Super Nova

Super Nova de la maison @grittifragrances s'ouvre sur de fabuleuses notes aux facettes minérales évoquent un univers olfactif bien particulier. Je ressens une explosion de fraîcheur, à la fois humide et salée. note verte s'y mêle, rappelant la salade verte, très fraîche et l'herbe après la pluie avec une nuance légèrement épicée. Cette sensation de vert est enrobée d'une énigmatique et sensuelle absinthe légèrement amère et verte. Ce parfum est une sensation explosive de notes aquatiques, qui sont fraîches et même froides par moments. C'est extrêmement beau! Des notes qui évoquent l'air frais du bord de mer, et l'odeur propre du linge qui ondule doucement au rythme de la brise. De subtiles nuances de chlore et de métal ajoutent une fraîcheur cristalline unique à cet accord ozonique. Il y a dans cette fragrance une note que je ressens comme une note fantastique aux facettes poivrées, sulfureuses et Pyrocaustiques. Comme l'odeur de la poudre des pétards lors des fêtes de ma ville Alicante en Espagne. Puis, un parfum boisé, noisette et très opulent. Sans aucun doute c'est une note de Oud qui va devenir délicieuse. Je détecte alors une note qui dégage une douce odeur purement métallique et qui va rester ancrée sur ma peau pour se mélanger aux accords aquatiques, ozoniques, boisés. Le résultat est très plaisant, je l'adore. Un côté sérénité extrême comme transporter dans un moment de voyage vers l'insouciance et l'élégance. Un parfum qui rend heureux, donne une élégance magistrale, et possède un côté très sensuel. Car ce parfum après quelques heures devient extrêmement attirant. Un effet salé et chaud, similaire à celui de la peau. Ce qui le rend sulfureux. La longévité est très bonne et je dirais que les effluves deviennent narcotiques les heures passant. Miguel @parfumez_moi sur Instagram

I went into the perfume store and, because of an IG suggestion on how to smell like the moon, interstellar, and Area 51, I decided to smell the bottle and I really liked it. It was so unusually fresh. I love fresh scents, and this was something new — not flowery fresh, not laundry fresh, no sweetness, no saltiness to it, nothing, and yet so pleasant. I spent some time in the shop and could not stop coming back to this bottle, trying to understand why it was so pleasant. I couldn’t resist and I bought the sample. I came out, sprayed it, and omg... it was so bad. It smelled like gunpowder too much. I regretted it so much. BUT WAIT! I arrived home, showered, and I could still smell it. But it wasn’t the gunpowder anymore — it was that pleasant smell I had felt in the shop. I had to repeat the experiment also on my boyfriend’s skin and on my colleague’s skin and all three times, I got the same experience: 💥 Explosion — gunpowder, a sharp scent lasting for about 2 hours, and then... ⭐✨🌌☄️ Something extraterrestrial and beautiful like never seen before. The experience is exactly as the name suggests. The fragrance is preaching long-lasting it even survived a shower +few h after it. I love this scent. It’s genius.

I first encountered this at a niche perfume shop (Sabina Scents, who are top-notch) in Sorrento, Italy where I was choosing a fragrance to commemorate my Summer trip. I narrowed it down to either this or Blue Talisman by Ex Nihilo. In the Summer heat after the opening of each—the two were nearly indistinguishable for me. For the price, I ultimately chose Blue Talisman, but they gave me a sample of Super Nova. Wearing that back home, I felt crazy to have thought they were so similar. However, I don’t feel as crazy now that I’ve read reviews where others compare both to Ganymede, which I’ve not smelled before. Blue Talisman is a better fit for warm weather, whereas this is slightly more suited for cooler weather, to late Spring. I found a bottle from a reputable discounter for $130, so I couldn’t resist it any longer. This is super high quality juice with great performance and sillage. It smells so rich and smooth. The oud is a Western oud, which is to say it is easy on the nose without worrying if it’s going to smell like a barnyard to others. At a time when I’m trying to downsize my collection and am being more intentional about adding to it, I’m very glad to pick this up!

Gritti is a lavish clone house, no question, just like many other niche houses. Super Nova however, is an interpretation of Ganymede which happens to be a designer offering with a niche enthusiast following. Now, I don't particularly care for Ganymede, as I find it too sharp, synthetic and aldehydic for my taste. But this one is a bit more refined, more natural smelling, and greener with sparkling ambergris thrown into the mix. None of those florals, saffron or synthetic akigalawood. No curry note. It’s also not as sweet, making it far more wearable than Ganymede could ever be. Ambergris should be ranked higher as the dry down has a distinct cement ambergris accord that I truly enjoy, which reminds me of Escale en Indonesi.

90% of the reviews here are misleading. Not very unusual when you’ve never smelled it, nor bought it. The fragrance is superb in many ways. Initially you get completely blasted with freshness and aromatics. After an hour this settles into a mix of ambergris, saltwater and slight florals. It’s very rounded and extremely soft. I dare a comparison to Green Irish Tweed, for those who remember the ambergris in it. Yet the fragrance is so powerful that it radiates all day. Superb. You get noted, yet it’s not overpowering. It’s the first Gritti for me, I trust not the last. 🌤️🔥🤩🌊🌊 If you like my thoughts hit the 👍 button.

It smells as if I were murdered — forcibly drowned in pickle juice. The brine filled my lungs until I could no longer draw a breath of air. I fought desperately for my life, but death was stronger. At last, a small light appeared at the end of the tunnel, and suddenly I felt an unfamiliar calm — a deep, gentle peace I had never known before. But then something changed. I woke up in a hospital room that smelled sharply of iodine and sterile medicine. I had been saved. Unfortunately. 10/10, would recommend.

When I wear this, I feel like I’ve unlocked some hidden area in a video game. This is, as the name somewhat suggests, other worldly. Yea, Supernova and Ganymede are related. Yes they both share a beautiful backbone of the controversial akigalawood. But whereas Ganymede is the flirty glance across the bar, Supernova walks up and grabs your ass.

Read the article by NASA.gov "December 2021: What does space smell like?" and you'll get it, Super Nova is supposed to replicate the smell of space described by astronauts and the fragrance itself gives this metallic, spicy, gunpowder smell.

Just wow! I was skeptical at first, but the perfume develops fantastically! It's very strong, cold, makes me feel fresh. Sillage is bold. Longevity is about eternal. Gunpowder note is very dominant, gives me memories of a shooting range

This is my new signature scent. I get a lot of citrus and mineral and it's a comforting scent. It's notes would suggest something weird but you just have to try it. I bought a back up bottle. This is a must try.

Green Irish Tweed had a day at the ocean 🌊. What a beautiful masterpiece 🏆 you’ll have that on you all day, the mineral notes and the ambergris will delight you all day. Just gorgeous 😍

I love it. Very playfull fragrance giving Ganymed opening salty green dry down long-lasting fragrance. As I'm concerned it's very versatile

I don't even know why I buy other perfumes since this one. It's so magical. Whatever mineral note is present it has enchanted me.

Wicked fragrance! Don't hesitate to try it out, it is good for any occasion.

Woah. This thing is metallic, mineralic, and green. It is fresh but also weird as hell and is sure to be a divisive wear. The year is 2040. Humans’ general lack of environmental consciousness coupled with pollutants from war after war have finally rendered our home planet uninhabitable. Only a select demographic (i.e. the rich, white, cishet, and physically fit) have been allowed to ascend to the next frontier on a nearby planet we have colonized. You have stowed away on the space shuttle and successfully made it to the new planet in order to conduct research and bring your findings back to the rest of your middle and lower class, POC, queer, disabled, and elderly brethren back home. You are the everyday human’s only hope. Make your observations count. The elite have set up an intricate network of greenhouses on the new planet’s surface. You stroll through the gardens and notice waterproof robots continuously monitoring the temperature and moisture levels in the enclosure. Their gleaming, metallic bodies are slick with water as they mist the crops. The vegetables look healthy and have grown to four times their usual size thanks to genetic modification. The skin on some nearby bell peppers appears thinner than usual and threatens to burst as the organisms struggle to adapt to their accelerated rate of growth. In another sector, members of the elite stretch out on an artificial beach to relax and tan. The sand is black and smells unsettlingly similar to gunpowder, but you push the thought from your mind and try to act natural as you unfurl your beach towel and lay down. The water has been artificially marine-scented and dyed with chemicals in order to remind the elite of the good ol’ days going for a swim before the beaches on Earth turned toxic. You hear the constant thrum of machinery as a large metal structure in the distance rises from the water. Its submerged mechanisms churn methodically, generating artificial waves. You stifle a grimace from behind your sunglasses. Nearby windmills generate an ocean breeze by atomizing the air with natural ambergris and creating sporadic gusts. Super Nova is a very cool piece of olfactory art. My partner thinks it’s beachy and my roommate hates it. As for me, the jury’s still out... I need more time for observation.

The great gig in the sky plays in the background as you watch the sun go supernova. You are in a spacecraft, with the last humans of Earth, rejoicing in a new cosmic adventure. Everything is made of silicone, and a synthetic smell of glue and high-tech materials nauseates your nose. There is all sorts of greenery throughout the craft, bringing a crisp cleanliness that makes you feel safe in this alien environment. Soon after, the gunpowder and metallic notes from the explosion reach the craft, but only for a couple minutes. On the dry down, the nauseating industrial and synthetic scent fades away, leaving the memory in your mind. Now, the fragrance is more inviting—green, watery, a bit creamy, and metallic—reminding you of the vast proportions of the universe. I blind bought this fragrance because I was sure I would love such a creative endeavor as what this perfume proposes, but I was wrong. It’s very creative and interesting, but it’s such a tough wear, and it’s the only fragrance I’ve ever smelled that makes me nauseous. I literally cannot put it on and leave the house because I know I’ll get dizzy. But gladly, after around 10 minutes, the fragrance becomes much more pleasant, and I no longer feel nauseous. I just feel like it’s a fragrance you should only wear in open space because of how intense it is. But if you want to smell like a bell pepper in an alien world of metallic water, go for it!

I tested Super Nova because it was recommended as a gunpowder scent. It really isn't that - whatever gunpowder is there is pretty well blended, perhaps only adding to the mineral/metallic accords. So, that was a disappointment but I ended up really like the fragrance. Super Nova evolves like a wave. It opens very metallic and mineral. Suddenly, a citrus-y and somewhat sweet scent appears. That doesn't last long and it returns to a scent that's almost identical to the metallic/mineral opening. The dry down scent is a bit deeper than the opening. To describe the scent, it's almost like the smell of a newly printed magazine, similar to Ganymede but way better. Super Nova's performance is also way better than Ganymede (current version tested from a sample). Longevity is quite good, still going strong after 8 hours. Projection is more modest after the first hour. While I was disappointed with Ganymede, I'm definitely picking up a bottle of Super Nova. Super Nova is the fume that Commander J.J. Adams wears.

Opens up faintly-ozonic metal foward, with a faint mineralic facet, a faintly citrus sweet accord shows afterwards, then it goes away, but I feel like it goes back to a metallic facet with an amber bias (much like how @Smirky is describing it). Though grey amber is the formally acknowledged note, it really bears the smell of calone, much like in HUNQ Lifeguard --maybe they're just similar to the nose. It's a bit "dirtier" than Lifeguard, but only from the amber facet. Thinking about it a bit more...this is actually a captivating aquatic frag. It definitely piques my interest more than Ganymede by Marc-Antoine Barrois. This frag isn't so heavy by itself--in a way, it lends into layering with another frag if you prefer. Great performance, but not quite eye-gleaming to warrant a full bottle.

Like Ganymede with green pepper instead of citrus at the beginning. I smelt more gunpowder in Megamare than here. Just pay a bit extra and get Ganymede instead, that is more elegant I would say.

This is just a bit fresher ganymede