Sex Magic

Just received this in the mail the other day. I will start off by saying uniqueness is 10/10. Nothing I've ever put my nose on smells like this. In the beginning I get cedar, Oud, pine tree, and leather. The Oud is fresher like hat of Oud Wood by Tom Ford. There isn't a ton of Oud which I like, just enough. The leather is the main player which stays through the life of the scent. It's a very smooth leather and very well blended. After about 45 minutes the pine tree starts to fade and and the leather, cedar, and sandalwood start to come out. Followed shortly by what I can assume is the Buddha Wood and violet. This is what I get through the remaining life of this fragrance. It slowly starts to fade off but the longevity and projection are still there. This was a blind buy for me and did I ever strike gold. Uniqueness 10/10 Projection 9/10 Longevity 10/10 Smell 10/10 Price is always questionable. For 15ml the price is $120 which is pretty steep compared to what you could get for it. But I will say the quality is there and if you don't mind paying the price for this I think you will be very happy with your purchase. After having a few days with this fragrance I can tell you that I think the price and how much you get is very much a good value for me. Now I understand that $120 is a lot and 15ml won't last everyone a long time but please believe me when I tell you that if you are thinking about checking this house out and you have the cash to spend ... take the plunge, it's well worth it. Give it a year or two and this house is going to blow up.

I was looking through my perfume collection and found a discovery set from House of Matriarch that I obviously bought at some stage, then promptly forgot about. Noice!! This set came with Sex Magic, L’Arrivee, Kazimi and Destrier in the mini spray bottles, plus dabbers of Black No. 1, Albatross, Sex Magic and Devotion plus a 3ml bottle of my favourite, Coco Blanc. Sex Magic is all spiced leather and warm woods, with a hint of sweetness from the amber and violet. I did get a faint sharp, green note too. This reminds me very much of the incense the priest would waft around during Easter Mass. The first hour or two, it was very, very spicy, but that gradually settled down, and then I got a lovely softly spiced powder. I really liked the way this evolved. That said, it probably wasn’t the best day to test drive this one – 30C and disgustingly humid so it felt a tad heavy. Still lovely though, once the initial spice blast had calmed down. I have to give this props for longevity – I got nearly eight hours, and that was on a very hot, sweaty, humid day, which included a swim. I reckon this would be a great winter scent though – it would feel very cosy on a cold, crisp winter’s day, so I’m definitely going to revisit this once it cools down.

Right, so I'm starting with this one from the Achtung range because I knew I'd love it judging by the notes listed on frgrantica...and boy was I not dissappointed! In fact it was the publicity and features on this site that even made me aware of the house of matriarch in the first place. So, Sexmagic...what a cool name for starters any fragrance thats named after half of a RHCP album is alright by me! This fragrance is sexy, smouldering even and you can detect the different wood notes which exists in a kind of creamy oud spectrum. To be honest I'm not familiar with Buddah wood, Ghandi root and damiana...they're obviously great ingredients. What I do know is that this is a deliciously well concieved scent and a great start to my sampler from this collection and this house. It's smokey, dark and strong things I'm not usually mad on but this gets it right by striking a good balance. This will be one I'll be getting a bottle of for certain.

Was kindly sent a gift sample of this with an order of Matriarch’s colossal Blackbird, and may, at this point, be leaning more toward Sexmagic. Starts off intense, dry, resin, leather, oud-ee with the slightest smoke & skank edge, then morphs within the hour into such beauty: old book, faint flower (violet?), ash. It’s open in that layered living way. Maybe ‘clear’ is the word? It is not a ‘clean’ scent. Don’t know if it’s sex exactly, but it makes me delicious, it’s spiritual, and what’s finer than that? How I love love love shapeshifting fumes. & Christi Meshell.

Sex Magic is beautiful woody, somewhat sweet leather scent. Nothing too unique, as it does have some similarity to other leather scents, if I did a blind sniff test I would guess The Land of Warriors by The Vagabond Prince, as it has that sweet, fruity leather smell as well. In any case, it is highly enjoyable and easy to wear, I can see it garnering compliments, do check it out. Surprisingly, it projects and lasts better than any other HoM fragrance I have tried. So in terms of scent, I would recommend it, however there are cheaper alternatives out there.