The Dark

On clothes or paper, this perfume does pretty much exactly what's written on the can - dark. Dark, earthy, woody. If you're not into that sort of scent, you will not like it, because The Dark goes to that darkness in not the most delicate ways. Even I find it a bit challenging, and I am a huge fan of these dark, earthy and woody fragrances. However, on my skin this fragrance becomes much, much darker, and to me, less pleasant. When I say "pleasant", this is of course 100% subjective as I have a peculiar sense of smell just like everyone. In any case, when I spray this on my skin, the scent becomes far more challenging and sometimes I think there is little beauty left, and only the challenge remains. Comparing then to the same fragrance sprayed on clothes is an interesting eye-opener: I find, in this case, that the scent on clothes is almost ethereal. Because the brain loves to compare. The first time I smelled it on my skin I was replulsed so much, I wanted to sell it immediately. Now, however, I have grown to accept it and even enjoy it to some extent. I am curious to see where my journey with The Dark will go, in the future. EDIT: A year and a half later, and I am in love with The Dark! It's incredible, to my mind, that such an exquisite olfactory concoction is sold for so little money. I bought a 2nd bottle because I suspect it'll be discontinued. If it were sold by a famous niche brand, it would surely survive, but with the Just Jack brand behind it, it's probably doomed.

I just got it. It was a blind buy for no reason. And now I'm so puzzled. For me, on my skin, it smells like sweat of a young man. After the primary shock I can't stop thinking: how on earth did they create sweat out of saffron and roses? After a small walk in the sun (I live in the Middle East, it is sunny here) it burns out to a nice powdery geranium smell. Potion making 101 I suppose.

The opening is very barnyard-like, when the drydown begins it turns into a very tolerable oud note with some rose in it, the underlying "barnyardy" stays the whole time. I don't know how to label this, it's not bad at all, but I really have no idea on when I could wear this, it's certainly not for the faint of heart.

I am really lucky as I bought it for £6 as an open bottle from Notino. This is the worst smelling fragrance I have ever smelled. I can't describe it in the words how it smells. Pungent, off putting and excess of oud. I keep this with me as a trophy 😂

This is the most brutal terrible i've ever smelled on my life,can't wait to wash it!