Galbanum & Rain

I ́m beginning to have a serious addiction to avant garden collection from clean. They are a bit expensive but definetly worth it. I have tried the other Rain scents from clean...but this one is by far the best. Sweet, earthy, light summer rain. Wet Woody forrest notes. Starts off with water notes and dries down to sweet, woody greens and lovely galbanum. This is very comforting and dreamy. Uplifting an soothing and the same time. Longevity and silage are above average on my skin and clothes. So lovely... wonderful and different in a very plesant way.

Very good, but also kind of familiar. I'm guessing that the "watery effect" in the official note pyramid is, in fact, violet leaf. The first association for me was Narciso Rodriguez for Him EDT. Then I started to get more woody notes with a bit of incense and was therefore reminded of DSquared2 Intense He Wood. Both are heavy on the violet leaf, which gives off this wet and damp, slightly sour impression. But it seems that Galbanum & Rain doesn't have the artificial "chemical" sourness that I got from Intense He Wood.

Love this fragrance, one of my favorites. Definitely something that anyone can wear, truly unisex. A nice alternative for those who don't want the sweet fragrances that seem to be the all the rage lately. Faintly floral, but mostly woody/mossy and clean with a hint of incense. Impressive sillage and longevity.

This is heaven for clean scent lovers. It is literally the smell of a dark, rainy day in a forest. Galbanum is really lovely in this one and makes it unisex. You clearly need to love moss notes to love this one. Very gentle and pleasant, but with excellent sillage and longevity.

Wonderful fresh opening with the patchouli adding just the slightest amount of sweetness to fool my nose into wondering if there is some light fruit hidden somewhere in there. This initial sweetness, however, quickly gives way to a delightful blend of wet green and woody notes. It indeed conjures up images of walking through the countryside, passing green pastures and going by patches of forest right after a heavy rain. It's really really well done. The dry-down is heavy on the moss and vetiver, but kept at a very fresh level via the "water notes" - whatever those are. Btw. is it just me, or does the prominent moss give it a bit of a 70s retro vibe? It just reminds me a bit of some products my mom would use when I was a kid. Sillage is arm length on me. Longevity is very decent. At least inside in the AC it lasts a whole day. Personally I find this to be perfectly unisex, and I'm someone who usually gravitates towards so called 'girly' fragrances. There's nothing too harsh in it to make it smell too male or cologne-y to me. The vetiver in here is very pleasing and mild. I would absolutely wear this. Now, would I spend that kind of money on it? Probably not. But that's just cause at the end of the day it's not completely up my alley. It's very nice alright, it just doesn't knock me off my feet. But that's just me, I can see this being someone's favorite, absolutely. Bottom line, it's a well-blended lovely high-quality fragrance. Maybe not ground-breaking, but definitely quite lovely. At this price tag, however, testing before buying is a must.