Musc – Eau de Parfum

first impressions: it may not be listed in the notes but its the patchouli that i get the most out of this especially in the opening. it has the same crystallized, grainy, gritty, raspy, cool, dark earthy green patchouli in the opening as in Angel by Mugler for example. but what bothers me about this is it has a synthetic, chemically finish. like a nail polish or some kind of paint. there is a very faint suggestion of sweetness, but sweet in a way how nail polish is ever so slightly plasticy, chemically sweet. it could be the synthetic musk compound that they used in this. although the farther away my skin is on my nose, the more i get that cool, crisp, clean patchouli musk that it's suppose to be. as it's drying down on my skin, it's getting woodier. kind of like a varnished wood. like smelling a brand new wooden closet or side table where you smell both the polished wood and the varnish...perhaps cedary notewise, but still the overall texture is gritty and cool because of that patchouli on the top. it's also cool in a lightly mentholated way because of the patchouli as well. as its drying down, the musk note is revealing itself more. it's that synthetic musk note that i smell in a couple of contemporary musky fragrances like Carnicure by Marlou and the Original Musk eau de toilette by Kiehl's. its that sort of fuzzy, kinda warm, almost peppery but artificial musk that is quite plasticy but still pretty soft. like a robotic sci-fi fluffy cat. this sample vial of the eau de parfum that i brought from Luckyscent circa 2021 sort of fits that category of minimalist anti-perfume perfume trend, which features a solo or duet or small ensemble of aromachemicals that makes you smelling like a tolerably pleasant chemical. this really makes me curious of the vintage batches of this fragrance tbh. its very tenacious on my skin. it stuck itself on a spot on my arm for hours. i need to wear this for a proper testing to get its overall sillage and how it would react with sweat, body heat and environment.

finally gave it a full wearing despite the inconvenient luckyscent dabber applicator. it is a plasticy, waxy musk with the grittiness and raspiness from the patchouli that feels a bit more chewy than green or mentholated. but in its sillage, it warms up into a pretty soft, fine, sparkling, powdery, peppery, vaguely floral, clean musk that almost reminds me of an old floral scented dusting powder, which gives me a comforting, nostalgic feel. i don't get much of that earthy mushroomy note that a lot of people mention. although to be fair, i dont have much experience with mushrooms aside from the ones in ready-made food, since i live in a semi-rural, semi-urban, tropical, humid climate with not much vast cool forestry where i would find some fungal growth anywhere. but i'd say i fortunately get more of the musk than the patchouli. as it further locks in to my skin i can get the rose, cloves and patchouli combination that reminds me a little bit of coco by chanel. a bit soapy, a bit coca cola like, almost suggesting a chypre-like tone in the style of chypre 21 or even soir de lune, but not as strong and full-on as any of those of course. the further my nose is away from my skin, catching a whiff of it, the musk softens and blends those rose-chypre potential notes into a soft, powdery musk mush that feels clean and cozy. this stage gets warmer on my skin and breaks down that waxy-plasticy, peppery musk that hits me in the opening. both musk and patchouli, which are the 2 main notes in this scent, are tenacious. so it's almost a contest of which one will stand the last on my skin. by the next day i would still suddenly catch a whiff of that soft and smooth musk-cleansed patchouli that is really warm, cozy and satisfying. due to the intimate and simplistic nature of this musk, and the tenacity of it, it almost becomes a part of you. like a part of what you naturally smell like, once a day has passed after i put this on me.

This scent has sort of been an obsession lately , because it's a scent rather than a perfume , which is nice for a change. Now first I have to say it is very faint, very natural and maybe undetectable by others , but it's a great scent to wear for your own pleasure. A skin scent ! It is earthy wet moist musk , like you came in from a walk in the woods and layed in your clean bedsheets ,,,, with the window open. Smells slightly slept in but still fresh. It's sexy ! Nothing sour like some other muskc have which I am not a fan of. I like my musk fresh and creamy and natural. This isn't the creamy kind but it's earthy and fresh and moist. I do not smell any of the individual notes listed. It is very faint to me all in all, it's the perfect scent to wear when you don't want perfume. It's perfectly unisex as it suggests. This is a scent , not a perfume. I have the gold and the silver spray. Gold one is the same as the oil but maybe not as concentrated. I need a good 4 to 6 sprayes to get enough pleasure out of it ! It's expensive and available at Luckyscent only. I would like to explore this house a little more. High quality !

erase and rewind , ok i am ashamed to say this was a blind buy for me , i was super excited because i love musk, my adored narciso edt has been my most complimented scent ever, so i am always in search of the next wow me musk , honestly my first impression was 1) the bottle was really cute and 2) i did got the famous mushroom smells most people talk about, after that quite honeslty i did not smell anything i can put my finger on , it is pleasant but it is quite a strange perfume it gets better with time, after 3 or more hours the magic happens so at first i was regreting my purchase so much . after a while the perfume combines with your own chemestry and then boom it is so amazing i really have no words to describe it , it smells like a bulldog puppy , it smells like clean fur , like delicious fur coat , anyways today i realized of how powerful this scent is because for the first time since my beloved narciso someone came close and had to ask me what was i wearing , it is that kind of fume , some will not notice but the ones that do will be gravitating to you like a magnet !

Ok, I am not going to lie: I put this on and I was worried about the looks/comments I would get. I mean, we live in a world where the masses think Victoria Secret Body mist is the end all to be all. This Musc would not please the masses... It is dank. It is almost obscene. It is definitely dirty. And I love it. I do not smell powder at all (thank goodness) nor do I smell rose (another thank goodness). The animalistic musk and sandlewood are the main act. But I, like other reviewers, smell "something" else. It is so hard to define. My brain is desperately searching for that something associated with a memory but I am at a loss. But even with all the "dirt" there is a cleanliness about this scent which is a huge part of its appeal. This scent does bad things to me. It will be hard for me to concentrate today I feel so animalistic. I wholeheartedly disagree with the notes listed but I believe in this complex concoction: so very unique.

For me the genius of Musc lies not only in the mushroomy musk-sandalwood backbone but also the interplay of the cool violet and spicy notes. The subtle harmony brings to mind vintage scents over modern niche. I have a particular reverence for vintage drug store scents that cast a comfortable and unassuming aura through musks, woods, soft florals, aldehydes, and/or oakmoss, without smelling too much “like” any of those things. I’m thinking of fragrances such as Prince Matchabelli Pophecy & Golden Autumn, Revlon Jontue, or Avon Regence. Though Musc is not a smell-alike to any of these (a fact for which some modern noses are probably thankful) it does cast the same sense of approachable luxury. Of course, achieving this sense of ease will cost you magnitudes more through Acampora than vintage cheapies will on eBay, but when the scent is this lush, this vintage-lover is tempted.

Musc opens with the ether of humus, the decomposition of leaves on the forest floor, layers of humid oak leaves on a damp autumn day, mushrooms pushing through the soil with glistening caps. I picture red efts, these tiny vermillion newts, as they wander through the moss and loam. To what others might seem dank to me is exhilarating, but for even those who might be intimidated by this opening, give it just a bit of time for the dry down to reveal itself. It transitions into this beautifully moorish musk, ensconced in premium powder, the slightest waxiness, animal undertones, with echoes of the earth and astringency folded into sheets of sandalwood. What at once seems feral now purrs, albeit seductively, detectable as an aura for hours, likely leaving you smelling like the sexiest man (or woman) of the woods, treading the line between the clean and the dirty.

Like many of you, I too discovered Acampora’s Musc through Katie Puckrik. Indeed, as she attests, this potion is magical, sexy, magically sexy. At first dab/spray, it’s all musky, loamy, earthy—yes, mushrooms (!!!) on a forest’s floor. But wait—this must contain some eye of newt and/or toe of frog—it’s as if a witch has conjured this liquid to life! As Musc takes form during its wear, you find yourself no longer in the wooded forest depths, but emerging into a clearing: gleaming brightness, the scent of a musky, herbal soap. A truly beloved, but beguiling, fragrant journey.

this is going to be in my heavy rotation. It smells like my friend Flora, we don’t talk anymore but she always smelled so specific like flowers and b.o. and musk and I could never figure it out. But this is the smell! I wonder if this is what she wore... mushrooms on the dance floor is pretty accurate. It’s like if a really hot man was dancing at the clurb for 3.5 hours and then rubbed some really good mushrooms into his pits followed by some powder, but not like gross baby powder. Anyway it smells amazing to me! Love

The first time I tried this i thought it was a boring patchouli but idk what I was thinking. I can't stop sniffing myself when I have this on, and this is one of the few perfumes I've tried that doesn't make me sneeze or feel itchy after a while. Even my mom who claims to hate musc likes it. Definitely toes a clean/dirty line but I feel like it comes out on the clean side and it smells amazing on clothes for days afterwards. I'm thinking I'll try to layer this with a light sweeter or watery scent sometime.

As a woman, I love this on myself. While it's not a clean musk, it's not a skanky kind of dirty either. More of an earthy, literal dirt-y musk. It is my comfort scent, my come closer scent, my good girl gone sexy scent. Stays close and holds on for hours and hours. Not your average masculine smelling drugstore musk, rather a gentle, sophisticated and feminine perfection. An essential fragrance for any musk lovers collection. Scent 9/10 Sillage - close with a slight waft Longevity- 10 hours plus

A woody, spicy and creamy musk. Very gently animalic, slightly powdery. Not completely a skin scent. I can smell it 3-4 inches away from my skin. This is the perfect scent to wear to bed. I can also see a sensual yet introverted lady making this her signature. There is a slight sweetness to the composition, it is very pleasant indeed. Nine hours after application I still get gentle wafts of scent coming up from my chest, so pleasurable!.

I absolutely love this scent. It opens a bit mushroomy (or like fresh yeast), but quickly settles into a slightly sweet musk. It stays pretty close to your skin but warms up on your skin just enough for a few people to give you a few compliments. I do also love wearing it to bed. I find it absurdly sexy and very different from anything I have in my collection. Must try, but not for everyone.

Perfectly earthy, in a low-key way. I'm guessing it's clever use of violet leaf and patchouli that makes it fresh-mushroomy & loamy but not at all perfumey. Like the actual smell of forest floor, this is a smell I associate with childhood, and with comforting male relatives. It's also got a bit of a 'gardener's glove' leather feel, which I also like. Pity it's so expensive.

agreed with the reviewer below who cites big patchouli. i smelled it and was blown away by how much it smells like dirt and mushroom - wow, how did they do it? how was it accomplished? then recognized patchouli and came back down to earth with it. settles into a cozy, powdery musk, then smells like clean laundry on clothes next day. beautiful.

This is just stunning. Definitely not a safe blind buy as this is not a scent for everyone. I opens up more fresh and earthy musk, but when it dries down and starts to combine with your own skin scent it becomes the most beautiful earthy, mushroomy, musky scent. It is very sexy to me but in a raw sexy instinct way. A masterpiece!

Opens with the smell of warm soil and fresh mushrooms. The mushroom fades quickly. Musk, sandalwood and a slight waft of rose. A dewy red wine rose. It is clean yet dirty. Long lasting and sits close to the skin. Bruno Acampora’s Musc captured the smell of nature at it’s sexiest.

Also this is my parfume and my signature smell. Its the best musk in the world in my opinion. I hope i can bath one day in musk of accampora so it can be my second skin. Love love love

This is the most delicious, chewy, dank, worn in, intimate, sexy perfume I've ever owned. With a hint of musk stick candy nostalgia. I love love love it. Thank you Katie Puckrik!

This is the humid humus in in the woods undergrowth during a warm autumn morning, finding mushrooms. Suddenly a passionate hug. What a masterpiece!