Music Festival

I’ve smell this the first time around 2018 didn’t like it the first time,2nd time pre COVID I’ve sample it at the store again fell in love with it when I get back home with the tester strip. A little hesitated about the retail price for the quality, but I couldn’t stop thinking about it until I found out it’s discontinued, been searching online, sold out everywhere. 2021 after COVID 2nd wave lockdown, went to the mall searching for it. couldn’t be happier when found the last bottle in the country at Sephora. the SA at Sephora doesn’t even know they have the last bottle left. I’ve spotted it when she opens the cabinet.I’ve check on eBay people are selling it for 200usd now,I guess retail price is a bargain now. So the weed here is more of a vibe than actual odors. Just more like when you walking in to one of those smoke shops carrys artisan bongs and pipes. Not the ones you have at your neighborhoods, just love the whole idea of the fragrance, Amazing scent. Longevity and silage is moderate. A little expensive for the longevity and projection tho. Manceras Hindu Kush is kinda in the same league but on steroids without the crazy incense. But I like this one more it’s cozy and calming.it’s the red apple in the opening make it fresh and crisp. After 10 mins apple faded away patchouli become the most prominent note. A little incense note in the dry down 4/5

Seems to be a controversial scent, but if you really like patchouli, I say go for it. It is very well balanced to my nose, and although the cannabis accord is there, it is far from that dank, dirty smelling pot that you'd smoke in some random dudes van at a music festival. It's more of a fresh, green,"purple haze" scent that I think balances the heavier patchouli notes very well. The note of incense is what most people comment on when I wear it, which I personally love. It's comforting and warm, and although it is a unisex, that juicy red apple top note lingers and adds a good punch of sweetness. Im not much of a sweet gourmand lover, but I just think this scent is very well-rounded. It lasts well into the night when I spray it on in the morning, which I would add as a good value for the price you pay. It is discontinued but you can find it on Ebay for a fair price, especially considering it's a luxury perfume house. This is the scent I imagine Zoe Kravitz's character "Rob" would wear in the Hulu series High Fidelity. It's a little rough around the edges, but still sweet, sexy, and alluring. It smells like what a mysteries record shop owner with severe daddy issues would smell like. Its hot, its cool, and it won't return your calls because it's listening to its rare Bowie vinyl all night.

This was a blind buy, after researching the notes I thought I’d give this a go. Bought a full bottle for around 114$ and didn’t regret it one bit. On me the patchouli is very apparent, the marijuana, not so much (unless I am oblivious to what weed smelled like back then), It opens with just a hint of apple and the patchouli is the dominant factor. For an eau de toilette this sure does last, and I am happy I made this addition to my collection. Patchouli, hints of cannabis and a lot of incense and wood, with a touch of leather on top to bind it all together. I love Maison Margiela’s Replica line of perfumes, the memory and scene of being at a hippie-ish music festival is there, people smoking spliffs, sweaty from all the dancing and just being out in the sun for days, this is it. I could write so much more about this beauty and the other Replicas but I’ll emphasise one point: This is unique, a lot of the whack patchouli, not the sweet one, this is some funky stuff. Sillage: 8 Longevity: 7,5 at least on my skin Smell: 9 A great niche perfume for those who have a different nose, try it out! I am so over the new perfumes aimed at smelling good and liked by the many. I am all for bold statement perfumes, I want to be remembered, not necessarily liked.

Picked up a 10ml at Saks off 5th for $20.00. I wish I had grabbed 2. I may invest in a full bottle soon. This is the first Replica that I have wanted a full bottle of, and I have smelled all the most popular in a sample pack. It is strong on the patch on first spray but it settles down (20 minutes or so) into a sweet (almost cotton candy-like) incense-y fragrance on my skin. I feel like it is blended very well. I do not get much leather or any noticable cedar, no pencil shavings or anything like that. Perhaps a hint of cypress. I don't detect any true "bud" scent. Just a fantasy one. I have smelled my share of "bud". Could for sure be unisex but I feel like it leans slightly "feminine" due to the sweetness. Maybe different on different skin. I think I found my fall incense scent I have been looking for. Very wearable for me in any season. Versatile, fun and unique. Recommended for the modern (or nostalgic) hippy. Color is a misty, deep pink in my weird sense brain. Overall 8/10 for me. **Edited 1/3/22 to say, this smells a heck of a lot like Lord of Misrule from Lush!

This scent immediately stuck out to me as a niche version of JV Dark Rebel. It has an amazing blend, and a definitive open, mid, and drydown. Gets sweeter and more powdery as time goes on, and I find it absolutely lovely. The opening is a bit patchouli'd out, smells like your parents Deadhead friend who comes into town once every 8 years in a van. Once the opening passes, it mellows into a beautiful sweet powdery scent with some authentic spice behind it. The cannabis note is NOT strong or authentic. It's more of a slightly sulphuric tobacco than a true weed smell. Think of a dried tobacco + a faint smell of burnt matches. I really love this so far, would recommend buying if you're into more complex scents. I love the Jim Morrisson comp, definitely what I would imagine him smelling like. Versatile enough for office, dates, or casual wear. Leans slightly toward cooler weather, but you can pull it off in summer as long as the heat isn't too extreme. 8.5/10