Dirty Heaven

This smells like wilted white flowers... they're sweet but with a distinctly musky dirty skin smell that is sexy. Definitely an almondy-saffron tinge that comes through for the first hour or so, which I surprisingly like (usually I don't like sweet saffrons, just spicier saffrons). Pairs beautifully with any sort of your skin but better scent, and I find that layering with these helps temper the sweetness of the fragrance (think nemat amber or not a perfume). I prefer this in the daytime... there's an airiness that feels strange and sharp at night, maybe because its sweet but not at all spicy. If this fragrance were a painting, it would be an absurdist, slightly uncanny but alluring rendition of heaven. Like a heironymus bosch painting of heaven filled with neroli and jasmine and a wisp of saffron. I feel like a sexy sweet alien that is capable of manipulating humans when I wear this. Definitely a bit doll-plasticky like other people have mentioned about BTSO. This was my signature scent for a while. Was love at first sniff, but is losing its novelty after owning it for about a year.

What does it smell like? Sweet. Egregiously sweet. Sweet, sour (probably some too much of an off-note that lets one think of grapefruit), airy, maximalist. Tonka, vanilla, amber and ambroxan are definitely the main notes, a lil flowery goodness lingers in the background. Who could I see wearing this? With men, either raging flamboyant homosexuals or male manipulators who will throw themselves at you on the opportunity to tell you all about how this perfume leans feminine and fragrances really don't have a sex. With women, a rich auntie who never lost her teenage edge and never tried hard yet naturally succeeded to be popular. And also her daughter. Why shouldn't you buy it? If you have a problem with "synthetic" qualities of a perfume, stay far away from this one and leave all the stock to me please. How would I describe it most abstractly? Bouncy thoughts, screechy makeup, sex with the big light on, loss of impulse control, deceivingly sweet, using too much vanilla extract in a cake batter, cunty mountain air, what your bff's perfume smells like in your head.

Upon the first few minutes it's reminiscent of Angel's Powder, but with a triple shot of tonka + a shot of leathery funk. After that it reminds me of a sweeter PDM Althäir; but with additional leather & animalics, which makes it unique unto itself. The name is befitting! I enjoy it up close on the skin, it makes my eyes roll back in pleasure. As with all BTSOs I've noticed the oil concentration is high, making for a rich, intense, and satisfying fragrance experience. I honestly don't understand why this house doesn't get more love. Everything I've smelled is so much better than department store offerings! Creative but mass appealing, excellent quality. It's expensive, but less expensive than PDM, for example. Maybe it's the marketing and presentation lacking. Otherwise this house is incredible! Especially the Fugazzi collab. These are so niche but not too niche, as to alienate entire demographics 🥹 it's confusing. Editing to add that the review below reading "vanilla gasoline" could not be more accurately succinct! Love that

Dirty Heaven to me is vanilla powdered milk, ylang ylang with a base of toasted tonka bean. This is milky and powdery at the same time, like the sensation of sweet, clean skin. White flowers are listed as a note which *could* be tuberose or maybe even a lactonic hint of tiare flower, but I’m sensing more of a bright and bubbly ylang ylang. The base is caramelized, syrupy and super sweet- smells like praline or burnt brown sugar, with a slightly nutty, almost almondy tonka bean. I think this is quite sweet and innocent, like Heaven, with the “Dirty” aspect being the roasted coumarin and touch of saffron spice. —Hot take— this could easily be a flanker of Good Girl in the shoe bottle. It’s quite crowd-pleasing for a niche scent. Nonetheless, I really like this perfume and am considering buying a larger decant to test drive further.

As soon as I sampled this I fell in love. I bought a full bottle the following week. I am wearing it now as I write this review. I saw some reviewer on YouTube not too impressed as I am about this fragrance. That is why you have to sample and test things out for yourself. We all have different test when it come to fragrances. My girlfriend constantly compliments me on this perfume and I can’t stop sniffing myself. One of my favorites from the line and can’t wait to sample a few others I have on my list to sample. My only issue is the price for a 50ml. $200 is pretty steep for a 50 ml. Also, I wish they came in 100ml size. I’ll pay $200-225 for a 100ml for sure. Other than that it’s great.