Pavor Nocturnus

A real night of terror. Pavor Nocturnus is a gloomy parfume with a woody tone in the background. Here unlike the predecessor (Lucidite) i perceive the cherry less obvious, i feel very much the wood of oud and the flowers ... very well balanced. It is perfect for the evening or night, and the quality as always is extraordinary. I really like Pavor Nocturnus, it's pungent and extremely mysterious, i think I'll buy a bottle. Sillage: 7.5/10 Longevity: 8.5/10 Scent: 8.5/10 Overall: 8.5/10

Pavor Nocturnus is a soft animalic aromatic. There is a cliché indie oversoul to this one, in the sense that it very strongly resembles every other animalic indie fragrance ever. The soft touch that suppresses the animalic presence comes from a collection of leafy botanicals, that provide a haze over the pungent animalic base. And then a deep naturalist cherry; medium bodied, neither sweet nor sour; with not so much of a fruit flesh, but more of a waxy skin-of-the-fruit texture to it. Together, they soften the animalic notes by a lot compared to most other indie fragrances. To describe the aroma of the animalic note, it's a bold and pungent presence, almost like a sweet and sour dampened (or rotting) wood. Although greatly softened, the pungent nature still has a considerable amount of gravity to it. Some people are seemingly fascinated by aromatic effects like this, but it's by no means the type of thing you go-in blind to experience. Can't really find any dynamic artistic potential in this one. It seems very much like something that was just thrown out there because it provides a significant diversity to everything else in the genre. Problem I would say is, that it's not a genre worth catering too; it's one that the world is better off without; and every step taken should be towards its obsoletion and nothing else.