Brainiac

I agree with Melina41, body chemistry plays a big role in this one. It's a strange one that at first spray I did not like much then after it warmed up on me it turned into a calm soothing scent that is hard to describe. It's not super sweet, nor bitter, it's just "calm". The only way I can describe this is with a scenario. It makes me feel like writing when I wear it, perhaps the scent of old musty pages from a book, cold rain on asphalt and soil wafting in from the window, ink on my fingers from writing in my journal. I just don't know...but I like it. This scent makes me feel inspired somehow, in a literary sense. UPDATE: So I wore this for the entire day yesterday, during my 10 hr shift which I am standing and moving around all day in a cold storage type plant. The whole time I kept smelling this wonderful woody, musky (but a cold type of musky) scent, and it smelled strangely familiar to me, until I realized it was me, and I figured out what that familiar scent was, OUD. Yeah. This fragrance is truly a chameleon...it seems to change entirely as the day goes on. On my skin, this lasted quite a long time, well into my 10 hr shift. Granted I did apply a lot cause I wanted to get a full effect for the sake of experience. Silage was between about arms length with movement, and hugged close to the skin most of the time. Enough to surround my head in a wonderful cloud of musky oudiness, like cold fog in a forest but just the fog, yeah this one is so hard to describe. It's an etheral beauty in it's simplicity, one to remember, and in a sea of boring fragrances that tend to smell alike, this one is refreshing to me. I feel so happy to have found this gem and the bonus was it turned into an oud scent on me. Awesomeness! I also love the 90s reminsicent, Mondrian-esque bottle design. It all comes together so well. Unique and beautiful. Well done!

I think the name brainiac very much encapsulates this scent. Affordable yet grown-up, truly unisex, approachable but still a little weird. I get the pepper and citrus notes right away which are not too spicy or too sweet. The citrus eventually fades to make room for the vanilla. It's not a gourmand vanilla by any means, it's just there to ground the fragrance. If you find that feminine sweet floral scents generally turn you off but masculine scents are also too much, this is for you. If you're a nerdy tomboy at heart, this is for you. If you're kinda femme and have a STEM degree, this is for you. I just read that they discontinued it. SOB.

I love the scent but prefer the body mist as it is not as sharp and overly spicy. It is interesting that the notes mentioned are not accurate at all. There is no vanilla, no black pepper in the list of ingredients that I have from Good Chemistry. The notes that make it spicy are cardamom, balsam fir and eucalyptus. There is bergamot, cedarwood and the sweeter note is armois oil aka mugwort. I love the scent and have never found anything close to it. It is unique and very uplifting. As I mentioned the body mist to my nose is less sharp and spicy, it is same scent but more wearable and softer.

I'm so glad I ordered a couple of bottles before it was discontinued. This is my signature scent. The pepper and citrus scents offer a smart, clean contrast to the vanilla. That's the way vanilla ought to be done in my opinion. It can be worn any day in any season. I just love it and I will miss it once I've emptied my bottles.

this is my ultimate budget perfume... i cannot emphasize how lovely it is!! it's got fresh peppery undertones and bright citrus top notes, truly a unisex scent dream. would recommend to anyone and everyone, so wearable and light !