ManRoot

I like Manroot! Purchased this as a roll on with 2 other DSH iris scents. The buttery, dense, almost fatty expression of the orris reads waxy at first. Like a natural beeswax smell Or raw, high-quality dry cacao powder. Deep but almost no sweetness. The waxy, and intense powdery smell burns off after the first 40 minutes and little hints of rose, cinnamon, sandalwood, and spices make themselves known. Like a beautifully spiced beeswax candle. I’m glad DSH left this perfume as is!! I don’t own anything else exactly like this, despite the listed notes I could see other brands stuffing the middle notes with vanilla, cashmeran, or some kind of generic “leather accord.” This is handsome, subtle, and wears pretty close to the skin. I’m glad to own it, and not something I would normally gravitate towards in a store. EDIT Saw cinnamon isn’t listed, but maybe it’s the pepper, carrot, turmeric combo that reads as cinnamon to my nose...

Manroot comes across as plasticky, a little wooly and overall, quite unpleasant. Not at all floral, pretty or even fragrant. This scent is not at all pungent, ugly or even disgusting. It’s actually coming across as a how a woollen pullover would smell, or even a the small of a throw rug or something like that. It presents as unperfumelike, and in that I don’t mean that you can’t wear it as a perfume, I mean as in I don’t know why anyone would...I don’t mean to come across as negative or even offensive, I just don’t get this scent...it reminds me a little of New Sibet in how off-putting and jarring it is. It's too rooty, earthy and unripe for mine. No thanks...