprayed it in store, I thought "wow it smells like freaking weed yo," but as it dried down it became this smooth absinthe leathery minty green. I'm a person who's skin turns every fragrance I wear super sweet (nasty curdle sweet sometimes), so I have to be super careful about what I wear. This is so stunning on me, super smooth, not vertical-up-your-nose, but horizontal early morning fresh. It keeps it's freshness through my sweat. I'm also a lady. I wish I had more to say about this because I've pretty much been wearing it for a year now. One thing that I do have a problem with is that this fragrance doesn't last as long as I'd like it to. I do have to respray it throughout the day. I carry a small sample bottle. If you love leather and mint, I'd suggest this. Wonderful fragrance.

I don't smoke or drink and I have no idea how weed smells like. However, this is pleasant. It smells like green leaves with the freshness of mint and some adorable anise in the background. It is very much like some kind of pleasant herbal medicine. If this is how weed smells like then no wonder people get addicted. If you really want to smell something that is worth to be called weed scent.. try 'Dark'. I love chocolate. I have for a long time been in the hunt for the various choclate tastes. But Dark is an awful smell of a smok addicted person. NB: Dark turns unto that promissed dark exculsiv choclate scent after 1-2 hours. However by then the scent sits to close to the skin. What a shame!

So happy Akro finally came to our country! I went down to the store to test Akro Haze out, totally in love! It was love at first sniff. I had perfume paper stick which still has the smell lingering on. Requested a sprit or two on my wrist so I can test it on skin. The initial sparkly minty green note is truly alluring and wow my eyes are wide open when I first smell. I also often catch the occasionally herbal, medicinal whiffs. Didn't know there is no cannabis note here and I do thought there is! This is a perfume I will never get sick of. Its very addictive to me. Will probably come back review again after I get the full bottle next month.

i bought the samplepack and its not bad actually very uniqe opens op smelling like crushed nettles with maybe a hint of weed. it is a very green fragrance but not unpleasant at all it smells very good especially comapred to malt and night those two were a disaster, but those two were much more stronger than this one kinda also get some mint in the back but nothing overpowering. smells pretty good. but i wouldn't suggest to blind buy it.

This evokes the fresh aromatic feel of good green cannabis without any cannabis notes. It's more evocative than it is realistic. It feels like those summer nights with your friends where you're sitting outside somewhere, laughing, playing music and smoking joints into the early hours of the morning... someone may have an acoustic guitar. This is not weed in excess - no bongs in basements - it's the romantic, boho side of weed.

First spray, the mint came across as basil to me and I agree with another commenter about marigold coming through as well. Those bright green, herbal top notes fade and the sage enters with a dried tobacco and cannabis flower vibe. I don't get a flat out "weed" smell but there is a nostalgia there. Like doob cruising on the winding back roads of the Oakland, California hills through the eucalyptus trees and sagebrush.

This one is so unique, it smells like you've walked into an aromatic garden with lots of herbs and plants like mint, nettle, rosemary and, to my nose, also tomato leaves. You cannot find all these notes listed, but I feel like this is a hyperrealistic representation of aromatic leaves inside one's garden. Later on it does become more camphorous but the green plant sap scent is still there. Love it!

A masterpiece by mister Olivier Cresp. A piece of nature. Smells like squeezing som fresh green herbs by your hand. Creative, Unique, and elegant I don’t agree who vote intimate sillage This perfume is an enormous. I think they just wear a one or two spray This kind of perfume how much spray you give it how much sillage he gave you. Odor 10/10 Longevity 10/10 Sillage 10/10 Note: I spray too much

Don't let the rating stops you from giving this a go(as it did for me), especially if you like proper indie brands; this is gorgeous! It's an acquired taste for sure, and I can see why most won't like it. It's VERY herbal with minimal sweetness. It's playful because at times you think it's too much, but then some other elements enter the show, and keep it away from the edge of unwearable.

If marijuana were a fragrance and I don't mean that in a negative way. Less dense and bottom heavy than the others in the collection, but not screechy by any means. Really does seem like a greeny/light purply trail wafting up. Very interesting. I got the flight of 6 and love them all in different ways and will use for layering or alone, except for Night which I will have to ponder more.

There’s more realistic ganjas in the market, this is more like inspired by - but it makes it more wearable. A lot of sage, a lot of absinthe. Smells a lot like the vodka I bought in the Czech Republic that had the whole flower fit inside the bottle. Great green fragrance but test it first - some might say it reminds them of cough medicine. Or an expensive herbal soap

Very heady. It def reminds me of cannabis but like... Fresh sticky herb. Not dry or burned weed. Just the plant. That being said the sage and mint are what make this fragrance a winner for me. Just crazy herbal from start to finish. I wore It to the theatre and I heard some old heads saying "someone smells like chronic" and I knew this was a winner.

That's how a green fragrance should smell like. This is very herbal and quite smoky in the opening, settles into a smooth leather patchouli combo while remaining really green, it does have a marijuana smell. A great scent, really unique, definitely worth trying if you love green and cannabis based fragrances.

Opening blast is good marijuana. Thank goodness that goes away quickly. On me it turns into a soapy, spicy green fragrance, surprisingly enjoyable. Mint is noticeable in this one, as is the bright not-quite florality of clary sage. Eucalyptus adds its punch but overall the effect is uplifting and smooth.

Mint, eucalyptus and sage combine to make a sharp but smooth, very green scent evocative of a still-growing marijuana plant with none of the acrid stink of a lit joint. Pine is not listed but I get some pine needle notes in here as well. The purest “aromatic” I’ve ever smelled. Oddly refreshing.

LOVE AT FIRST SNIFF! My most successful blind buy from 2026. It is indeed very minty, herbal and reminded me of bengay and vick vaporub -which I love.