Cor Serpentis

A very bizarre and truly alien scent: the combination of vetiver, black current and camphor works perfectly to convey the otherworldly jungle flora, growing under the harsh ultra-violet light of a distant star. Ozonic zap combined with the earthy vetiver and mineral base creates a sort of an “alien petrichor” feeling. Very beautiful and very weird. I am happy I bought it, but it is a pretty unusual scent.

One of the exceptional perfumes I have smells in the recent times. Totally out of the world!!

Cor Serpentis delivers on its Dark Matter collection promise - this is genuinely otherworldly. The space/sci-fi theme isn't just marketing; the fragrance captures something cold, futuristic, and mineral that feels like it belongs on a distant planet rather than Earth. First impressions: A striking metallic/ozonic opening with a pronounced camphor and vetiver backbone. The mineral notes dominate - clean, almost medicinal, with an interesting soapy-aldehydic quality (probably comes from a tart blackcurrant-vetiver combo). The scent leans heavily into its cold, aromatic-camphoraceous character. Wearability: Despite the unconventional profile, this is surprisingly wearable - it sits closer to the skin rather than projecting aggressively. Longevity testing still in progress, but initial impressions are very positive. This is conceptual without being unwearable, which is exactly what I hoped for from Nos Republic.

Ein eleganter und harmonischer Duft, der nie aufdringlich wirkt. Er hält lange an, begleitet den Tag angenehm und hinterlässt stets einen positiven Eindruck. Ein Parfum, das man immer wieder gerne trägt.

A very pretty soft vetiver with ozonic notes and a hint of sweet blackcurrant.

This smells like metallic B/O on my skin.

I disliked this one probably the most out of the sample kit that I won here. At first spray I got a weird toothpaste sensation. After that it is just camphor and more camphor with sharp mineral notes. A very cold, antiseptic fragrance. It smells more like medicine, like a cousin to a Vicks vapor rub than a perfume.

Cor Serpentis is pallid astral berries translated through the cellular mimicry of a creature from beyond the stars, who's only ever known the pale juice of celery. Gellid minerals, wibbly, rocky aspic. Acid rain-forest-ozone melting, morphing, form in flux, clouds with limbs, bark and branch lightning-struck, caustic drip. Lavinia Whateley as Virgil Finlay-starlady, but in a story wholly her own. Weirdness made manifest independent of limited human frameworks and someone else's stunted stories. Invoking a wriggling, writhing Yog-Sothoth on her own terms, a ruin of her own making, an undoing of her own feeble design.

Insane, but in a good way? Inhaling deeply feels like a sword going straight through your nostril. You can smell that steel baby. Maybe it was sliced through an apothecary shop-keep beforehand. Who knows what happened, its actually wearable.