Odyssey

I'm smelling sweetness and spice. No clue what they think "vinyl" is but they aren't using actual vinyl. I worked for a record company and I was at the factory many times during production and it did not smell like this. I think what they meant was shellac, which is what the old 78 rpms were made of and that WAS a sweet smell. I remember taking my grandmothers old albums out and smelling that sweetness. I'm positive that's what they meant. Anyway, I really like it, a lot. It has a nice woodworking aura to it, I think shellac is a resin found on trees. It smells like old wood walls in a library filled with wonderful smelling books.

I am utterly obsessed with this one! I have been collecting perfume for over 25 years, and after I applied the sample, I've never ordered anything so fast. It just so happens that Amber and Liquidambar (styrax) are two of my favorite notes. On my skin, this turns into the most beautiful sueded Amber ever. It is beautifully blended, with no sharp edges on me. If you like Rook's Amber, but wanted the Diesel-leather-saffron turned down a notch, this is for you.

The past’s version of the future. I find this super unique and I love it

Initial application made me out loud say “whoa”. The word “futuristic” came to mind trying to describe this smell. Cold, synthetic skin, like one that would cover an android. Artificial mimicking the natural, akin to an A.I. generated image of a human. Something is off, you /know/ something is off. I’m wearing a silicon skin, a beautiful flawless smooth skin, but it’s not right. A mannequin would wear this. Ex Machina. Could possibly layer this with rose or pink scents, I’ll experiment. Sometimes blind buying works out; I heard weird, I wanted weird, I got weird. EDIT: 45 minutes later after application. I feel like I’m going crazy. Am I real? Am I a human? Am I alive? Two full sprays to my collar bones, it’s constantly up in my senses. It is quite strong, and it feels like I’m trapped in an organic starship heading towards the great void. I think a blade runner is after me. Spray with caution.

This is an unusual and alien scent, but I'm not getting much of the futuristic qualities other reviewers cite. I don't get spaceships or record vinyl, but I do get the nostalgic smell of vinyl dolls, mixed with spice. The scent is almost cute with its plasticky cinnamon-spice qualities, but also objectively odd and almost disturbing, with whiffs of warm breath, stale air, and the heat from an old radiator. This probably sounds like an ambivalent review, but I like that it's pleasing upon first sniff but weirder the more I think about it. Projection is modest, but it clings tenaciously to the skin. La Curie has become one of my favorite indie houses, and Odyssey continues their winning streak for me, not because I love it - I don't think I do - but because it's another one of their fragrances with a definitive point of view, existing within a specific time and (outer) space.