Room 237

I've only tried this and Lampblack from Mr Fazzolari thus far, but both are extremely unique and well made fragrances. This is definitely the stranger of the two, in concept and execution, but it's not weird for the sake of being weird. It just takes a strange idea and makes it work. First of all I am a huge Stanley Kubrick fan and The Shining is one of my favorite films of all time. I think its fairly obvious that the scene that takes place in Room 237's bathroom is the inspiration for this fragrance. Jack is walking hypnotically through the bedroom and into the bathroom. Theres an ethereal haze to everything as a woman slowly reveals herself from behind a shower curtain. She slowly emerges from the water as Jack stares on, entranced. The two approach each other, and begin to embrace. When Jack glances up after kissing her, he sees in the mirror behind them that the woman has become a decrepit, rotting elderly woman. The music swells as the ghost woman laughs, chasing off the disturbed Jack. The shower curtain is here. It's that strong, plasticky vinyl smell thats familiar in such a strange way. As is a slightly floral, soapy note, no doubt the woman's bathwater. Theres even a bit of a clean muskiness, the woman's fresh washed body. The overall fragrance has a hazy, clean warmth, like a bathroom after a long hot shower. But somewhere beneath all that there is something seriously strange. Some dark, smoky, dare I say moldy undercurrent. It throws a wrench in the fragrance in the best way possible. I totally understand why some people seem to have some difficulty enjoying this fragrance with the scene in mind. It perfectly represents room 237, in the beginning the fragrance is entrancing, hypnotic, strange, yet weirdly inviting and seductive. The drydown shows a much more confusing, disturbing side...but it's still appealing. Maybe that moldy darkness was there the whole time, just like Jack in the photograph at the end of the film. Room 237 (the fragrance) captures the hypnotic, alluring insanity that Kubrick's film mastered. From a technical standpoint, I commend Fazzolari for using a plastic/vinyl accord outside the realm of "hyper-modern" "industrial" CDG-esque future scents or the Demeter/Brosius world of photorealism. It is truly art, embracing the evocative and unpleasant in order to create a new experience for the wearer. 8/10

I got a sample of Room 237 in the portfolio set that Bruno Fazzolari offers on his website. I was initially interested in Lampblack, but Room 237 has become my second favorite of his fragrances. It is so unique. I'm wearing it today and it is one of my favorite fragrances to wear. I'm trying to describe it. I watched a YouTube video review by Lanier Smith and he probably described it best. I'm paraphrasing but, "Like a fresh clean bathroom". It reminded him of a nice smelling bathroom cleaner. I definitely agree but, that does not do this fragrance justice. I will have to come back and figure out a way to describe it better. After I finished the sample I bought a bottle and its in my top 5 favorites. I first purchased this in 2018. Every Christmas I purchase a bottle of Room 237 just to prepare in the off chance Fazzolari decides to stop making it. It is that good. I also like the connection to the Stephen King novel The Shinning. It's one of his best books and the 1980 movie was decent. One warning though, do not watch the documentary Room 237. I did and its possibly the worst documentary I have ever seen.

"Named after the spotless hotel room and source of all evil in Stanley Kubrick's film , The Shining . Ultra fresh , uncanny , chilling." Love the concept , the packaging , and fortunately for me , the fragrance ! Room 237 is a clean in a lemon soft scrub bathroom cleaner kind of way , yet somehow , it works . Imagine scrubbing your tub , and you have lots of lemony bleach bubbles and chlorinated water swirling around , and you have room 237 . You can definitely sense something clean and 'green' as well as musky in this scent which makes it a perfume instead of a bathroom cleaner . Very nice , wears close to the skin which is probably a good thing . This is artistic in it's presentation in both wear and appearance . I look forward to sampling others from the collection in the near future .

Incredibly nostalgic. It brings up memories of being at my cousin's house in the 90s and going down into the basement, where everything was brown carpet and those big overstuffed scratchy couches, and the big-screen TV that weighed like 300 lbs and would shock you if you touched it. This scent really changes as it dries down which is super interesting. The plastic/vinyl note really pops after several minutes. I was pleasantly surprised by this!

to approximate this scent, jerk off near a freshly made mop bucket: the orgasmic nasal dilation will fill you to the toe top full with chemical licks of unnameable fruits. thus are you butt naked in room 237, piney breeze pooling around you despite the windowlessness of your accommodation. if you wear this, you will engage the fight or flight response of dirty people. love it