Ýdalir

Upon initial application, this usually smells like mesquite seasoning, in a not-too-pleasant way. Once I get past the first few minutes though, it rounds out nicely and the woods come out to play. As it sinks into my skin and matures past that first application, it evokes a west coast national park that's undergoing a controlled burn. It's definitely not for everybody, I get that. But if you want a realistic, SMOKY scent, without the incessant sugariness that usually accompanies it (marshmallow, vanilla, etc), this is a phenomenal option at a phenomenal price point.

I absolutely adore this scent. A blast of pinewood bonfire, surrounded on all sides by cold night air and conifer forest. It doesn't smell the least bit barbecue to me, but maybe that's just because I'm already the kind of person to have the smell of real campfires sticking to my clothes anyways ;) A drop is all that's needed, and if I want to boost the dark pine night scent, I'll layer it with a decent amount of For Strange Women's Black Forest.

Smells like wildland firefighting. I bought this to bring me back to my days on the hill, and it works, a little too well. If the smoke had been toned down with the amber more amped up, this would be very wearable. As it is, it just smells like forest fire. Interesting but not necessarily wearable for the everyday. I feel sweaty, grubby, and pumped full adrenaline when I have it on.

A night spent in a Viking longhouse. Sap, fire, smoked meats, pillage, but mostly the sticky stuff they cram between the wood to insulate the structure. Norse AF, no apologies.

Far from my favourite scent, but one that I always seem to keep coming back to for whatever reason. In terms of notes, it smells like smoke, initially it smelled like liquid smoke on some cooking meat, but for whatever reason the meatyness has since faded from my initial test a month or so ago, morphing in to more of a campfire scent. I think I'd like it more on someone else or perhaps as a room scent in a diffuser. On a person up close (especially if you get a good wiff) it's a little much. Definitely a wear at home scent or a wear with friends who already know you're a psychopath scent, please do not torture your workmates with this.