Metal Wave

AllSaints Metal Wave EDP opens with a moderate projection of sweet, floral, and woody notes. The opening is simple but unique, fragrant, and very pleasant. The magnolia is a prominent opening note, a dense white floral, slightly green, creamy, sweet, with a faint citrus touch; the juniper and papyrus are the woody notes; the juniper adds a fresh woody green note; and, the papyrus adds a dry woody, slightly smoky, and soft leathery touch, these two last accords work well projecting the fragrance. The combination of these three notes creates a highly unique fragrance. The fragrance is relatively linear, the only noticeable change is the development of a faint powdery note. The fragrance does not contain any metallic notes. Once AllSaints Metal Wave EDP has reached its full dry-down, it can be summarized as a moderate projection, sweet, white floral (magnolia), and woody (juniper, papyrus fragrance. The fragrance fees aromatic, creamy, delicate, dense, elegant, exotic, floral, formal, fragrant, fresh, high-quality, inviting, modern, nicely-blended, slightly powdery, relaxing, rich, special, mildly sweet, unique, unisex, woody and very pleasant. BATCH REVIEWED: 2020. WOW RATING: 10/10. Just three notes but the resulting scent are uniquely impressive. DISLIKE RATING: 1/10. The magnolia is a white floral, dense and prominent. UNIQUENESS: 10/10. The notes and resulting scent are unique. MASS APPEAL: 8/10. This one is for those that appreciate white floral fragrances. PROJECTION: 4/10. Moderate, about 4 feet around the wearer. SILLAGE: 4/10. Moderate, about 4 feet behind the wearer. APPLICATION: 5 atomizations. LONGEVITY: 4/10. Moderate, about 4 hours and it projects well for about 3 hours. SEASONS: Winter, spring, fall, colder days, and climate-controlled environments. OCCASIONS: Formal events, outdoor gatherings, gym, office, business, casual, holidays, vacations, romantic, dating, clubbing. This is an office-friendly fragrance. VERSATILITY: 8/10. A versatile fragrance ideal for any occasion and time of the year except summer. GENDER: Unisex. However, the magnolia is a white floral note. Some men may find the fragrance slightly tilted to the feminine side, yet, the overall scent presents itself as unisex. AGES: Any. RECOMMENDATION: AllSaints Metal Wave EDP can be purchased for about $70, it is a white floral and woody fragrance with an impressive uniqueness factor; those that appreciate magnolia and woody accords will find it very pleasant. This is a great buy. BLIND-BUY: No, sample it first. The vendor provides a good sample set. SIMILAR: These are examples of fragrances in the same genre. Moschino Toy Boy is a unique, sweet, ambery, magnolia, woody, and floral fragrance; Bond No. 9 Hamptons, is floral, citrusy, powdery, musky and woody fragrance; AllSaints Metal Wave EDP is a great, sweet, magnolia, juniper, and papyrus fragrance. SUMMARY: A moderate projection, sweet, white floral (magnolia), and woody (juniper, papyrus fragrance. The fragrance fees aromatic, creamy, delicate, dense, elegant, exotic, floral, formal, fragrant, fresh, high-quality, inviting, modern, nicely-blended, slightly powdery, relaxing, rich, special, mildly sweet, unique, unisex, woody and very pleasant.

This is giving James Dean, but he’s a sexy librarian. The leather jacket’s gone, replaced with a worn leather stool. He pushes a metal book cart down the stacks, chewing the end of his pencil, the air around him hazy with creamy, powdery vanilla from his soft cashmere jumper. The opening has a gentle metallic note for a moment before softening (done super well here, not doctors office or telephone pole, just sexy stainless steel). Obviously he’s paused mid-aisle, cart abandoned, to sweep a loose strand of hair from your face. As it settles, the scent deepens into a beautiful woody vanilla laced with soft leather and the faint dry whisper of dusty paper. The notes listed here don't really reflect it very accurately to my nose. My description is (as ever) over the top, but it's a really easy to wear composition. You could wear this every day. James Dean in jeans and on a milk run. Don't buy it though, its discontinued and I want the bottles. Notes: *I get the comparison to Eau Duelle, this doesn’t have anything green or damp, it’s brown, dry, and slightly powdery. Instead of any hint of green you get some metal. You don’t need both though. *If you like Whispers in the Library or By the Fireplace, you’ll like this. If you're collecting woody vanilla you might need it. *Not a gourmand, but Industrial Gourmand people will eat it up

My favorite from AllSaints fragrances. It's a honey vanilla woody fragrance, very warm and cozy. The notes they assign to their fragrances are so off, just like Zara. but I mainly get warm vanillic notes. the longevity is average and I found a bottle for a great price on Amazon UK, I will be gifting it to a friend. Just wanted to mention that it reminds me of Commodity Gold! but this one is a much smarter purchase since it's much more affordable and the longevity is a bit better than Gold. and Metal wave is definitely unisex while commodity Gold is unisex leaning feminine. The dry down of Gypsy Water by Byredo is in the same ballpark as Metal Wave, you don't get the lemony and green opening of Gypsy Water here. There are some similarities to Eau duelle EDT or EDP. But they are much spicier than Metal Wave. This line of fragrances is also Cruelty-free, which we need more of in the fragrance industry.

I love this. I know this is not something most people will love but there's something about this that just hooks me. I love wearing this, but I would also love to smell it on my husband. I don't understand the notes, it's more like impressions of those notes than you can actually smell them. Overall it's a non gourmand vanilla, almost green, but metallic, it also smells a little of pencil shavings and 1950s book pages. It makes me think of a very put together Scandinavian, living in a chic apartment, all simple lines and classic shapes and blond wood. It makes me think a little of tobacco also and soft leather, although it is not actually leathery, that is just the texture I think of. This is really long lasting on me and one that I only picked up about a year ago because I saw it in a sale for £10! So glad that I took the chance on it... I also love Flora Mortis from this line.

I got a sample and finished it in a few days, fastest ever. This is kind of addictive to me. "Metal Wave" name wise did not appeal to me at all.. and I can see how someone could think it smells like metal as an interpretation. But if there was a papyrus made out of vanilla pods shells, it would smell like this. It does smell like pages of a well aged book (the good kind) but wearable and unique as a perfume. As stated in previous reviews it does remind me of the vanilla in Eau Duelle, without the spices. I don't get the magnolia, but definitely a light, green coniferous that takes the vanilla away from being gourmand and gives it an uplift, could be a drop of sandalwood/santal too adding to the smoothness. Not too strong in longevity or sillage but can be generous with sprays since its well priced. Waiting for my FB!