Patchouli Magnetik

Holy Balls of Fire, this is a Patchouli/Gardenia Bomb 💣 💥☄️ Don’t get me wrong, it’s beautiful but I sprayed a tiny, and I mean A TINY amount on my hand and 12+ hours later, after several hand washings and a whole day, it still smells strong!!!!! What the heck is in this???? It isn’t your typical patchouli (at least to my nose), the gardenia in it is VERY potent and has an “oily” quality if that makes sense? I like it but holy macaroni, I cannot imagine spraying this more than once on me, I’d probably die...??? The oily-ness/dirty-ness comes from the earthy patchouli, and the leather, I suppose? But the gardenia is also quite indolic and “wet/dirty”, at least to my nose... The peach/vanilla/benzoin/woods-y notes are more of a background accompaniment to the patchouli...This is something else, I tell you!! 😝 Perfectly unisex and definitely for someone who has no qualms about announcing themselves waaaaaayyyyy before they enter the room 😅 For the moment, I will keep my sample and try it again when the weather cools down a bit. I think this will feel different when it’s cold outside? All that being said, this is beautiful and masterfully blended. You just need to have a strong love for earthy/floral/sweet but “oily” smells...I don’t know how else to describe this scent 😅😅 just be warned, once you have sprayed it, there’s no turning back 😂😂😂

Wow, the reviews on this are all over the place. The Patchouli is not the harsh biting patch I expected...it's very smooth and, in my case, rather linear. I smell no gardenia in this, so the blend must be extraordinary, and maybe a healthy dollop of a bitter peach and a dry vanilla, which comes forward on the dry down.. This is NOT a sweet scent at ALL. It's very smooth and dry. I like it a lot. Very unisex and long lasting, without being overwhelming. Nothing to offend. I would wear this year round, myself. The timid can keep it to the cold months. 9/10 overall. ( I would give it a solid 10 but it is rather pricey).. EDIT- SO...after an overnight and all day use, the patchouli disappears and I was left with a peachy, sweeter than expected, skin scent. The lotion that works with this is vanilla! I thought it would be patchouli but no... I also had to reapply this a couple times. It gets very "quiet" on ME, after a few hours. Dropping it to 7/10 overall. Won't pay full price again for it. If I can't get a discount, it won't be worth it.

I very much dislike Tom Ford's Black Orchid fragrances so I wasn't too excited to try this one. Yes, the Black Orchid dna is there, but I enjoy Patchouli Magnetik waaay more than Black Orchid. Even though I find fragrances like this to be quite polarizing, this is a very well blended fragrance and comes off as very smooth. As it dries down I find this to become even more enjoyable! This may not be my favorite fragrance of all time, but a Fragrantica score of 3.08 is absurd. I have the Maison Crivelli discovery set so if Patchouli Magnetik was this good I can't wait to try the rest! This is not a full bottle blind buy, but if you enjoy Black Orchid do yourself a favor and get a sample of this. If anything, take note that Quentin Bisch is the perfumer behind this as he is one of the best up and coming perfumers out there with many great fragrances credited to him. You may or may not be head over hills for Patchouli Magnetik, but know you are smelling a very high quality piece of art that anyone can appreciate.

This one was an instant love for me. I stuck with one spray due to warnings about the concentration. This is not a dark, mega earthy overwhelming patchouli. This is that elusive chocolate cakey patchouli. It reminds me slightly of another Quentin Bisch patchouli fragrance: Angel Muse. Just from the patchouli/chocolate elements. They're pretty different though. I tried this without reading the notes. I got chocolate cakey patchouli, something fruity, and an underlying creaminess. It was not at all overpowering at one spray. It was strong but not something so strong that I was self conscious about it. I wore it to dinner and it mellowed out to a smoother, creamier scent as the night went on. Aside from patchouli, I found the notes were not that distinct individually. I'm reading the negative reviews and I don't understand them at all. This is my favorite Maison Crivelli I've tried so far as I work my way through most of their house.

Not for the faint of heart, this is challenging scent.The patchouli, leather (or rubber) are at the fore front. The patchouli is earthy and chocolaty, and everything really sets the scene. To me this perfume matches the story they were trying to express- Beaming hot day on an island, there are flower petals packed on the ground and peach trees with their fruit ready for picking (maybe even too ripe). Suddenly lightning, seconds later it starts to rain. People are trying to avoid the rain, quickly jump on their motorcycles. It's my favourite, I love it! Spray lightly. Best in humid mid temperatures. Update: Seems very 'sticky' in the fall