Rentless

Patchouli and incense with a twist of bitter citrus, a whiff of cotton candy and aged whiskey barrels, then a dry down of sweet smoke, molasses, leather, and more patchouli. It's a confusing scent. The sales associate sprayed me with it and I regretted it immediately because I knew it would stay with me all afternoon and it didn't immediately strike me as something I liked. It smelled like some fruitchouli nonsense, a discordent attempt to make patchouli and citrus and sugar into a unisex frag. But 20 minutes after I left the store, I had to turn around and come back to buy a bottle of Rentless. It had mellowed and surrounded me in a rich, bittersweet cloud of fragrance, woody, smoky, herbaceous, spicy, sweet, sensual but standoffish and complicated, and I fell in love with it. Sometimes it reminds me of Tabu, or what I imagine Tabu originally smelled like. No cheap, one-dimensional root beer and nag champa but a well-thought out combination of darkness and sweetness, masculine and feminine. I was on the fence about it even a month after buying a bottle because it's such an almost spiritually evocative scent for me, and I was only wearing it when I planned to be alone, but I was in my cups and spritzed some on before going out with my boyfriend the other night and he loved it, said that this perfume was made for me, and I was gratified to know that he thinks that this odd little perfume that I have come to love so much actually smells good on me and suits my personality. The solid perfume does not do it justice. The reviewer who said the solid smells like pickles is not entirely wrong. There's a weirdness to the solid. Sometimes I throw it in my purse or luggage, thinking I'll get my Rentless fix from that but it's a very different scent, thinner and flatter and with a weird tang in the top notes. Some of Lush's scents are like that, just totally off and disappointing in the solid form. The liquid perfume is where it's at. Longevity is 24+ hours on skin. Lasts until laundry day on clothes. Projection is massive if you're heavy-handed like me. This is my current favorite from Lush, after Breath of God, which is a more cerebral and contemplative smoky scent, and Lust, which is an appropriately named raunchy jasmine.

I recently (in December 2025) bought a 1 oz. bottle of this off of Mercari for a price I don’t want to admit... I’m an admirer of almost everything LUSH makes, but I’m a newer fan. So, there’s several scents in the LUSH family I’m unfamiliar with. I don’t remember how I initially found out about Rentless, but I was instantly intrigued. Maybe it was the price? I was like WHY is any LUSH perfume going for $200+?! Well, I splurged and blind bought this and let me tell you — it’s everything I hoped for and a little more. To me and my nose, it reminds me of a foamy, overflowing, boozy cola. It’s decadent and rich. Very strong and long lasting. I feel like it’s a perfect fall / winter scent, but I plan on wearing it year round when I want something a little more niche. I adore it, and I wish LUSH would bring it back in some form (body spray, perfume, or hell - even a bath bomb). True story — yesterday I went to Buffalo Wild Wings and I had THREE different people comment on it. One of the bartenders told another bartender how I smelled “so freaking good”. She probably complimented me 2-3 times. But then one girl walked up and asked the bartender “why does it smell like a Christmas tree right here” and I laughed... The bartender said “she’s crazy, please never change what you’re wearing”, but the other girl said I smelled like a bag of pine cones, lol. Really, scents are subjective things. This one is easily my favorite LUSH scent ever, but you might hate it... I don’t know how? But you might. I know this scent was discontinued years ago, but I beg the Lords of LUSH to please bring this back. It would be the ultimate “LUSH Club” release, and would be a smash hit sell out.

This was the first fragrance I ever tried, and it's my absolute favourite still. Rentless is deep and warm, but at the same time sweet and sharp. It opens with an incense-like scent: it's woody and spicy - a very rounded and deep scent, if that makes sense. After half an hour or so, the citrus cuts through. It's sharp, but not overpowering: the woody/spicy notes ground the fragrance so that it's warm and mellow despite the sharpness of the grapefruit. And then by the end of the day, it becomes a sweet vanilla and caramel scent. It's very warm and comforting to me, but not cloying, because the wood/spice and citrus are still there. When you smell this fragrance, the different notes are not really distinct: it's more like adjusting a sliding scale, where different notes lead the fragrance at different times, but the other notes are alway still present. It's a coherent, rounded scent all the way until you wash it off. For longevity, I usually find myself wanting to touch up after six hours or so - Lush scents tend to fade quite quickly on me, but Rentless seem to be slightly more long-lasting (and the solid version is easy enough to use on the go) . As for sillage, I'd say arm's length, but I only use three sprays in the morning, so I think you can definitely jack it up by using more. Like I said, this was my first ever fragrance, and I honestly think it's ruined me forever for any other fragrance. None of the other perfumes/colognes I've tried has this amount of complexity and depth. If Lush discontinues Rentless I'd actually cry.

A slow and strangely enjoyable death by sticky-pine-sap-patchouli. ... To my nose this is a rich, super-naturalistic fougere with patchouli and other elements combining to stand in for the oakmoss. A generous dose of sweet and comforting coumarin, plenty of sticky leather labdanum, mossy, very green and woody patchouli, a hint of herbal lavender, a lick of natural liquorice and an uplifting zesty infusion of grapefruit peel. Rentless reminds me of the aromas of newly sawn pine trees and rubbing my fingers on the gummy underside of freshly unfurled fern leaves. It's a walk in a slightly surreal evergreen forest, where the dark emerald vegetation crushed underfoot is pungent, sweet and larger than life. Heady, fulsome, earthy, verdant and bittersweet. I imagine it to have been whipped up by a Shakespearean apothecary. Tenacious longevity and it is strong, the first time I wore this I overdid it with the spritzing and it nearly killed me - I felt as though the ferns were curling themselves around me, sticking to me, squeezing. The forest floor had taken on a treacly quicksand quality and was sucking me into its green viscous depths. I really like it. p.s. I'm not usually into layering perfumes but this works well with dark rose scents - it's good under Miller Harris rose en noir (which is perfectly beautiful on its own, by the way) - it adds a green, herbaceous mulch and the grapefruit zest keeps the rose lively for longer.

I don't know what's going on with the notes here but the most obvious note missing is patchouli. Here are the ingredients: DRF Alcohol , Fragrance , Patchouli Oil (Pogostemon cablin) , Water (Aqua) , Glycerine , Labdanum Resinoid (Cistus ladaniferus) , Tonka Absolute (Dipteryx odorata) , Grapefruit Oil (Citrus paradisi) , *Anise Alcohol , *Citral , *Coumarin , *Eugenol , *Farnesol , *Geraniol , *Limonene , *Linalool . The perfume is absolutely incredible. It is one of my favorite patchouli perfumes ever, along with Lord of Misrule, also by Lush. The patchouli is earthy, sweet, and sort of reminiscent of a damp forest. When you combine that with tonka, labdanum, and a touch of anise, it's an incredible combination. I don't know why people voted anise as super prominent because it disappears after about 10 minutes. (Maybe they reviewed the perfume right after application?) The stars of the show here, imho, are that lovely, sweet, earthy patchouli, and labdanum. If you like patchouli, orientals, and unisex perfume, you really have to try this. It is so well done and so yummy almost. Spicy, sweet, earthy, and super sexy, imho. I've also layered this with Lush's I'm Home, which is cacao pod, vanilla, and benzoin, and it is delicious. Who doesn't love a chocolatey sweet patchouli?! I own around 30 Lush perfumes and this is in my top 10 for sure, maybe even top 5.

This is an absolute beauty and definitely a new favorite for me. Rentless is complex and full of character, it's the kind of scent that's bound to become your signature should you get used to how multifaceted it is. It opened up with strong labdanum, then suddenly there were anise, vanilla and cardamom, then the whole composition was set ablaze and faded into a campfire smoke, after that the geranium and citruses appeared and it was like a meadow has bloomed again after the fire. All that time, patchouli and a signature Lush powdery, vanilla bean pod-like notes were in the background. It is very hard to describe, as it's not a singular scent but practically a story unfolding on your skin. You just have to try it for yourself and see what it tells you. In general Rentless is a very comforting fragrance, sweet but not in a gourmand way. It's something you can keep for special occassions only or make it your companion and watch it transform your everyday moments. Looks like it will be the latter for me.

Love loooooove love this. Just love this. Takes a while to make its transfiguration on my skin but when it completes she’s a heroine, she’s Joan of Arc. She starts off a bit rough & unwelcoming, a bit impure, myrrh like but an unfiltered, resinous tar...in fact there is no myrrh in this one at all, its the combination of labdanum patchouli and grapefruit that seem to create this effect. Once this fragrance develops and warms up on your skin, melts into it in an hour or so, more of the tonka roundness comes through. The grapefruit and small amount of geranium play into the interesting juxtaposition, lifting and brightening the whole up. I can’t really define what it is that makes Rentless so interesting and soooo intoxicating, not in a sticky or sexual way, but in a deep, mysterious and almost mystical way. I simply love being surrounded by it. Its like a heros journey, the adventure of the Alchemist, finding his gold close to home.

Mmm, this is a beauty. When I opened my package I was pleasantly surprised, because I couldn’t remember the notes of this one. My first spray was a gorgeous luscious cloud of richly dense amber. Once dried on my skin it was sweet and buttery leather. I had to look up the notes! The heavy hitters listed make sense to me - I hardly notice citrus other than a slight flutter at dry down. For me this is predominantly Labdanum, Tonka, Leather, and Vanilla, in that order. To me, when Tonka is allowed to shine, it smells like a smokey leather vanilla, more resembling the vanilla pod. That’s exactly what I get here. After about ten more minutes of settling on the skin I can detect the anise and peppery hint of geranium. The pepper and anise compliment the top four notes wonderfully. This is lovely. This would also go well with a dense patchouli if you wanted to tone down the anise and up the Oriental Femme Fatale vibes.

Nauseating yet scrumptious? On me, this opens as a patchouli and anise bomb with a small hint of gourmand stickiness. After a half hour, this pulls insanely sweet on my skin and very resinous. Not Snow Fairy cotton-candy sweetness, but more of a “forgotten bag of caramel candy dropped in the woods that has since become shrouded in mist and sap” type vibe. Edible if it weren’t for the earthiness. This fragrance gives me a minor headache but I can’t stop putting my wrists up and taking a whiff. After lingering for hours, the scent became a non-offensive lush incense, as others have mentioned here. Tonka and patchouli are the notes that last the longest for me. Lasts 12+ hours on skin and near eternal on clothing. Silage is also a beast. Wouldn’t recommend for a blind buy.. it is a bit cloying, but it is something I’d recommend any lush fragrance fan to sample.

I burned through almost a bottle of this fragrance back in the day, but I kind of went off it after the time I wore it to class and someone said the entire room smelled like strawberry candy. It's definitely a lot sweeter than the scents I usually go for, and once the thought had entered my mind, I couldn't get away from the e-numbers-filled hyper-fruit note. I decided to give it a second look today, since I just picked up a sample of Whisky 1969 by Thin Wild Mercury, and on first sniff I was instantly reminded of Rentless. And sniffing Rentless in 2022... man, this shit is genuinely weird. It's a blast of caramelised fruit, spices and old leather. None of Lush's scents could be described as subtle, but this one is HUGE. It's kind of genius and I'm sad they've stopped making this. When Lush gets it right they really get it right

Oh WOW! This was love at first smell! I cannot believe this could get a single bad review, its so amazing! The opening is BIG and smells of cloves to me (I know this isn't listed as a note). Its so complex, there are lots of notes which strangely work beautifully together. But the dry down is where the magic happens.......it becomes sticky and syrupy and almost cloying with the labdanum & tonka but there is an underlying animalic note in there amongst the sweetness. For me, this is a mix of my 2 favourite perfumes ever; Zoologist Bee & L'Artisan Dzing. All honeyed and sickly from bee and dirty circus from dzing! A true masterpiece imo and I will never be without this! Projection & longevity very good and I get asked constantly what I'm wearing. I lie of course......I'd never let this beauty out of my closet 🤩🤩

Resinous, foresty, sweet. earthy. spicy. This is my favourite Lush fragrance and one that I always get complimented on. It has an underlying warm sweetness and a fresh forest-sap earthiness. There is patchouli but it is not a hippy scent- possibly due to he grapefruit whch sparkles amidst the deep evergreen. It DOES smell like christmas trees but there is not a hint of synthetic pine. Scrape some resin from a fir tree and that sticky warm ambery but fresh scent is what this encapsulates. If I was sitting by a deep green fresh christmas tree, sipping a sweet vanillary dark boozy drink in a log cabin by a fire in a nothern forest, this is what it would smell like. The solid is sadly a grim grey colour- it should be deep dark velvet green! The liquid is a gorgeous rich dark amber and the better buy. . Love this!

I love this scent, and the fact it’s discontinued makes me so hesitant to use my bottle. It’s incensy and heavy while still fresh - reminds me of burning patchouli incense at a campsite, sitting around one of those old wood picnic tables with friends in the evening. There’s a pine smell that isn’t in the notes (I think from the grapefruit mixed with patchouli which also isn’t in the notes but is definitely there), plus the sweet tonka bean, plus a little musty dusty something. A friend came over right after I sprayed it during the summer and said “your apartment smells like a Christmas store off-season” lol which isn’t far from the truth, but the drydown is all tonka with a hint of patchouli incense.

Once upon a time, I was perusing the fragrance section in Lush and happened upon one curiously named 'Rentless.' I tested it, raised my eyebrows, and purchased it on the spot. It was from that moment I realized I wanted to smell like pinecones, boggy sweetness, and burnt sugar cookies. There's a healthy slug of fir balsam absolute on a bed of patchouli, vanilla, tonka, labdanum: there you go, the notes my schnoz detects. Now it's time to insert how it feels: a bit festive, somewhat melancholy, and very comforted. It is like a gourmand amber-fougere, feeling aromatic, sweet, and deliciously resinous.

This started my love of perfume - the discontinuation of Rentless has led me down a bottomless rabbit hole of trying to find something similar to replace it with. Theres nothing like it - 'warm spicy' alternatives don't capture the earthy, gutwrenching, sweet spice of it. Friends that have smelt it on me a million times still say "GOD you smell good!", and first encounters comment on it without fail. Lasting power is eternal, and its a bit hippy without smelling of pachouli or incense. This smells like a high end niche perfume but cost nothing. I can't bear that my bottle is nearly empty...

This is my signature. I've not connected with any other fragrance more than this one. It's very sweet, smoky, incense-y, with a very slight kick of citrus. I first picked it up senior year of high school, and I remember not liking it as much at first, wishing I got LoM instead.. But when I drove into school one freezing January morning blasting The Clash from my car, wearing my trusty old dr martens, dad's leather jacket, and this perfume, from then point on it's been my go-to. I'm so heartbroken that Lush is trying to discontinue this. Guess I'm gonna have to stock up!

I am madly in love with Rentless. I find it hard to pin down, but on me the dry down is a fantastic flower garden of semi-sweet lusciousness. I don't get a lot of patch, or fruit and no pickles. It is blended so beautifully that everything just comes together and stays together for hours and hours. The gorgeous scent wafts around the room and everyone seems to be very taken with it. Yup, I wear this to work and it is summer. I do think this need a lot of warmth to bring out the perfection that lays at the heart. Well, for me anyway.

Rentless smells like Christmas in a bottle to me! Very definitely a Winter fragrance, with sweet and spicy notes, almost like Chai, or when mixing a Christmas pudding. It took me a while to like, but it keeps growing on me and it is rapidly becoming a favourite. It lasts for absolutely AGES and sillage is pretty good too. It attracts far more compliments than some of my absolute favourite (and pricier) perfumes! As with many Lush fragrances, it's not for everyone, but I am definitely a fan.

rentless, my darling, i miss you so bad. i still haven't finished my tiny little pot of solid perfume from years and years ago (because i've been rationing it like a maniac), but one day i will, and i'm dreading it. like a reviewer below, my panic at the impending end and my desperation to find a dupe is what led me into a broader interest in fragrances -- so thank you, rentless, for that, but in the end i really do just want you again. i'm on my hands and knees, lush. bring her back to us

I had this for over a year and left it on the shelf because I wasn’t impressed initially. HOWEVER, I just sprayed it on and DAMN, this is deliciously amazing! On me it smells like burnt caramel, Cola and lime - it’s fizzy, smokey, sweet and rich! I’m obsessed! Smells more expensive than its price tag too. Definitely my go to autumn scent this year! I usually pair my outfits with my perfume and this, to me, is a rock’n roll one - all black, leather jacket, smokey eyes and red lipstick.

I've had a small pot of Lush Rentless solid perfume since 2018 and it's still a winner in my book. To me it smells fresh, sweet, and spicy. A mix of cedar, burnt sugar, and the slightest hint of leather. (Lush's fragrance notes rarely fit the actual scent imo) It's sophisticated and sexy and lasts a while on the skin. I honestly had no idea this had been discontinued, as in my experience, solid perfume lasts ages, but I will be sad to see it go when I do finally use it up.

So Lolita Lempicka ran off and joined a coven, and came back organic and amazing. Sugary licorice and lemonade top notes that last for hours, resin and burnt caramel all night long. Bonfire dancing, bohemian patchouli flirting and aniseed incantations at midnight. Wakes in the morning still smelling of fairy sin on the skin. Brash, pansexual and gorgeous. The solid is tamed down--the gateway drug version--more secretive, the sweetness hiding in leather. I love it no less.

Glad this finally made it to the database. This is a warm, mature, gourmand scent that’s perfect for the cool weather. Starts off with a fresh blast of citrus accords then settles down to the warm spicy base held together with a soft leather note. In fact, the dry down reminds me a bit of A*Men, but softer. It has impressive longevity and projection. IMO, Rentless is Lush’s best offering and I’m definitely buying a backup bottle.

my gateway perfume to Lush Fragrances , to me Lush fragrances are so underrated, i love their dna,their style with it's oh so dramatic name of each fragrances....i don't know how to explain this scent which i chose amongst other fragrances from the brand,perhaps because of it's name ......it's smelling sweet and oriental,never smelled this kind of blend before,im hooked.....

Bonfire Night in a bottle, this is a wonderful Autumn fragrance, I get a blast of Anise and spices, and a dry down which on my skin is a warm vanilla and patchouli. It performs incredibly well on my skin, I get about seven hours out of it, and it projects very well. One or two sprays are ample, any more then that and it could become a little overpowering. Very good indeed.

This one I purchased on a whim, I wanted something comparable to Lord of Misrule. This has become a favourite, however it is POTENT. Its a sickly sweet, deeply bodied caramel scent. The lasting time is fantastic (8-10 hours on me) but not an everyday perfume due to the fact that it can be overwhelming. Deep, spicy candy. Over all a very nice addition to my collection!

I wonder how little mention is made of the smokiness of this? on my skin this opening like Cotton Candy-style spicy burnt sugar and dries for very smoky, leathery Labdadum scent with great nuances of gingerbread and burnt sugar. A personal, strong, unique and even challenging scent. I recommend trying before you buy. Unisex for sure.

this fragrance is MASSIVE. Bold, long lasting and sweet/musky/smoky. It is truly wonderful. This big bottle is going to last me years as 1-2 sprays smells strong for days on end. No exaggeration. Like a sweeter/smokier tabacco vanilla by Tom Ford - with a patchiouli note. Now this should have been called F*cking Fabulous!

this is a summer scent for me because it reminds of the smell of the nearby sweetgrass as the sun was going down when we would take road trips up north when i was a kid. the first time i smelled it in lush i almost cried. i have the solid version and i think i will actually have a mental breakdown once i run out

Rentless lives in my head rent-free. It's warm, rich, sweet but not cloying, a bit woody/earthy. It didn't smell very citrusy at all to me. It's long-lasting and transforms beautifully from the first spray to the drydown. I haven't been able to find something quite like it since it was discontinued

A warm, subtly spicey, creamy licorice scent. On my skin, it settles into anise, vanilla, tonka, and a small burst of citrus, all grounded with patchouli in the background. It's juicy-spicey-sweet all in one. So comforting and delicious-- this is one of my favourites.

I get Christmas spices from this, like other reviewers have experienced, with a little incense smoke mixed in. Spiritual and earthy all at once. I have a small bottle and a perfume solid of this that I’m treasuring now that it’s been discontinued.

Complete and utter adoration.... bring her back LUSH..... starts strong on the anise/liqorice but when that subsides it is sweet indescribable goodness. this scent only develops, almost never fades. Please sell me your bottles of this.

Reminds me a bit of a headshop/early Spencer’s smell. Catches noses for sure, mostly in a good way. smells pretty ancient and delicious like a mud cave. Favorite perfume ever. Bring it back.

Nice sweet, ambery and spicy scent with a smoky opening and a fruity drydown. The citrus makes it a bit fresher, fits well. Fall, winter and cool summer evenings. Performance is amazing! 88

This fragrance is just so good also it has exellent longevity, it stays for 10 hours on the skin and several days on your clothes. Very well done by Lush:)

Very sweet and lasts whole day, I've had compliments with this one, definitely go for this if you're a fan of patchouli.

i just lost an ebay bidding for this and i’m heartbroken lol if anyone has a bottle to sell for under $100 i’d buy!!!

Wearing Rentless, I fill myself like fairy from Cinderella fairytale. Smell like magic stick. Love it!

Patchouli cola. Like all actually good things Lush makes, it’s discontinued.

Patchouli needs to be added to the perfume notes pyramid!

if they don't bring this back I will kill my Self !!!!!!

I almost blind bought this because I was so sure I would love it based on the reviews... I'm glad I didn't. It's a 'like' but not a 'love', and I will tell you why: Rentless is a lovely strong boozy patchouli scent. Quite warm and sweet too. I found it easy to like. My problem is that the dry-down happens quite quickly- in about 30 minutes or so - and then the fragrance takes on the "typical Lush dry-down" scent which smells like a Lush shop, basically: warm, spicy, slightly incense-y and sweet. The beautiful lively wet patchouli (which the fragrance opens with) sort of fades away and you are left with the generic Lush dry-down scent. That was a disappointment for me because I wanted to buy this perfume for the patchouli- I thought the patch would be in the base and therefore it would stay strong. But to me, it didn't. (Yes, it was still detectable in the dry-down but much less prominent than in the opening - I preferred the opening. If it had stayed like that, I would be buying a full bottle) I hope my review helps those who are considering blind buying the scent.

I tossed a solid version of this in my cart last winter when it was half off and promptly forgot about it until now. What a lovely surprise it is. It's resinous and warm, but the anise and hint of geranium provide a subtle herbal kick. The combination of caramel-esque sweetness, citrus, and aromatics evoke the scent of cola for some, and while the similarity isn't literal, I do understand it. For me, this is more like an old-fashioned gin-based drink consumed by the fire, eminently cozy and faintly smoky, with a hint of zest. It's sophisticated and homey in equal measure. I don't own many Lush solids so I can't say how they compare to the juice, but for what it's worth, this has very modest sillage but lasts on my skin.

A new discovery a new love starts... I agree someone mentioned if you like Tom ford Black Orchid, you might like Rentless. At least it is right for me. I even prefer this over Black Orchid because of citrusy notes. I definitely love balanced citrusy smells in fragrances come along with vanilla, amber and some other animalic/or warm accords with a touch of sweetness. Rentless is a very good combination of the notes for my taste. I was not expecting this sudden love crush. The more I wear, the more I'm getting addicted to Rentless, and I am totally happy about it :)

Spicy little patch, as a man I count it among wearable Lushes. I would not call it sweet - it is more resinous, spicy with dark caramel vibe (which is different from sugar sweetness!). Patchouli comes out a bit later but still gets good support from tonka and spicy geranium. The drydown reminds me of Pulse of the Night, but with less vanilla. You can trust me this is not overly sugary or vanillic scent, because those are two notes I detest in my fragrances.

Lush Rentless (2010) - smokey patchouli - #simonconstantine creates an accord by combining wet-earth Patchouli with Labdanum lending a sweet, exotic and vanilla-like scent. He creates balance with a Grapefruit and Anise, as he adds Tonka Absolute which can make perfumes decadent and sweet. Reminds me of a spicy & herbal dessert and syrupy vanilla extract.

This perfume is one of two creations inspired by the life of Tachowa Covington. I can't help but have mixed feelings about Banksy's artistic endeavors. This story deserves to be known by more people. If you like this scent, I highly recommend looking into his story. The full size seems to be discontinued, but the discovery set is still available.

Definitely too sickly-sweet and treacly to be worn everyday. People love this on me, though. The labdanum, leather, and patchouli in this makes me think of this perfume as a sibling to 1740 Marquis de Sade by Histoires de Parfums. Instead of Rentless, perhaps a better name would be Justine or Juliette?

i have a nearly-full 30ml bottle that i've stored in a dark box since i bought it. willing to sell to anyone in the US, message me if interested!