Heathens, Cowboys And The Santa Ana Winds

I hate comparing everything that is sandalwood-forward to Santal 33 because it’s not the first perfume to ever smell like it does, but unfortunately its popularity makes it the easiest thing for people to imagine when describing such fragrances. If I can makes the first comparison easy, then Im fine with the 2nd being slightly less accessible, but this smells like a mix of Santal 33 and Entre Genres from Infiniment Coty. Of all the Santal 33-likes (ugh) Ive smelled, this is my favorite. I love me a beautiful tea/citrus twist to the DNA, and this would be my first pick if I were looking for something like it. My 2nd would be Energetically New York from Zara. I dont actually care for Santal 33. The other two? Bangers. ENY Elixir, while it lasts all day, is linear. I happen to be okay with linear perfumes, so take that as you will, but I’m just saying that’s what youre getting by being the cheapest of the S33-likes. HCatSAW is very complex and multilayered. Green & Tea notes at the top, into a mid of woody citrus, drying down to a musky suede base. It retails $160. I’d give this a 9/10. The tea is every bit as prominent as the sandalwood. What fades is the green palm leaf aspect of it which was also gorgeous. It then settles into a unique muskyy suede base thats quite comforting. this is great for all year wear

Ok I've been taking my sweet time with this one because every time I had it figured out, I didn't. I feel like I could read the insert description by heart at this point. I've been seeing discourse online about what it smells like / why it's the longest name in history so I feel it's my duty to chime in: So the scent/name is inspired by LA in the wild 80s, which I love: HEATHENS (aka the Jack Nicholsons who attended the club it's inspired by), COWBOYS (signifying the wild west, and you can tell how reverently they refer to the owner of the club, Helena, throughout the site etc - I feel like she's the cowboy inspo here) and THE SANTA ANA WINDS (this for me sums up the actual scent the most, it's like all the best parts of LA flying in on the breeze, with an undertow of all the debauchery). I really just love it. I think after really processing it for the last few months it's now my favorite of the bunch. It's green, but sweet. Light, but lasting... addictive... but mild?!?! just all the things and not too much of one. It's perfect imho

My first review! This has been my signature scent for around 3 months, and I wanted to hype it up. I'm still new on my fragrance journey, but this has stuck out of the many things I've smelt so far! It's grassy, sweet, and warm to my nose. It's green, but not in a dark plant sort of way. It makes me think of a warm sunny day outside with long grass and shady trees. Inoffensive and easy enough to wear, yet unique enough to have something different from everyone else around you. Out of the discovery set for Discotheque, this and Lola were heavy competition with each other (the others are great too, but I'm not a huge violet fan, which a couple of them had). But I chose this one to lean away from the gourmand trend, but if you like a more white chocolate sweet, check out Lola at the Coat Check. But I love Discotheque's vibe and vision for their fragrances, so I recommend checking them out!

this one is really something. i have fallen in love with discothèque but heathens, cowboys, and the santa ana winds specifically feels like it was crafted to suit my preferences perfectly. cardamom-forward without being boring. instead of leaning into the spicy side of cardamom (which don't get me wrong, is still there and aided by the wood notes), the sweet grass and tea notes lift it and amplify the green-ness that tends to get lost or at least downplayed in a lot of cardamom fragrances imo. the grounding musk base note really comes out in the drydown. the result is a slightly soft, warm green scent that is definitely and appropriately evocative of LA. it's very sexy, but effortlessly so imo. like you've got a little secret and if we meet up later maybe you'll share it. maybe a bit dirty, maybe even messy. how i imagine stevie nicks smelled in 1986. 10/10.

Unique, distinctive, soft spicy, warm, sweet sandalwood forward fragrance. The opening is quite striking, with the green, slightly sweet, slightly aromatic blend of notes like sweet grass, palmarosa and tea. The cardamom gives it a certain edge, while the amber and the suede ground the scent. Like most of Discoteque’s scents, Heathens, Cowboys and The Santa Ana Winds smells on the unique side of perfumery, while retaining a very alluring, attractive scent. I think it’s fairly versatile season wise, but leans more feminine. Moderate longevity and low sillage therefore I wouldn’t upgrade from my travel size to a full bottle. It’s really a beautiful perfume, too bad it’s such a soft scent...