Wood Mirage

Woods Mirage is a proper name for this fragrance. It’s a sci fi movie set in space where the woods don’t quite exist but somebody in too sterile of an environment is trying to replicate the smells of a pine forest. Immediate whiffs of cleaner and chemicals — I’m guessing thats the lemon on top. There’s a soapy note that hangs around for hours. A musk creeps in, crisp and wintery woods. A trail run that’s waking up your hibernating lungs. When all that falls away you are left with bergamot and rose that’s not quite sticky sweet and not quite powdery. An interesting fragrance I’m excited to continue layering and experimenting with. At first I wanted to immediately label it as masculine but as the scent starts to expand and contract it becomes more unisex, less tangible.

Extremely sharp and astringent at opening; ginger, citrus, and pepper notes dominate. Kind of furniture-polish-y for the first half hour on my skin; takes a while to dry down into a brightly woody, slightly spicy-leathery skin scent. Fresh, fresh leather, too; not aged. Like being in the boot shop. General take: Intriguingly crafted fragrance, very masculine, may appeal to those looking for wood-forward scents with less musk or heaviness. Personal take: Clashes with my skin chemistry (ginger doesn't work on me, I think); may try it again in warmer temps.