Secret Woods

Wow. Ok. This fragrance is my new favourite. I’ve been wearing this for three weeks now and can see this being my signature for years to come. It transports me into a dry sauna. Not only does it smell dry, but gives that same experience as when you inhale dry air, incredible! It’s opens medicinal and sour, like a dead, moist log then you’ve just stepped on and split open: absolutely brilliant. The mid is intoxicating. Masculine. Leathery. Woody. Much more tame compared to the open as the sourness fades and that “dry air” effect still lingers. The far dry down is heaven. Smooth leather, sight spice the faintest hint of sweetness, all laying on a base of creamy dry woods. It is like nothing else I’ve ever smelled in the perfume world (still a relative beginner). The cherry on top is that this scent is by far my girlfriends favourite to smell on me; no other fragrance makes her burry her nose into me and deeply inhale like this one. 10/10

The best creation from Julien Rasquinet!! It's super super well done frgrance, Julien its a super good parfuemur. I think that he reached his peak with this art expression. Nothing's generic here, nothing will please the mass. Hell yeah, i love this!! I really appreciate the hard working and the creativity level over here. This is an truly example of how should be done a great fragrance, balanced, rounded, deep, rich, resinous, also i find it quite soily and wet woodsy, i ve never smelled that before. Congratulations Super Similar to Amouage Interlude, but this one its greener and a little bit more rouder, not that austere in your face! Super potent, i ve smelled this and it was love on the first sniff!! A gem! And simple, this reached in my top 4 all time fragrance!

The woods in this are so secret that they are hardly detectable. A more descriptive name would be Resinous Leather. I love CN for their unique, high quality, fascinating releases and this one is no exception. It is constructed in an Amouagesque style- a bold Oriental that is unconcerned with mall-fragrance trends. No, this one requires its wearer to know his business, for it will not appeal to those who view fragrances as a personality replacement (there, I said it!). It will make you feel serious about life, perhaps a little melancholy. Smokey, leathery, with a reminiscence of greenery. When the leaves begin to die on the trees and the earthy scent of autumnal decay fills the air, you’ll know it’s time for Secret Woods.

I went to test this out in store after reading and seeing the comments and comparisons to Amouage Interlude, which I love. When I first sprayed it on I got a bit of Interlude and sort of agreed, but as this got into the dry down I was reminded of the likes of Bvlgari Man Terrae Essence and to some extent Gucci Guilty Absolute, but much more earthy like the Bvlgari. I feel that it is much more wearable then the two aforementioned fragrances and for that I absolutely love it. I really like the others as well but feel they are difficult to pull off. Amazing fragrance. I really enjoy fragrances from Costume National.

Burnt air in prehistoric ages. Coal-like terpenes sending me a peat-like, Laphroig whisky stillness that goes-on forever. This has the hush of a fossil entrapped in an amber drop. Hypnotic and extra-dark, cold-blood and immersive with minimal evolution. A T-Rex in the wait for the next prey. By far the darkest perfume I have come across in some decades. Unique. Thanks to Brame Profumi - Elisa Malagoli, Modena for the guided olfactory trip.