Proxima

If you watch the perfumer's youtube video, and ignore the marketing gimmicks, it makes a lot more sense. If you want to give this a fair shot, disregard the branding. In short, he is a well-known perfume reviewer who set out to create a perfume he likes that nobody else was creating. Heavily inspired by perfume oils of ancient Egypt, but with a new interpretation. In that, he succeeds astoundingly well. The perfume feels so luxurious when applied to the skin, presumably due to the type of oil used for extraction. And the scent—although originally not my cup of tea—is a true work of art. All three of the centauri scents are VERY similar, with strong honey/musk permeating. Proxima’s citrus lightens it a bit compared to the others. I dont get the berries specifically. I would definitely recommend these warming scents are better for cold weather and would probably overpower in summer...which may be why I initially took a pass on this (ordered samples in summer). Originally, I had not planned to purchase this and gave the samples of all three to my mother who loves it. However, I keep thinking about this one. Cant get it out of my head, like a really good indie film that you think to yourself as the credits roll "well that was stupid" but then you keep thinking about it and cant stop playing it over in your brain until you eventually realize you LOVED it after all. Needless to say, this is on my wishlist. High sillage, short duration.

I am revisiting some of my collection and today Im wearing PROXIMA by Centauri Perfumes! Its very ozonic and fresh and tbh I love the synthetic berries and the absolute cleanness of this fragrance. The white woods and aldehyde reminds me of a beach scent without any salty marine notes. Very clean! You will not have ANYONE smelling like you! Dont you kinda cringe when someone has your fragrance on and its too much (I remember a couple guys back in High School) wearing Joop! Homme a year or 2 after I started wearing it and boy did they over do it and some kids noticed it on me and asked if I had copied them??? Lol No ! Absolutely not ! Ufff Ive never smelled something on someone and asked them what it was and went out and purchased it. Never ever! I was always a loner and when I went out they were asking me and I would just tell people... “dont worry you’ll never find it” lol this drove them nuts! Lol but back to Proxima. I love love this! Peter is such a cool guy and has a very unique style of perfumery. Not to mention he did everything for Centauri on his own! And a lovely designed bottle and packaging too. Try his sample set (discovery set) you can find on Luckyscents and other stockists & retailers.

I got the sample set of Peter's first three fragrances and this one was by far my favorite! It was love at first spray! Such a beautiful uplifting scent. Wore it a few times to make sure I really loved and I ended up buying a bottle a few days later. It has nice lasting power for a fresher scent. While it does contain synthetics and is a crowd pleaser it is in no way boring or generic to me.

I love this. It's both simple and creative. Fruity and a very, very light floral. Airy too. I mainly smell the sweet fruits and grapefruit along with that soft floral. Very unisex, I'm happy to wear it and have many deep Niche scents so don't be put off with the profile. Amazing, beautiful bottle. Easily worth the money considering it isn't cheap per ml.

To me this brings to mind pink champagne. The grapefruit and berries stay with the fragrance throughout the dry down, which features a gorgeous clean white musk. The iris and jasmine add a smooth richness. I find this utterly sublime and the longevity is fantastic on me.