Neon Garden

Got a sample and Oh boy. I will always be a sucker for iris! I do own so much iris based scents and I guess they’re never enough. I do get the mint but only the first few minutes and it’s combined beautifully with powder. Then the magic happens.. the iris in this one is so good! It’s lipsticky, powdery but also earthy (probably the carrot) and floral and greenish(probably the mint mixed with iris).. I don’t know how to explain it. Slightly sweet too but not too sweet. A bit leathery too if that makes sense. Oh I’m addicted to iris! Need to add this to my collection of irises asap. If you don’t like powdery, lipstick scents don’t buy it. But if you’re a fan of iris I’d recommend. If you like the smell of old makeup pouch you’d love this one. I wonder how long will it take me to pull the trigger on this one and Soie Malaquis.

My kneejerk expectation based on name was EDM bacchanalia but the scent conjured up more... sultry scientist? Clean, cool, aloof. Powdery in a pleasantly latex glove way, with a chill of aseptic mint. I didn’t catch the carrot in this, which was a shame, as I think I’d have bought it if it was more green leaning. My second favourite of the DvN litter, but I also live in a hospital and love medical menthol scents. Rest assured no eau d’chlorhexidine about Neon Garden, though. Longevity: ~6h on both fabric and skin Mental Snapshot: You’ve just won the Nobel Prize. (You have cured Celiac disease). You’re the first person to develop gluten-free gluten. And first to accept their award in Rhianna’s Swarovski gown. tl;dr: I think people that have waterfall showerheads smell like this 🪷💧

Love it. Perfect summer fragrance and great on a hot summer day. It’s like bathing in a Mojito. Only downfall is that it is not that potent. Would love this if it was stronger. Will try it again but think I want a bottle of this. I don’t agree with the people below saying this is really masculine - I find things too masculine really fast but this smells unisex. Think of a Mojito. Is that a manly scent to you? EDIT: Unfortunately it dries down to a ambroxan iris scent, mint goes to the background. Even softer sillage than the opening. Loved the opening a lot more than the dry down. Don’t think I will buy a bottle. If someone knows a fragrance with this “cooling mint” note that stays in the dry down let me know!

I feel one of the highlights of the dries van noten perfume collection is that they do simple really well. do I own a million iris perfumes? yes. do I think this one stands out as the best one in my collection? also yes. Going into it, I was truly looking forward to the mint note, but I quickly realized carrot is the star of the show in this one. So nuanced, delicate & delicious, yet also fresh and lasts a whole day on me and my clothes. There is nothing simple or boring on this in my humble opinion, just go for it with an open mind! Highly recommend to spray it to try it rather than dab it on, it’s a whole different experience. This one is a winner.

My first ever fragrance. Bought it at the behest of a sales person in Saks Fifth Avenue. Didn't think too much about it at first other than the bottle being very beautiful, but it has grown on me more and more. Clean mint opening, carrot immediately follows and takes hold for a good hour, then the powdery iris lingers for hours (or even days, and survives laundry). Very fresh at the start, then friendly and comforting throughout. For personal care products, I like things that are not stereotypically gender-coded, and this fragrance is exactly that. This scent is so uncommon, that I consider this to be my signature scent.

I’m immediately stuck by how much this smells like Fleur de Peau by Diptyque- with mint at the opening. The mint quickly goes away and then it’s virtually the same scent. (Which makes it surprising that so many people here don’t like this very much when Fleur de Peau is a so well-loved!) I really really like this, for the same reasons that I love Fleur de Peau- it’s musky and comforting and I suspect it has the same addictive quality. The mint here is interesting!

Neon Garden feels too synthetic and razor sharp, unpleasant on the skin. The only nice part is the orris, but it gets lost quickly. It ends up smelling a lot like Ghost in the Shell from ELDO, but in a harsher way. Edit, 2 weeks later: This fragrance definitely grew on me big time, from sincere loathing, now I actually starting liking and appreciating it. Feels much more natural, earthy, green and iris-y, the ambroxan is still there, but not in my face.

Neon Garden is completely addictive. On my skin it opens like a luxurious mint margarita, fresh, cool, and vibrant. When it settles the iris and carrot come forward and it almost reminds me of pencil shavings in the most gorgeous way. Every time I catch a whiff it makes me feel alive, almost like being swept up in a crush even if I am not. I cannot stop smelling myself when I’m wearing it. There is something incredibly intoxicating about it.

Beautifully blended mint (combined peppermint and spearmint) and iris which has a cooling and uplifting feeling to it. The musks in this keep the fragrance going with a solid base which plays off the complimentary minty and powdery notes. Dries Van Noten also have some of the most superbly presented bottles / packaging around plus an added bonus of all their scents being refillable. Wonderful stuff.

this is the most accurate scent description i will ever give. this smells like if you are wearing you or someone like you (which kind of smells like paper) and you walked into abercrombie and fitch. but i LIKE THAT. i can see how people would find that weird but i think it is really nice. nice enough to spend $300? definitely not, but overall i still really mess with this.

So finally trying this one for real, it issssss basically a mojito in a bottle which is perfect for summer and hot days. People saying it's masculine are interesting because I usually pick up on that pretty fast and this reads very unisex to me. Performance could be better, wish it was stronger but still thinking I might want a bottle eep

This one is truly juxtaposed with an unlikely pairing. Iris in this is very powdery and dry while the mint adds a cooling fresh and masculine vibe. Ambroxan in this is very pronounced, adds a hefty sillage and longevity to the delicate yet persistent fragrance. I'd say it's round and creamy despite the mintier opening.

Addictive minty iris with a subtle carrot note. Beautiful wear on skin. Signature scent worthy but refreshingly different. Lasts longer than I expected for this type of scent, 5+ hours but possibly more.

Can’t stop sniffing. Possibly new sig scent.

So I'm wearing Dries Van Noten's Neon garden today and although it's actually a very competent, pleasant, cheat mode (I mean orris/iris who does like that?) fragrance from Fanny Bal, I'm just not quite feeling it. I think the expectation of 'Mint' as it's clearly listed in my little sample set, made me think 'hmmmm iris and mint? I don't think I've had that combo, could be something really special this!!!' I think that expectation coupled with the OTT packaging and the Bladerunner name, had me longing for something with a bit more oomph than I got. Like I said it's a nice 'niche' Orris perfume with the most subtle vegetal qualities, and greenery, and indeed mint top note but it's too fleeting to be considered something I'd really seek out and have the ability to stand out in the crowd. The Orris goes from fleshy and leathery/powdery to that dry, papery woody ionone/irone, as a modern, uncluttered Iris perfume, I like it, but unless you're some massive DVN fan then this is just another nice perfume. Up that mintiness, and give us some shock greenery of galbanum or geranium in a top/heart that was detectable for longer, then let it retreat to a very nice iris and I would've probably sang the praises of this perfume. Take more risks what I think.

Waves of icy cold mint, dense and velvety carroty iris and musk all rush in together on a cold mistral wind. This profile always wins me over, so I was loving it until I got hit in the face with another huge wave. This time of ambroxan. Trying to stay afloat I kept grabbing at that lovely mint, but then the ambroxan would pull me under. Eventually everything else subsides and all that’s left is the ambroxan, in a warm dense puddle. So I’m rating this as a like because the top notes are so good, but I wish they had cut down the ambroxan just a little. I understand the goal, to give this profile staying power, but it’s no good if it overwhelms the other notes. So given a choice between Neon Garden and Les Bain Guerbois 1979 New Wave, I’d choose 1979. It doesn’t last as long on skin but the mint and iris do stick around longer.

This one is interesting! Once I think I have it figured out, I take another sniff and it changes again as if it's playing tricks on my nose. With that said, this is a fragrance with a clear identity. It knows itself, even if I yet don't. It is fresh but with depth and a unique intensity. For me, the mint is most prominent, but it is not a mojito-kind-of-mint, but rather a hard mint candy, with a cooling floral note and musky undernotes - it's extremely well-blended. My nose is picking up on something heavier lurking in the background, like a deep vanilla or even a light oud, but then again, it might just be the fragrance deceiving me. Either way - a gorgeous fragrance.

i don't get dior homme, if anything i get a l'eau d'hiver vibe, detecting a fluffy heliotrope and an airy almond+mimosa , maybe a bit of tonka and a serious soft musk. edit: come back to it after a few months i now detect a mint, i had to look up the notes to make sure i was not hallucinating it. there's this medicinal whipped cream-like effect, similar to the musk DNA of narciso rodriguez, that's paired up really nicely with the fuzzy fluffy heliotrope/almond. the dry down has a significant amount of ambroxan, but imo it makes the overall experience pleasantly molecular and modern.

For me, the initial smell is carrot and it's such an interesting opening note into the fragrance, sweet and earthy at the same time. Then the wet mint becomes all encompassing with a subtle layer of iris.It does soon become quite powdery and that note, combined with the ambroxan becomes dominant. Possibly it's a little heavy handed on the ambroxan and there could have been a little more iris? It's nice, not extraordinary, but a good fresh summer fragrance.

Neon Garden is a unique, refreshing fragrance with an amazing mint note. It’s perfect for a hot summer day and, unlike many fresh fragrances, it doesn’t rely on citrus. It’s more intimate than projecting, and while the longevity on my skin wasn’t great, it lasted noticeably longer on my clothes. A beautiful and distinctive summer scent