Earth

This is such a beautiful rose-chypre perfume! A Very Classic theme like the Rose and Patchouli combo Is revisited in very modern way: by adding a hefty dose of aldehydes, slightly salty treemoss and I can swear I can also smell orange peel. Roses are the main players here, both the bitter May rose and the softer, fruity, Grasse rose are there, the patchouli Is very dry and earthy, with Just a hint of mushroom smells vibes. This doesn't reminds POAL in the least bit (luckily enough), I can understand the comparison with Voleur de Roses, still, this one Is very different, as It mellows towards the drydown, the woodyness softens, and you are left with a bunch of beautiful Pink rose petals. Very classy and perfectly in line with the Jilsander mood.

For the first 30 mins....it DOES smell like rose: then it smells like actual potting soil on steroids. I think I need this! The dry down is sublime! I would never guess by the notes listed above. I’ll update later in silage and longevity⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Experiencing Earth in the JIL SANDER store, I could only smell the black soil with the little styrofoam thingies in it! And I was mind blown! The coolest thing I've ever experienced. I then came home immediately to see what the reviews on Fragrantica were saying and a lot of ya'll mentioned rose! I was like, I don't smell any rose at all! Just straight dirt! Amazed by my experience I texted and called everyone about it. Then I was like you know what, let me go back and get a sample so I can show everyone instead of tell. Once I smelled the sample of the fragrance on it's own away from the store, I smelled the rose! This is in fact a rose fragrance! I'm shook! @DiskoDee below describes this as a wet rose bush type of scent and that is 100%! This is one of the most coolest things I've experienced in a long time. BUT the synthetic notes give me a terrible headache. I love the idea of using synthetic notes save the plants because it really does take a lot of plants to make fragrances in general, but I won't be able to enjoy this fragrance in particular because of it! Because this is such a bright and alive rose, this scent would do really well in spring time. I would like to experience this scent in a candle!

Earth is exactly what it says on the jar, unfortunately for anyone who hoped the name was literal. Soil, potting mix, damp ground. The dark crumbly stuff under your nails even. There is a very real mushroominess too, cool and porous and just a little stale, which tips it past “earthy perfume” and into something much more literal. Kneeling beside a fresh bag of soil after rain and getting hit with that humid, mineral, faintly fungal mist from inside. You can almost feel the grit between your fingers. It is impressively specific. Also, for me, not especially wearable. The wet-earth effect might just be a touch too close, too true to an unmanned ecosystem. There is no cedar nor patchouli curtain drawn across the scene to make it feel chic. Earth smells like earth, including the parts most perfume usually edit out: moisture, must, mineral weight. I practically see that something quietly decomposing into [earth]. I do respect it, of course, this pocket of cold atmosphere. But it is more art object than perfume for me. Strange, humid, tactile, and something I'd maybe rather not smell like.

This whole collection has been confounding. This is sweet, floral potting soil, the kind with the tiny white styrofoam in it. 🥲