Raw Human

Thank the God's for this similar 🙏 version of Byredo Bullion, now Bullion itself had this synthetic opening to it, but the peach and plum combo, plus the leather is more than anything but somehow you're lured in, and on a cold 🥶 night this is going to impress the true version of this, will be satisfied with this version of Bullion. This is once again a similar version, not a perfect match, but for the fact that Byredo Bullion is discontinued if you still want that vibe this will get you close. They both have that synthetic opening, but once this fragrance drys down it's very dark and heavy for colder nights. Now here's my final vertical on Raw Human, if you're not sure about Byredo Bullion or never smelled it, here's the honest comparison to it now, Louis Vuitton Ombre Nomade is close, but LV used raspberries as their note, and Byredo used peaches and plum, both have that leather note very obviously, and front and center 😉, so this is a very great fragrance for the Bullion refugees out here 😉.

Raw Human-Lattafa FINALLY loving it. Had a rough start with my 20 mil sample I purchased early spring, it arrived smelling coarse and literally disgusted me. I hid it away all Summer and now Oct 30th it literally smells like a well designed, very niche fragrance. Every note is distinguishable and appears on cue. The plum and peach are deep, lightly sweet and oh so lovely. Osmanthus is doing its apricot thing as a soft suede leather blends deliciously with it. Raw Human, once it matures is very rich, velvety and addictive. The original repugnant mess bloomed beautifully and I now have a 100 mil bottle on order. Don’t rush to wear it until it’s fully ready. Perfection requires patience.

Raw Human? More like homicide with a sprayer attached. First hit and I’m riding shotgun in a Mercedes running off dirty cash and no sleep. It’s grimy, luxe, and weirdly irresistible. Half the room leans in, the other half wants out. Me? I’m just vibing in the middle, questioning my morals less with every whiff. It’s got that “my crew is nothing but bad vibes” energy. I’m grabbing two bottles—one to wear, one to stash. Honestly, it needs a label that says: “Congratulations, you smell like evidence and you look criminally good doing it.”

When I first got this fragrance, I wasn’t sure what to make of it. In reality it smelled like a hot mess. However, after three months of macerating /maturing this fragrance has morphed into something beautiful. It’s as if it was in a cocoon at the time of purchase and has now become a beautiful butterfly. The apricot/plum/leather, all blend together seamlessly to make a beautiful scent profile that I look forward to wearing in the cooler months. I give this a 8/10.

Have no idea if this is supposed to be a dupe. I was intrigued by the notes and blind bought. For those of you who are getting the prominent gasoline or rubber notes, my heart goes out to you. Even though it was delicious upon initial spray, I've let this mature since February, and the plum and apricot is giving this sexy whiskey/bourbon vibe. But it's FRESH. The leather adds slight crispness to keep it from being nauseating.