Oxygen [8O]

Love at first sniff. The fragrance opens with a sparkling and uber synthetic blast of aldehydes. It's extremely abstract during the initial phase and it immediately brings to mind of CDG's Synthetic Series. Avant, sort of alien and so clean to make White Linen smell like Muscs Koublai Kahn in comparison. A leathery saffron paired to the starkest oliban break in right away giving birth to a great juxtaposition with the clear opening. Now the fragrance is smoky and austere but, If you want, more approachable. At the same time the syntheticness of the opening is still pretty remarkable providing fantastic avant-garde facets a-la SKAI and Dry Clean. The saffron is plain leather here while peppery notes serve to increase the general austerity. The transiton from top to bottom is smooth and brings the whole composition to a transparent woody-vetiver base with waxy/incensey undertones. Minimalistic, striking, austere, modern and very nordic. Somewhere between Sissel Tolaas Hsideews, the CDG's Synthetic Series and Bois d'Ascese. If you're not obsessed with massive projection and super lasting power, give this a chance. Good stuff. Rating: 7.5/10

Utilizing oxygen's airy, crisp/clean connotations, Antoine Lie has created a noteworthy scent which demands attention. Synthetic aldehydes (cold and dry in tone) open the fragrance with a dream-like atmosphere. Nuances of saffron and white pepper punctuate the background, giving one's nose a slight tickle. One of my favorite albeit underutilized notes in the fragrance arsenal, olibanum, is utilized here to create an ethereal powdery/resinous quality. Its use here is nothing short of magnificently executed, highlighting the lemony facets of the resin. Oxygen's [8O] base rests upon a bed of woody vetiver. It is here that one truly appreciates the artistry and deft hand by which Lie captured the essence of his source subject. Yet another transcendent offering from the unique Nu_Be brand. (128)

Austere, industrial, grey, dry, pencil sharpener, wan, vacant, dusty air vent, used vacuum bag. I think this echoes all the adjectives below that come to mind when I first spray. Let me add wet cement-lime, dried play-doh, damp newspaper... I'm sure you're getting the idea. Then Oxygen [8O] quietly exhales with soft vetiver, bergamot, dewy aldehyde, a hint of sweet olibanum and cedar. Somehow, the breadth of this fragrance is more expansive than the minimalist notes suggest, naturally infusing the air that I breathe then becoming subliminal in its existence. Much like trying to hold a handful of air, Oxygen [8O] implicates an untouchable realm that you can't see but by faith, you know is there.

It’s very difficult to imitate oxygen in a scent. Measured in terms of difficulty of this task, the perfumer did it really well. Based on the concept of an “oxygenated wood”, the perfume became very interesting and elegant. The scent starts with some airy and slightly grassy notes. Discreet at the beginning, it reveals its woody and spicy heart only after a while. Some paper notes are detectable as well. The fragrance remains very close to your skin and interacts well with the skin chemistry. That’s why the perceptions of the scent remain very individual in this case. Its unobtrusive character makes the scent good suitable for use at work.

elegante, minimale, austero, glaciale. l'inizio, astrattemente ossigenato, è una boccata d'aria fresca che lentamente e con una leggerezza aerea, inizia a trasformarsi in un accordo che sa prima di aldeidi, quindi di zafferano, pepe nero e olibano. notevole anche la chiosa: un bel vetiver non terroso con accenni di incenso e cuoio. chi predilige ghiottonerie gourmand o resine collose farebbe meglio a stare lontano da questo gioiello supersintetico. notevolissimo.