Far NWest

I just received this today in the mail, I found out about phonecia and this fragrance searching for something that smelled like a skunk. I didn't see it available on the website so I sent an email asking how I could get a hold of this to try. David Falsberg the perfumer was quick to reply he had some 15ml bottles of the original batch in his wine cooler he could sell me. He sent an invoice and shipped it out right away, 2 days later it arrived (today). He was very nice he also included a 5ml roller ball so "I could skunk up on the go" and also a dabber sample of summer breeze a new release. So my first impressions of Far Nwest, what can I say, I just wore it to the gym, this is definitely something special he has created. I got a huge blast of the skunk right off the bat and got nervous for a minute about my choice for wearing this out blindly, it was actually quite nice, perhaps a bit challenging but it settled down very quickly to something herbaceous that almost reminded me of sweet basil. What I got for the remainder of the fragrance was reminiscent of camping trips my folks would take myself and my sister on as kids. Got some campfire that's extremely realistic, forest woodsy accords, definitely something animalic slightly musky? Oud? Going to have to wear it again for sure. Very very nice dry down. Really remarkable fragrance, I'd say that it's nearly a masterpiece, my only criticism being this is the kind of scent I would love to project much more. I'm sure it wouldn't be easy, David mentioned this fragrance is all naturals. It's definitely not a skin scent, but intimate, I could smell it but if he could find a way to amplify this so it filled a room, this would be epic. Overall I'm extremely happy with this, far surpassed my expectations especially how the skunk is masterfully blended in this scent which is so much more than that singular element that prompted me to want to try it. Edit: Having had this for a while now and wearing it a few times, This truly is a masterpiece, there's nothing quite like it. The sillage/projection is actually perfect. Everything about this scent is something special.

Fyi, my earlier review wasn't meant to be poetic or metaphorical. The accords in this perfume include a literal blend of concrete, rubber, and motor oil; fir, dirt, and dry leaves; and the skunk spray of a couple hours ago and several camp sites away. I was wearing this as I walked through my apartment building's garage after the first warm rain of the year, and the concrete, rubber, and motor oil mix was a much stronger version of the accord in the perfume. The rest is a north woods, late summer forest floor and a hint of skunk drifting in and out. This is not the skunk that lives under your house or was just hit by a car--it's that rough tomato vine and slightly sweet odor of skunk that's mostly past. Update: I've now been wearing this at least part of most days for a couple of weeks and it continues to surprise me. Longevity and sillage change a great deal with the weather--it's spring on the Great Lakes, so we've had snow, sleet, rain, and sunny warm weather. Sometimes when I think it's gone I get a surprise noseful. It also seems a little different in the dry down in different weather. On me, on more humid days, i start to get burned marshmallow mingled in. Not toasted marshmallow, but the smell of the blackened crust you get from letting your marshmallow catch fire and flame for a second before blowing out. Also, I couldn't help myself. I layered it a few times. It's actually very good with Lentheric Tweed; both their forest floors smells are amplified. Tweed's spicy notes show up more, and Far NWest's blackened marshmallow intensifies.

What a great scent ! Like a drive out in my back yard. Around MT RAINIER. What a smell . Skunk . If you like arso, norn, cape heartache . Give this a try. This is not for beginners , this is ART . But if you have ever taken a ride in the mountains or. Foot hills This is what you smell out your window ! Arso 10/10 - this will last till you shower Norn 10/10 - this will last till you shower Cape heartache 7.5/10 - a little softer, than norn or Arso , 7 hours. This is like arso or norn , till you shower. With more skunk ! Love it !!!!!!!!!!!! Arso you will say wow! Norn will make you say you are hunting at night in the dark forest . Cape heartache is a walk in the day time in the foothills of the blue mountains by a stawberry field . Walla Walla WA. USA This scent is the drive to all these places in the car or truck on the road. With the one that you wish you were with . ChadE

It smells exactly like stepping out of your car at the end of a hot day after you've pulled into a campground in Nicolet Forest in northern Wisconsin or near the White River in Arkansas. For me the heart of the scent is the smell of hot concrete and rubber tires cooling off as the sun goes down and a small breeze blows out of the forest at you. I put it on yesterday just to be reminded of summer. More prosaically, I do smell a bit of the skink and the evergreens--not the living needles but the dry scent of fallen branches and needles that have lost all their chlorophyll and turned brown. It's the smell of the forest floor--and yes, that includes skunl, because there's always a faint whiff of skunk somewhere! :-)

I love Far NWest. I introduced it to two young men at work, both of whom are outdoorsy, and neither of whom are frequent wearers of fragrance. They both loved it and each bought a small bottle. Yes all of the aforementioned notes are ther, and I, too get the warm roasted marshmallow scent. I love the back story. To me, it starts as warm sexy mechanic, then moves into a truck in the woods. So warm and gorgeous on a man, and I love to wear it too, because it is so very comforting and beautiful.