Mentha Religiosa

I haven't ever smelled anything quite like this and I am mesmerized. I got a sample and liked it so much I tracked down a bottle on ebay and paid too much for it. It opens very strong with a blast of green: petitgrain, mint, and bergamot. You get smacked sideways by the strength of this blast! There is an hint of what's to come lurking in the background. It's surprisingly a very warm and dirty vs so fresh and so clean scent. The dry down is warm as well and I smell vanilla and some powdery iris along with the smokiness and woodiness that stays throughout. It kind of smells like an unlit menthol cigarette that you're sniffing in an amberwood log cabin where you've just lit a lot of incense because you're about to bliss out and meditate. The windows are open and it's a cool night at the mint farm & all the smells are swirling around the cabin. :-) I've only worn it in winter so far, but I want to try it in each of the seasons to see how it works with my body chemistry. I bet it would be good in spring and fall for sure. I'll try it in summer, because WHY NOT? I say day or night with this one. Sometimes I wear it and it feels perfectly unisex, but other times it smells more masculine. I think the opening can lean toward masculine but once that fades, it is fairly unisex. I sprayed two sprays before bed and woke up and it smelled like I had sprayed it an hour before waking up. Lasts all day on me. LOVE IT!

Dear Rose Mentha Religiosa is a peculiar scent. On the first sniff I am thinking a minty aftershave but there is something very pleasant about it and it keeps wafting about and constantly changing. I keep thinking I smell citrus blossom, then I smell a bit of 4160 Tuesdays What I Did On My Holidays and then I smell a bit of Penhaligon`s LP No:9 which also has that slight shaving vibe. It smells clean, slightly soapy, in fact it reminds me a bit of my grandad's shaving soap yet it is incredibly pleasant and I can't get enough of it but I can not express it properly in words. This scent is a fragrant shape shifter of some sorts. It is multilayered and these different layers are popping out every now and then and keep confusing my nose. So odd yet strangely pleasant and comforting. I will need to give this good wear several times but I think I would certainly consider a FB or at least a large decant in the future.

The contrast between the cold green note in head and the warm powdery amber base is in direct link with Copper by Comme des Garçons. the peppermint of Mentha Religiosa fits into an oriental and woody base where it seems difficult to express itself for such a fresh note. And yet, scathing, pungent, invigorating, it stands up to a stubborn and sour patchouli with accents of ground coffee and undergrowth. Its powdery, vanilla and still strangely mint-like evolution has striking originality where freshness and a powerful and indomitable block coexist, the final balance could seem doubtful but like with Copper by Comme des Garçons the set works oddly and turns out to be a real pleasure to wear all day long. A delicious fresh powdery composition in perfect combination

I am in love with this perfume! When you smell a new perfume you often immediatly draw parallels to another (or several..), already existing perfume/parfumes. Not this one. This is completly uniqe. And in my opinion, this is also very unisex. It starts of very sharp, I smell both oakmoss and ceder (even though it ́s not listed) and I also smell gin and juniper. No sticky sweetness here! Then the mint takes over the scene and completly dominates for a good long while. Several hours later, the most creamy mint candy cane scent finds it ́s way up my nose. The incence and powdery iris in the background makes the perfume stay "grown up" and not become sticky sweet and childish. This scent has personality and boldness!! Edit: One spray last at least 24h on me..

Oh, I really love this frag! I’m an incense fan, but usually can’t find the perfect shade of it in frags, but Mentha Religiosa has exactly what I adore! First, the Mint. It’s the main note here, and it’s scratchy, juicy and even a bit sharp. It blends with the incense so well, but gives a little soapy vibe. At first sniff I got roses and it scared me as I’m trying to avoid roses as they frequently give me headaches, but after a few minutes I realised it’s just heliotrope, lol. The incense in Mentha Religiosa reminds me of the incense in Habanita by Molinard, but it’s more airy and light here. It’s a dark frag and it has feminine notes, but I can consider it as a clear unisex. Also it mb can be used in warm seasons, but I’d prefer it for cold weather.