Like Mesh

Like Mesh was labelled “Slipper no. 1,” the first limited release from Clue. In their words, “Slipper is home to the abstract remnants of our experimentation—artifacts of our creative process, excavated fleetingly and without warning.” These releases, I assume, will “slip” out whenever Clue wants them to, and this one in particular required fans to sleuth out a secret link on the brand’s website in order to buy a bottle—and only 20 were sold! I wasn’t able to solve this riddle, but thankfully a friend was, and she was willing to share the reward. I love that Laura Oberwetter describes Like Mesh as “formulated entirely in a dream,” both because it’s my dream neroli scent (the only note is “too much neroli”) and because it feels so unreal. Neroli has many facets—green, citrus, white floral—but Like Mesh doesn’t smell like fruit, plants, or flowers. It’s a concentrated ribbon of neon light glowing in the dark. It transmutes the idea of citric floral greenness into an interlaced web of laser-bright threads, pulsing with vivid energy. It’s sharp, slightly bitter, almost metallic, but it’s not at all harsh—it’s like pure sunshine distilled into a narrow beam, a feeling of joy vibrating at an impossible frequency. Like Mesh does for neroli what Jorum’s Boswellia Scotia does for frankincense: it intensifies the material until it becomes immaterial, a light that’s too bright to look at. Like a dream, this perfume fades quickly, but it leaves an afterimage, phosphenes dancing behind your eyelids.

First, I have to applaud Clue for their mysterious and playful introduction of the first "Slipper," seemingly Clue's inventive lingo for studio juice. They directed us to a scavenger hunt hosted on their site, and it was a thrilling and fun diversion I will always call to mind when applying Like Mesh. A minimal bit of copy accompanied the invitation to seek an elusive webpage upon which Mesh, in extremely limited quantity of 20 bottles, could be procured: "too much neroli, narrowly caught in the wide-woven sieve." It evoked the even more minimalist copy supplied for the newest Stora Skuggan release, Pine (It's PINE. It smells like PINE.) Like Mesh is happiness bottled. Many products make this claim, and it's not a small thing to actually pull it off. It's bright neon neroli yes, yellow as sunlight and just as warm. A clean portrait of an idyllic day--that nearly veers into artificial. As a preset screensaver depicts a field, not a blade of grass bent against the grain. It does not smell synthetic, it simply feels too perfect to be real, too good to be true. If THE smiley face, yellow dot with wide black line swooping grin, wore perfume, this would be his scent.

I am laying down in a bright green field. It’s a warm and breezy day, I can taste spring on my tongue. A group of children are dancing in circles around me while throwing neroli flowers that have bloomed in my grandparents 70 year old orange tree. I catch them with my eyes closed. They are all over me, in my hair and my clothes... I am enmeshed in them. My fingertips smell like chlorophyll. I pick the blossoms on my shirt and bring them to my nostrils. I can hear the birds chirping, wind chimes in the distance, the kids are holding hands and singing, spinning round and round. I am at peace. The world is a beautiful place and nothing can hurt me.

Sharp and translucent. A citrus with no juice, turning slightly metallic as it prunes. Stiff, thick, linen drying outdoors with zero laundry soap or dryer sheet. Extremely condensed fragrance, must try on skin for the full effect.

ugh im sorry to leave an annoying review but if anybody is selling this or has any decants plssss hit me up! 🤙 07/02/25 edit: oh u guys would not believe the series of events that have unfolded with this scent... a review coming soon ;3c

i've been wearing this to bed for months now - so glad it's gotten a release. somewhere between the balmy blossom of hiram green's tryst, and a classic italian citrus cologne.

It's SUPER similar to Bigarade 18 from Le Labo. A zesty citrus rind first and foremost, with an almost salty floral/musk base.

I managed to figure out the puzzle for this but once I saw the notes, I was grossed out. Neroli, gauze, and spinal fluid

If you just beat me on ebay please allow me to buy a decant from you......heartbroken

please someone sell me a little vial... i need to smell this so bad