Musk

Name a perfume " Musk " — one of my bête noire notes — and I would expect to dislike it at first sniff. But load it with citruses and a big cloud of energising neroli and a decent wodge of benzoin resin and you've made it clear we're not in well-trodden musk territory here. Yes, Musk feels clean, but also very aromatic. That lovely sour bergamot and green mandarin keep me coming back. So confused, Perfumer H messes with my head. Do I like Musk ? I'm not sure I could be tipped over into wearing it but certainly my interest is piqued and I'd love to smell it on someone else.

Summer 2016 release. NOTES [Oriental] "a modern musk scent": [TOP] - bergamot Italy, mandarin Italy, petitgrain Paraguay [HEART] - "fused with" iris absolute China, heliotrope, cedar wood Virginia, [BASE] - "resting on a base of" benjoin absolute Siam, vanilla absolute, ambrette seed, "lots of" white musk "to complete this sensual masterpiece" [2017 release lists iris absolute Morocco instead of China and adds orange flower absolute Tunisia.]

Real smooth tender musk opening, sends straight back to childhood, lipsticky, more masculine if over sprayed and oversprayable for sure. Liking it more and more although not a musk person, and of course turns more and more merry as working with PH and turns spectacular in the drydown!