Mud

Mud is a beautiful smooth, milky sandalwood with vanilla-chocolate undertones. The chocolate isn’t dark or bitter but reminds me of the one in VC&A Orchidee Rouge, which smells like the milk chocolate bonbons filled with a dried berry. In both, the vanilla is more prominent than the chocolate, balancing it so you don’t smell like just that. The rose also blends with the vanilla nicely, but isn’t jammy. This is just right in terms of sweetness, the perfect blend of different scent profiles, and is very cozy. There’s some spiciness from the resins that adds a nice little, but noticeable, twist. The twist is the exact description of the elemi note: fresh spicy, balsamic, citrusy. This has moderate projection and lasts for hours on my skin, great longevity. This would be perfect for fall and I can also picture the mud baths at a spa having this aroma.

with a name like mud i thought this would be more earthy and complex, but it's a very safe feminine gourmand. on me, it mostly smells like cocoa butter and sandalwood, with a light citrusy top note and a hint of dark chocolate. pleasant, not particularly challenging, but i do get compliments when i wear it.

Unique but with a mass appealing feel. Was surprised to see that an orange accord isn’t listed as that’s what I got in the opening. And it is very nice. It’s a seductive and sensual gourmand with light and dark facets blending together perfectly.

Seems a little masculine at first, spicy and sharp, dries down to such a nice semi sweet scent.

I find this scent delightful! The first thing that always comes to mind is sunscreen, but in the most positive way, kind of reminiscent of a Beach Bum or Hawaiian Tropics brand product in feeling just a little coconutty, a little powdery, but with a touch of clean wood like a balsa wood or an incredibly light sandalwood to keep it from being overwhelmingly sweet or overtly tropical. More specifically, it smells like a rich people sunscreen, the type of thing you would borrow from a friend and be like “Oh this is nice I’m gonna remember the name and order some when I get home!” and then google the brand only to realize it’s, like, $65 an ounce and you know you’d use that up in a month. That is to say, it’s a very nice, refined, subtle, understated scent that doesn’t scream expensive unless you happen to be ~in the know~ about the brand. One of those rich people secrets. In terms of notes, I also get the cocoa but in a sharp, clean, cocoa krispies/toasted rice kind of way as opposed to a sweet gourmand, desserty kind of way. I also get a note that seems to be pretty consistent across BTSO fragrances, a kind of department store-esque, muted musk and vanilla that has a distinct but so pleasant feeling of artificiality to it and a touch of earth and minerality, almost like smelling acrylic paints (hoping maybe someone else with a little more experience could identify this compound/note- I really do like it!). I know much of this has to do with individual skin chemistry, but don’t be deterred by “sweet” being listed as the top accord. I notoriously hate sweet scents and yet don’t find this to be particularly sweet. Out of the 10 samples included in the BTSO discovery set, Mud stands out as a favorite to me and a top contender for considering purchasing a whole bottle. However, that love is not without critique. When looking at this scent in the context of the brand as a whole, I’m not quite sure it accomplished what I think it set out to accomplish. The brand is literally called BORNTOSTANDOUT. The promo images, especially for this particular product, are messy, drippy, sticky, oozing. Where is the ooze. I want more ooze from this. To me this feels half way to being a skin scent, and for that I love it. But it is not necessarily standing out. It is not bombastic and loud like the brand’s stylized all caps typesetting would have you believe. But I do like it.

It’s a soft and sweet nostalgic perfume. Sadly, it fades quickly - yet in a way, that’s fitting as It feels like a faraway memory of someone we once knew. The sky is cloudy, and rain is on its way. A man sits alone on a bench, feeling sad without knowing exactly why. He thinks about an ex-girlfriend from years ago and tries to remember how her hair smelled. But it’s been so long that it’s only an echo now, a memory, sweet but touched with quiet sadness.

Mud features a starchy floral that I associate w/novelty bar soap---paired with the vanilla, I can't think of anything further than the marketed muddy grass! Still incredibly wearable & pleasant. I'm wearing side-by-side with Andrea Maack's Coven on the other wrist, so it could be that the VERY vegetal earthy quality of that fragrance pushes Mud into a clean-sweet category by comparison. In any case, I'm happy.

This is not deep, rich, dark chocolate, but walmart checkout isle chocolate made of coco powder and milk. Childish, artificial, but in a way that is also subversive and magical. Reminds me of being a 6 year old and using glitter glue to draw on craft paper while chomping down some kiddie chocolate bar. Makes me feel like a magic girl.

Resinous amber. Vanillac milk (as opposed to chocolate milk). Chocolaty undertone. Very synthetic, due mainly to the lactonic vanilla accord. Nice mesh of nuance. Subtle nuance. Smells pretty good. Unisex. Fun and casual. Not too youthful. Check this one out! Cons: intensity fades fast and longevity isn’t very good.

Nice and easy gourmand done well. Good silage, very unisex, easy going. I truly like this, but it’s not that close to Eau Duelle, this is simpler - what is not a bad thing. Great for new gourmand lovers, a bit redundant if you are in this for a while (my case).

One of the most UNIQUE perfumes I have smelled. I would describe this as a vintage gum smell. It smells sweet and balmy, a bit medicinal and earthy. It is so hard to describe - it is not complex as a scent but I haven't tried anything like it before.

Opens ambery aromatic with a hint of sweet vanilla It's kind of an aromatic version of br540 - amber that is very volatile and hard to detect a while after spraying More detectable sandalwood after drying for a bit

chocolate milk, like the school lunchroom kind, mixed with amaretto and soil. slightly more milky on dry down. sillage is “personal”, and is a very fluffy/cozy “huggable” scent. inoffensive enough for office wear.

At first this smelled like damp earth with a twist, but as it dries down it truly becomes more of a hot chocolate scent which is a shame, I liked the initial damp earthy vibe of it.

Very pretty mellow vanilla with a hint of Barbie doll head. Unfortunately it's not worth the price bc it only lasts like 20 minutes.

Super inoffensive and subdued in a nice, comforting way. Perfect fit for the first shy autumn days.

I get a skin scent of vanilla sandalwood and not much else.

sweet. reminds me of commes des garcons's concrete

Been racking my brain trying to figure out what this reminds me of then it finally hit me. First, you get hints of unsweetened baking milk chocolate like when you start chopping them up and you get that certain smell and texture. At this phase, it reminds me of Wicked Good by Gallagher. Then, it goes thru its juicy fruit gum flavor phase with that sweet berry banana tropical fruit type smell. That’s probably why someone put Dolce Amalfi in the “remind” section but Mud doesn’t have the amber-y feel. But, the overarching scent profile that runs through the entire fragrance that really reminding me of something is the Gypsy Water profile which is that piny subtle citrus almost powdered milk vanilla thing. The notes are very similar, too, especially in the base. I think the transitions are nice and the overall profile is very likable. But, I’m not a fan of gourmands. This is sweet but doesn’t go to the sickening point. It might get sweeter on skin, though, and be cloying in very high heat. Not for me, but I can totally see a lot of people liking this.

Mud is... okay. A muddy depiction of masculinity, but gourmand. It starts off with a bit of an almond vibe rather than the expected chocolate, maybe somewhat like a chocolate-flavored nut nougat that’s been warmed by a cozy fire. There’s something like dried fruit littered among the nougat mix, though it’s just subtle and overshadowed by its neighbouring nuts and that dried dark-choc coating. There's this light sweetness too, almost like a sprinkle of sugar crystals, maybe even with fine resin thrown in there, but it’s more vaguely pleasant than mind-blowing. The almond note sticks out a bit too much, personally, while the other elements sort of hover in the background. A scent that feels like it’s trying to be more interesting than it actually is. One with a composition like mud.