Thunderstorm

The main effect is a cold gust of air. That wind that has that heavy smell of rain that split second before the droplets hit the sidewalk outside your house. Some distinctly green, vine-y notes and some dirt - the carefully manicured potting soil variety - live on the outskirts of this fragrance as well. But the core of it, the resounding, full, predominant middle note, is that delicious, freezing cold air. It's both pleasantly distinct and appropriately muffled for something that lives in the generally photorealistic category. Nothing like an extremely synthetic 90's masculine ozonic note, for example, and yet enough flair to exist in a more romantic olfactory space. An impression rather than a detailed recreation. Really beautiful work. Demeter gets a lot of flack for poor longevity, and while this does vanish on skin fairly quickly on it's own, when sprayed on clothes will last for hours. Has a laundry detergent energy, if a Tide added a petrichor note to a fresh scented product. I never layer fragrances. I usually find it to be a disgusting practice (not to mention extreme attention seeking behavior). But the second I smelled this, I knew this was the missing piece I wanted from the brilliant Coven by Andrea Maack. Do not get me wrong, I fucking love that perfume on its own. It's a cult classic for a reason. But sometimes, I want it to be just slightly colder and more watery. Combined with Thunderstorm, it opens up. You're no longer in a mossy enclosed part of an ancient forest, you've wandered into the Scottish highlands. When you spray them in quick succession the notes in Thunderstorm seem to linger for a little while longer. Try the combination. You won't regret it.

Some people don't, but I find Thunderstorm totally wearable. I never got to layer it over a "real" scent, but rather have worn it pure. Sure, it's not the usual perfume, but it works and is unusual enough to set you apart, without offending other people's noses. Actually, it's pleasant and I'd keep sniffing all day long. It makes little sense to speak of notes here, but anyway. It's the smell of rain on wet soil. Those first rains after a dry season, a smell I'm very used to, living in the Brazilian Cerrado ecosystem. To make it more vivid, it smells like the kind of dumpy earth or root flour we use to grow ferns. Think earthy, mineral. Absolutely delicious. It really feels like the weather is cooling. So, maybe some of you are in the quest for the perfect rain scent. At first I thought that Demeter's Dirt would have this smell, and blind bought it. And got disappointed. Dirt is more of a very red, iron rich soil, with sweet undertones, not really wet, but drying, soil. If you want that refreshing rain, if you want that recently soaked soil with its mineral contents coming up, go for Thunderstorm.

Smells like a puddle of rainwater on it's opening, not kidding. I literally got so excited just cracking open the bottle and catching a whiff. Omfg. I smell dirt. I don't know how people are getting grass from this, it's so dirt, in a good way. This is exactly what I was praying for when I ordered from demeter, and the way it blends with my skin overtime is SO good. It has this beautiful ozonic element to it, for sure. At first, it's really, really close to what it smells like when it's about to rain on a summer/spring morning. It settles sweeter into my skin, like a flower or natural skin-sweetness. Like genuinely I'm extraordinarily happy with this. I also ordered wet garden (too floral/grandma/room spray to me,) and swimming pool (very pleasant but not that aquatic,) and this is the winner. So petrichor, so gentle, so airy, so water-puddle-skin-dirt-rain. I will be going back to demeter to order rain, snow, frozen pond, and maybe petrichor soon. Update: Layering this with any of my perfumes is incredible. Daisy Eau so Fresh (my signature) plus this is genuinely intoxicating to me.

This is a smell that immediately triggers individual memories & associations. To me it's a very appealing natural scent. Living in the city, I often long for the countryside. "Thunderstorm" gives me rain, thunder & the northern wilderness. It's just after the rain, when the sun hits again. Its ozonic, green & earthy, with a slightly metallic tone that makes you think of lightning for some reason. It also makes me think of ghost stories. The longevity is what you expect from a not so pricey eau de cologne - only about 2-3 hours, although it does surprise me & pops up a lot longer than that. Silage is moderate. This is truly a perfume you use for yourself, because it takes you places in your mind - like a private little world. When I want this to be even greener I combine it with Demeters "4 leaf clover", which go perfectly together. If you can't find this scent is any way nostalgic, appealing nor connected to any personal memories I can just conclude that you probably live in a too sunny non rainy a country. Sorry. :D

Holy wow! Thunderstorm smells like wet trees - bark and foliage - as well as wet dirt. Demeter fully recreated the scent of a rainstorm in a forest with this one, the scent of a primordial rain. I think of Thunderstorm as recreating the Garden of Eden on the cusp. Pure, innocent, green, and clean. Not a flower or fruit tree in bloom. Then the garden grew heavy with overripe flowers and fruit, and the serpent appeared. (Hisssss. OH! Cacharel Eden, there you are, my good ole frenemy. You tempt me always despite your air of decay. Sigh. The beginning of the end.) Thunderstorm has definite melon and patch notes to me, recreating a wet, earthy garden, minus the rotting floral notes which are the source of my constant conflict with Eden. Thunderstorm is simpler and easier to love. Not a drop of sin in the air.