Thundra

In the beginning, there is something like an “old lavender forgotten in a closet vibe”, giving it a little bit of an old-school/vintage feel. However, after 2 or 3 hours, it all blends together and becomes perfect. The dry down is also perfect! The dry down is somehow similar to the dry down of Opus 1144, with a subtle balsamic and powdery shade. It's hard to compare them directly, but they share some similarities. I find the dry down to be the best part of the fragrance, and I even wear it to sleep, so in the morning you will wake up to dry down 😀 My girlfriend recognizes this perfume more like a female fragrance (from my point of view she recognize the powdery aspect of musk? of this fragrance like female scent), and she really likes it. (I can agree too, that the rich humus soil is creating something like floral aspect on top of it, but at the base is still dirty and wet) I, being a 33-year-old male who prefers street-style things, am not ashamed to wear this, even though it's from 1996 and may be considered a little outdated for some people. I would say that it might be too heavy for summer, but I plan to try it on a hot summer night to see how it performs and its working very well in the beginning of summer with 27 Celsius. Also, there must be some negative things about it, so if you sweat quickly in warm weather, like me, the perfume fades from your skin relatively quickly, much faster than a regular perfume without an "oily" consistency. I have sampled 15 perfumes from Profumum, and this one is by far the best♥️ (dont like vanilla and citrus fragrances from their portfolio). It has quickly become my favorite out of approximately 200 perfumes that I've tried. I'm so impressed with it that I will buy a full bottle. Sometimes, I get more of a powdery-“floral” side from the fragrance, but more often, I get an earthy/dirty side and there is more several positions between this 2. It's like a cold herbal scent, opposite to warm and spicy fragrances. However, as I mentioned before, it takes about an hour and a half for it to start reveal its real magic. The first hour may not always be very pleasant for some people due to the mushroom introduction (im enjoying it from start to end), but it does all depend on the amount of perfume and the distance of application from your body and technique of application. I also found out that when you store the perfume in the refrigerator, the smell is more reminiscent of roots dug out of the ground. I also found that it smells little bit different if you apply 1 or 2 atomisers. According to Profumum's notes, it is recommended to massage the perfume into the skin because their perfumes are highly concentrated. When I do that, the first hour becomes better, levander/mushroom introduction transform much faster but the duration of the perfume becomes shorter and the dry down is not as beautiful. Looking ahead, this perfume has sparked my interest in exploring more earthy fragrances. If there's something out there that's more similar to "thundra," I would be interested in trying it. As a final recommendation, I suggest pairing this fragrance with the Marbert-Classic Man shower gel (red bottle). Sometimes i used it after basil shower gel, then im wondering what will happend if you replace mint with basil in this fragrance? The bad thing about it is, when you have still in the skin chemistery some leftovers from other perfumes and then you applied Thundra it can smell like some weirdly soapy flowers. My theory is, the more you wear it, the better it smells on your skin. It remains in skin quite long time, so when you have it already like base and you’ll apply it again its much better than before. I was running trip in thundra like this whole week and it was perfect!

If patchouli would grow in Arctic environments it probably would smell like the patchouli in Thundra. In one way Thundra is the cold version of Serge Lutens Borneo 1834. They are both strong on the patchouli and with high demands on the person wearing them, but at the same time they are very different. Thundra is aromatic, powerful and also cold, somewhat distant. Like being surrounded by air with the smell of snow in it. The mint in Thundra isn ́t really minty, it just make the patchouli refreshing, high tuned and very different from most takes on patchouli. Usually I like warm scents better than cold, but Thundra is that unique I feel like wearing it from time to time. Just to remind me of how patchouli also could smell. Otherwise I think Thundra is great on my husband, usually he wears cold scents better than me. Recommend it to everyone that likes a good patchouli, to everyone looking for an unique patchouli, and for everyone with an adventourus mind, heart and soul.

A mixture of soapy musk with patchouli gives me a pine-fir effect. Dried mint. No mushrooms. A very strange perfume, super-retro. Not a fan of retro, to be honest. But this one is somehow enticing, most likely it is sentimental, for a rare mood. Reminds me of some abstract men's colognes from my childhood and a coniferous bath extract that was popular in my homeland many years ago. The scent is very natural, like some elixir from an old pharmacy, mixed by hand. It is clearly a scent for yourself, meditative, and it has good longevity and a moderate sillage that will not bother others. Is it really perfume? I'm not sure. The name is beautiful, but why a "pine" perfume is named after a treeless wasteland is a mystery. It's not Tundra, it's Taiga.

This is the perfume I've been looking for forever. The smell of damp forest and soil. Too me this isn't a frozen thundra, this is woods after rain or like a cool root cellar. The patchouli is heavy in this one but with the mint comes a certain freshness, as with the musk. I was recommended this when searching for a lavender sent and it does smell like lavender. It has a certain stinginess, but not like Carons Pour un Homme e.g. Still, there's a smoothness to it, but not at all as smooth as my other lavender alternative, Kiki Voile d'Extrait from Vero Profumo, which lingers like a sweet summer's morning. Thundra has so many layers; it is in a way brutal, yet sublime. I just can't stop smelling myself whenever I put this on. Love it to bits.

This is one of my favorite fragrances. I have about 2 spritzes left in my bottle, and I am dreading using them up, because despite my love I don't think I am going to spring for another bottle. It reminds me so much of being outdoors on a certain kind of day in autumn when the intense Indian Summer is shutting down on the way towards winter. It's very evocative of the forest, the moist floor of the forest, ferns and moss, dew laden fir boughs, the heavy, clean and damp air of the rain forests of Northwestern Washington, where I loved to walk ... So I am on an avid search right now to find something else that will take me there. Any suggestions?

There’s a lot of patchouli but luckily it’s not musty - it’s that clean green minty one. There’s also a lot of white musks making it not damp, but more like moist, wet, full and round in the nose. It doesn’t smell of a cold, middle of winter Thundra - more like the one at the beginning of spring in a full sun. There is some wet wood after the opening, a touch of mushroom-like damp even but all in all that’s a green moist musky fresh patchouli. Has some kind of a grandpa and wearable balance, I still have to think whether I’d like to own and wear it. Very concentrated, leaves your skin very oily. Unisex, I’d even wear it in the summer.

Surprisingly, my favorite from the brand and I've smelled almost all of them. I thought I would gravitate towards the ambers or maybe more of the popular ones, but no. This is a very unique patchouli indeed. Minty, smooth, musky patchouli, and it is one of the most serene fragrances I've come across. There is something so calming about this. Comes off to me as a bit cold, a bit damp in a way, leafy, but oh so therapeutic. Not sure what season I'd wear this in. I'm almost leaning towards... whenever the hell you want. It's not a beastmode scent in terms of projection so I think this could suit any situation.

Another simple and beautiful scent from Profumum Roma. With the simplest natural and high quality ingredients it is amazing how they create such evocative scents. In this balmy and light offering, there are only 3 notes: Mint, patchouli and white (synthetically derived) musk. The scent has an aromatic and light feeling and is perfect for sultry Spring and Summer days. It has a somewhat therapeutic feel to it and can be classified as a unisex scent with moderate sillage and good longevity. A simple and stunning winner from this very interesting house I can never get enough of. Enjoy!

I usually don't like too much patchouli in a fragrance, but this swept me of my feet. And the interesting part is that I've tried it during a typical extremely warm summer day, and it actually worked out for me perfectly. The scent is so cold and wet that is refreshed me during the heat and somehow evokes thinking of how I love being alone and spending time on myself, which I rarely do. Will try to purchase because it is rare smelling, beautifully blended cold patchouli - mint fragrance that for me has the best description in the name itself. Thundra. My rating: 9/10

So spectacular, an earthy, anise, lavender live for life scent. This is what I have been missing. Glad I purchased. Musk rounds it all out. Drydown is very comforting and protective. Makes you feel you can take a day at the office or a day on a mountain in deep woods. This House amazes me with their bottles. You also do not need to many sprays with this one. Can overwhelm on the drydown and you will project but in a good way. A tempered drydown though projects. Evolves into a beautiful and calming barbershop fougere. Wow.

My sister gave this 10/10 and it was a wow-effect. A very pleasant, high quality parfume from one of the greatest parfume houses imo. In the opning I get the mint, but it is gone after 30 min. Then its just a musky patchouli on the skin. It is a smooth white musk similar to that in Silver Musk from Nasomatto. Very easy to wear. Last long time.

Oh god, you need to wait to the drydown, this is amazing! Hypnotic smell.

I don't smell mint but patchouli + lavandin essential oil.

For me, it smells like BEER! :)

It clearly is a mint and patchouli scent just like the notes say, but in combination they somehow really smell like fresh mushroom. It's like a hologram - you think it's a mushroom but when you look closer you realize it's a realistic wood carving of a mushroom. There's an earthy, woody base from the patchouli (the same kind of dirty patchouli which is in Profumum Roma's Patchouly) and a effervescent, green freshness from the mint, and together give the definite impression of wet soil and fresh mushrooms while still somehow feeling woody, a bit dry, and clean. It's a very interesting effect, like a piece of abstract 3D art that looks like two different things at the same time. Some aspect of the earthy fresh combo also reminds me of the smell of freshwater lakes. As it dries down the mushroom vibe slowly disappears and after about 5-6 hours what remains is mostly a warm, woody, slightly vanillic skin scent. Longevity isn't quite as epic as other Profumum Roma fragrances, but still good. Very interesting and surprisingly pleasant scent, especially considering the imagery it conjures and the fact that I don't even really like mushrooms. It doesn't really fit my personal style but I absolutely respect it. Like many other Profumum Roma fragrances this feels pure, natural, raw and realistic. Consistently amazing quality fragrances from this house.

After the coolness, Patchouli reveals its true nature. The front probably feels like melting snow. Good quality. When the morning mist clears. On the plateau, it is still a little cold, and the air is not cold. The pure snow water, melted under the sunlight, soaked into the frozen cracked ground under the feet, penetrated into the heart and spleen, and nourished the moss plants covering the rocks. Thundra came out in 1996, so it is an "old" incense. If you want to experience true minimalist beauty, Thundra is an option, basically a three-ingredient formula. Tried it for my family and Thundra received positive reviews. "It smells good and fun", "it's like an essential oil at home." They weren't surprised when I said it was inspired by the frozen ground, and told me they did smell the tundra. This is the message that smell can convey. As for the accuracy of the message, each person may have different interpretations of the details of the message, but they generally have something in common. Thundra may seem monotonous, but it is not. From the feedback of users, whether it is the fit degree of the name and the fragrance, or the creation of the artistic conception, it can be known from this. A realistic natural landscape fragrance.

Soapy scent. Clean and musky. In the opening, i get a fresh almost sawdusty scent. I love that. As the fragrance sets, it becomes a soapy musk and patchouli fragrance. You'll smell like you just took a shower and are now as clean and fresh as you can be. I don't get much mint. Might just be my skin. But I Really have to focus on it to even notice the mint. Up close, it smells a little weird, very much like playdough. But in the air, it's great. Perfect for work, for casual days and any occasion where you want to smell clean. I can also easily see this being a winner in formal settings as well. It's a maskuline leaning fragrance, but not completely impossible for a woman to pull off. Personally, i think it smalls too much like a "clean man" to be attractive on a woman. But to be professional and serious, it could definitely work. And for a mane going on a first date, this will be perfect. What woman doesn't appreciate when a man smells clean and freshly showered? Personal score: 7/10. I enjoy it. Post Edit: I can see a lot of people compare it to damp/musty forest/swamp. I guess i can get that impression somewhat if i focus on it. But to me, this just smelled clean and freshly showered (which often smells damp).

Profumum Thundra involves a relatively straightforward trio of mint, patchouli, and musk. I'm generally not a fan of mint, but as with Viktor & Rolf Antidote, Thundra begins with a very tasteful use of mint in its opening, which ultimately gives way to the patchouli more so in the dry down, eventually to the point that it's basically a patchouli bomb with a hint of musk. It smells gentlemanly and balanced at the beginning, and then mostly patchouli-dominant in the dry down. For many, I imagine this dry down is a good thing, but it's not quite for me. While I enjoy patchouli when mixed with other notes, a patchouli-dominant fragrance is rarely something I enjoy. Thundra leans a little masculine, as I generally think of patchouli-dominant fragrances, but it's unisex enough for women. It's a great performer, as well, as is Profumum's signature, so there's value if you love the scent. I like it and appreciate it, but just don't love it. 7 out of 10

An earthy-minty scent, like peppermint tea with patchouli. It feels like wet leaves. It's woody, moist, and a little bitter. I usually love patchouli-dominant scents, but I find myself feeling indifferent about this one. UPDATE: I've tested this a few times since my initial review, and it's taken me a while to wrap my head around this fragrance. Maybe my impression has changed because the weather is cooler now, or maybe my chemistry has changed, but I finally feel like I am understanding the mint note here. It makes the patchouli chilly, and breezy, but the most remarkable benefit I have noticed is that it's great for days when I have a nagging headache. It's refreshing, and makes me want to breathe deeply. Still, it's a patchouli-dominant scent, which makes it grounding. And, after an hour or so, it dries down to a gentle, slightly chocolate-y patchouli base.

This is so much more than just 3 notes - patchouli, mint and white musk - I get liquorice root with lavender as my two main notes. It has an anise note, with a soft, hay-like wood and camphor notes that’s both bitter and sweet like fennel. The patchouli here is earthy but more floral and sweet with herbal and balsamic undertones. It must be the combination of the patchouli with the mint, as I’m getting strong lavender nuances. This is interesting as lavender is a member of the mint family. I also possibly detect some ‘coumarin’ which is the compound in freshly mown hay. This is quite artisan and very niche - I like it a lot. I’d describe it as a herbaceous and aromatic, liquorice root scent with patchouli, lavender, moss, guinea pig hay and a little cosy white musk in the base.