Noun

Olibanum, quite similar to Frederic Malle's Dawn, but different enough to enjoy wearing on occasion. I adore AG's artwork; it's truly special.

Im lf a Noun bottle, can any1 share this for me?

Another boundary pushing creation by Antonio Gardoni, this almost animalic gourmand dense and bold benzoin-based perfume created as a limited edition of 50 bottles for Luckyscent's 15th anniversary celebration is for those who like heavy, old style, perfumes like Gardoni's own classic "Maai". The central note here is dense benzoin which is surrounded by a flurry of notes like most of his creations - in this case, bergamot, yuzu, mandarin, petitgrain, buchu, black pepper, mint, basil, mustard seed, cassis, rosemary, ylang ylang, jasmine, rose, lavender, geranium, rosewood, labdanum, olibanum, sandalwood, patchouli, vanilla, tonka, siam wood and cedar (Phew!). Starts shape shifting the moment it lands on your skin with very strong projection, sillage and longevity, this will appeal to those who like their perfumes dense, bold and resinous. For those with strong, "dont care about the world" personalities, this is edgy, brilliant, modern perfumery at its finest. I loved it but there is a good chance you will hate it, especially if you love perfumes like Aventus and Gypsy Water. Enjoy!

Noun is my first try from Bogue, and as an exclusive Luckyscent release to celebrate the boutique's fifteenth anniversary, it's a particularly daring entry. It's a gourmand, but not a sweet one, as Sebastian Jara notes, its particular ensemble of green, woody, and spicy notes conjuring spicy vegetables and meat to my nose. Mostly, the spicieness stands out with an undercurrent of resins to render the blend slightly creamy and at the same time still a bit animalic. In the dry down, I get more of the floral/herbal side of it, the lavender in particular, and it smells a bit more like a traditional men's fragrance. Performance is strong, but it comes pricey, at $210 for 50ml, so one really needs to love the stuff to splurge for it. 7 out of 10

Something has gone very wrong here. The opening of Bogue Noun smells like rotten fruit —specifically, there’s a cloying Concord grape smell, mixed with some sweaty, savory cooking spices, and something powerfully camphoraceous and minty, like a Ricola lozenge. There’s even a rich, dark note that reminds me of chocolate — in a context where that’s just *wrong*. It’s strong — I can smell it wafting up a foot from my wrists — and similar smells are mentioned by other reviewers, so I know I’m not just imagining it. Ignore the mentions of citrus or green notes in the official list — this is funky, stinky fruit and medicinal camphor. And I can *enjoy* fruit + stank (Rochas Femme, Bel Ami) or even stinky fruit + camphor (Chinatown) but this is just a whole other level of foulness. This must be an experimental perfume where Antonio Gardoni tries to see exactly how far he can go. It does mellow eventually, as the laws of physics say it must. A good hour in, the fruit has subsided, and Noun is primarily a dark patchouli smell, with dark spices and a much more manageable amount of herbal camphor. It’s like an edgier Chinatown, and I can only wish Noun *started* here, instead of that overkill opening. At the two-hour mark, it’s still intensely spicy (cloves?), darkly resinous, and now woody. It smells like actual cedar and spruce, not ISO E Super. And the rosemary is starting to pop out too. At this point it’s got a distinctly masculine character: dark, sweet, and outdoorsy. It belongs on someone who’s into sailing or ice climbing or something. Not something I seek out personally, but definitely fills a niche. If you’re a hardcore spice-and-camphor fan, mayyyybe try Noun — but wake up and put it on at least an hour before you have to interact with any human beings.

Right off the bat, resinous floral blooms appear on the skin. Noun embarks on a medicinal, bitter green facet by a huge amount of petitgrain, blending over a deluge of yang ylang and indolic jasmine, which is not so prominent there, from the very first time noun reminds me of the fantasy of the flagship Maai with floral chypre feeling. There is something that is reminiscent on my skin—a kind of tart bergamot essential oil along with the freshness of rosemary. I formerly never expected Noun to be that good, it made me excited. As always, Antonio is masterful with his perfumes and the way he controls every element professionally. Every petal has its own place to shine in the whole, despite the strong, dense elements such as patchouli or olibanum that could screw them up and turn them invisible. ... Gradually, lavender is in the game after a few minutes. The kind of bitter lavender pops up incredibly well, to the point that I might love lavender—the note that I had originally despised. The perfumer has a splendid source of high-quality lavender absolute that could work well in the composition. Mem is immediately recalled in my mind. Noun has the long-lasting middle part performing as Mem with herbs, the major player being woody lavender. In the first half of the ride, I partly like this; it's definitely a skillful switch of notes, but the rest of me wouldn't say love, as I formerly had prejudice against lavender, especially with Mem, because the overdosing of bitter, oily lavender would be offensive in the tropical weather here. ... Spices come up. Welcome to Timbuktu! Noun was sharpened by mustard seed, NGL I have never smelled it in real life, but I reckon this sort of black mustard seed plays a particular role in generating the pungent, animalic facets of Noun. Wouldn't you feel strange if the non-animal, cruelty-free materials could incredibly contribute animalic nuances like cumin seed or black mustard seed? I can feel the harshness of super-dried tea leaves as well. I am kind of moving to the peculiar herbs market in Timbuktu, smelling the diversity of powders, dried leaves, and seasonings. ... From Noun, what to see from the style of compositing by Bogue? (1) It is a kaleidoscopic transition of fragrant elements; (2) Accumulating effects (1) Antonio Gardoni elaborately selects fragrant elements with somewhat the same profile, so when they merge together overall, you'll hardly detect the notes distinctly shifting. However, should you just be calm, let it be for a while, and it will surprise you at how they take turns changing their role play. The first half of Noun is borderline intoxicating to me like that. There would be no man but flabbergasted at the shifts of the scents, which you leave for a while to let them grow, as if they were from two other perfumes. (2) I did state this in every post relative to Bogue Profumo. Having tested many perfumes like a hard fan of Bogue, you'll see the familiarity of older scents that interlock in a perfume. Noun has Maai nuances at first, then leans on Mem with herbs, spice, and prominent lavender, and closes with a green-skewing, meaty facet, sharing a great deal of ground with Gardelia. ... In a nutshell, Noun is like Mem on steroids; it exceeds my expectations of what I could think of it previously. It has the balance in blending white flowers, herbs, and spices. For those who first come to the bogue, they should test it first if they have a chance, perhaps it wouldn't be the "101" of Bogue creations, but it is definitely skillful enough to see how much effort went into the perfume. For hard fans of the house, this is one of the best offerings to date that you might need to have a requisition for, especially if you love staples like Mem, Maai, and O/E. I tested it directly from the sample. I'd like to thank my mate Benedikt who kindly sent me a generous sample of this one. This is an utterly wonderful experience.

Noun starts with the scratchiness, the hint of dissonance that I love in Antonio Gardoni’s perfumes. His perfumes are built for the long haul, unfolding slowly over the course of the day. Like traditional extraits they aren’t meant to be judged at the first sniff where they can appear so potent as to be aggressive. Fruit marks the transition to the perfumes heart. The citrus transforms into an almost grape-like note that creates a flinty whiff of white wine. Noun turns jammy but never actually grows sweet. Noun's fruit--what I perceive as jamminess and the mineral hint of white wine (you might characterize it differently)--hovers beside the perfume's central woody-floral core, as though sensed through the olfactory equivalent of peripheral vision. The hint of grape highlights the perfume's floral quality similarly to the way Dior Poison and Caron Narcisse Noir famously amped their white floral bouquets with methyl anthranilate, a material that can give a concord grape, bubble-gummy flavor to tuberose and orange blossom. In Noun, the effect is much more subtle and the hint of grape gives the woody-floral heart a smooth glow. It doesn't take long to recognize the importance of patchouli in Noun. Over the course of hours, the balance of flowers-to-woods tips in favor of the woods that ultimately define the perfume. Gardoni's perfumes tend to shine in dry down, where precise layering of resinous materials give the perfumes impressive coherence and Noun is no exception. The emphasis on patchouli's camphorous side gives Noun's drydown a cool vibe that differentiates it from the warm basenotes of Maai. On first wearing Noun, I was struck by how prominent the Bogue-identifiers are. The salty/musky balance and the pattern of the white florals in particular are familiar. The question Noun must answer is: Is it just a different flavor of a 'house accord' that Gardoni has shown before? My answer is no, but I suspect that Gardoni has beaten me to the punch and answered the question already. Noun's topnote will be instantly identifiable to wearers of Maai and Aeon 001, but despite the 'signature style' of the opening, the perfume avoids predictability. Gardoni puts his distinctive mark on the perfume's topnote—almost a taunt—then retracts it as the perfume dives deep into the patchouli. All artists must watch their work closely over time to avoid repeating themselves. Gardoni's perfumes reiterate themes within a specific genre. Still, I wouldn't rebuke a classical composer for not creating a jazz piece and I don't fault Gardoni for making woody-floral perfumes, especially when he continues to find new patterns and ideas in his work. In fact, I would argue that as he continues to explore the resinous woody-floral range, Gardoni's work becomes more personal. Noun and MEM, which preceded it, are particularly strong efforts and demonstrate Gardoni's ability to mine a concept for different configurations that produce novel results. (exerpted from scenthurdle.com)

BOGUE Profumo, NOUN. NOUN was a limited-release launched to celebrate Luckyscent's 15th anniversary. I must say that at first, I wasn't crazy about it. Not at all. But as with almost all of Antonio's works, except AG and Gardelia, I had to sit down and have a chat with them to get to know each other. Every time I wore NOUN, I discovered new facets, new colors, and textures. At this point, NOUN is a top 3 BOGUE perfume for me, next to AG and Gardelia. NOUN is all about strong contrasts. A game of cold and warm. But also a game of textures, fizzy and creamy. Personally, I love strong contrasts in perfumes more than anything else. It is also a savory perfume. I would not call it a gourmand by any means, more like an anti-gourmand, but savory nonetheless. I'd say the perfume presents as two distinct phases, overlapping in the middle, with a smooth transition between them. At first, you get the cold phase of the perfume. A blast of kitchen herbs and spices all seen through a thick cloud of olibanum smoke. The spices don't feel warm. Nor the aromatics. Mustard seeds, pepper, clove, rosemary, and lots of basil. Lavender is also present here, giving support to the other aromatics. The smoke here is unlike his other works, it feels like cold churchy frankincense smoke. There's also a meat accord here, that plays peek-a-boo. But it smells more like raw, seasoned meats, rather than cooked meats. In the second stage, the perfume starts to warm up. Exotic florals, ylang-ylang, jasmine, and resins such as benzoin, styrax, as well as vetiver provide the ground for the base of the perfume. The resins and the ylang-ylang sweeten up the perfume and they help to create a creamy, buttery accord, with a sweet vanillic undertone. It almost feels like vanilla-flavored butter biscuits. And so the culinary theme perpetuates, to finally settle down to this sweet benzoin base supported by some woods. The Gardoni signature elements are present all over the perfume. The ylang-ylang, the lavender, the rosemary, the benzoin, the vetiver. It feels like a Gardoni through and through yet it smells unlike any other. Another way I like to picture this perfume, in a more satyrical view, is by imagining this picnic party at a church in the Italian countryside. All the clergy gathered around, having a barbecue in the courtyard, smoking meats, and eating vanilla-flavored butter cookies. The smell of burning frankincense wafts from inside the church into the courtyard, mixing with the scent of seasoned meats and kitchen herbs. IG:@memory.of.scents

Best Bogue to walk the earth? I'm not sure yet.. I'm more collector than I am hedonist hence blind buying is my modus operandi. As it pertains to this fragrance, I'm not sure if I own bottle number 39 or perhaps I have the 39th bottle. Lets hope it's not the latter. That would mean there is only 11 remaining. Here's a couple of adjectives describing Noun: Brooding and Funereal. The note listing would suggest that you are engaging in something earthly. I can assure you that this is totally Mars!! This skin brew was constructed with malevolence in mind. Here lies a scintilla of white florals buried alive and begging for its life but coffined by olibdanum and spices. The rosewood, cedar and vetiver is a powerful expression of woody aromas. This fragrance is as demonstrative as there is. Deep benzoin, embrowned, somewhat unhued; bold, matured, multi-dimensional aroma, stays smooth and persistent atop a modicum of leather. Bogue is loaded with a power rush of pepper but sandalwood is distinct in the background. This concludes smoothly and it feels like I get a different result each time I wear it; sometimes I get rose other times I don't. Any spicy fragrance that can be this expressive and this green without being excessive is pretty amazing. Here's a more optimistic way of viewing Noun: A dining table with the jasmine being the centerpiece. Flower arrangements have always been a perfect way to brighten up an accent table...peep the metaphor....Don't you dare listen to Luckyscent!!! Gourmand this is not!! Not one time did I feel like my arm was edible. Buy this to be different not delicious.

I finally got a hold of this perfume and it is very pleasant. As with most of Bogue perfumes - you cant smell every single ingredient as they are blended without edges to create a new aromasymphony. To cut it into basic terms Noun smells like a dry smooth green musky orris overlayd on top of vanilla biscuit. Start is indeed a little awkward, but it lasts maybe 30 seconds. From there a green orris musk smell appears. If i could translate a smell into a material, it would be jade/parakeet green satin. Almost silky smooth, but dense at the same time. Underneath this green - there is a very gentle vanillic sweetness with a smell of wheat or bread. It is really well balanced and makes this perfume complete. At times, very muted but can be perceived if you inhale deeply, you can feel some camphor-like star balm, but again, this is barely there. Later on this must give Noun a little bitterness at the very deep drydown. Referencing other Bogue perfumes, it has nothing to do with Maai, like at all. It is somewhat close to 0,7738, but that one is fruity and sparkling green, where as Noun is almost reserved, melancholic green. It is 3rd best in bogue hierarchy from what i have tried. Very nice release with no performance issues.

I've smelled this before, in an previous life, say 132 B.C. my ancestors used this as a rub for ilnesses we now call leprosy and/or syphilis Okay, to be fair. The dry down is pretty good. It develops in a pretty cool way.

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Spicy. Edgy. Rich. There's a weird salami note at the top. Great longevity.