Ore

This is one of the best cocoa scents out there. Dusty, dry, and confident, it sits over a complex woody base with a dense, pervasive foundation. The chocolate note is rich, and will certainly not deprive you of your fix, but it's not exactly food-like or overly sweet. There's some dirt in the mix as well, a dry, baked earthiness that tempers any potential sweetness and keeps this from becoming a complete gourmand. The balance works very well and allows one to enjoy Ore's superb longevity, which easily spans 10 hours. Projection is about a foot from the body. Slumberhouse transitioned from Eau de Parfums to extraits about a year and a half ago, and the new extraits sit much closer to the skin. In my opinion, this is where they should be. They project, and they're strong, but they don't shout across the room. I would consider Ore best suited for low-key, casual situations or perhaps an intimate setting, during the fall and winter months. Easier to wear than you may think. Overall, it's an excellent fragrance and definitely worth investigating. **Note: Some of the earlier reviews for this may be referring to the original EDP. That no longer exists and has been replaced by the extrait. The EDP was drier, dirtier, and more balsamic. It wasn't as smooth or well-constructed. In fact, it was a little chaotic. The extrait features a more prominent cocoa note, a smoother composition, and less challenging aspects than the EDP. In other words, most people will find the extrait more appealing.

review is based on recent purchase, new bottle style extrait: I don't know if I can add to what is said below - it is SPOT ON! Seriously, this is a very nice scent. Perfume Mastery. I was considering buying En Voyage Zelda - which this sort of reminds me of -- but THIS ONE IS BETTER! There is an old world perfume/vintage1920s feel to it. It opens with a bit of eucalyptus, camphor like note mixed with whiskey, vanilla, but about 20 min in it gives way to a more sweet whiskey, resinous vanilla, and then a dusty mulled cacao powder. It sweetens more as it wears. The opening note that gives the camphor/eucalyptus scent is never fully lost -- it remains faintly there but artfully blended. It truly is the smell of a delicious sweet whiskey, the faint note of the oak cask, in which it was made, coupled with cocoa, in its driest powdery form. I don't know if I want a Makers Mark or some Knob Creek after wearing this? ....But I do know that I want a full bottle of Slumberhouse Ore! Longevity - AWESOME! Sillage - ENORMOUS! I applied a teeny tiny swipe with my finger to one wrist and produced a 10 foot scent radius. 6 hours later I scented an entire room.

I purchased a sample of Slumberhouse Ore awhile back, but I did not review it. I am fixing that today. Ore is a very well made and interesting fragrance. I get the image of a beautiful fragrance ferry, hovering over the forest and dusting the woods with a finely ground raw chocolate powder. I take a leisurely stroll through the chocolate dust covered forest, and take in the amazing scent of the chocolate dust covering the sap laden pine trees. As I walk along I come to an area with fresh cut trees, adding a balsamic sap vibe to the chocolate. The further I walk along the more fresh cut wood and sawdust begin to emerge. Until I come to a clearing with all tree removed and one wooded stump stands alone amongst the fallen trees. On the stump I find the beautiful fragrance ferry, smiling and holding a glass of whiskey out for me. Ore is a beautiful fragrance. While I do see this as unisex, it leans more masculine than feminine to my nose. I get great projection and longevity on my skin. I can wear this in any attire, formal or casual. Bottom line: If you enjoy chocolate fragrances without being very sweet, you should give this one a try.

Challenging scent but gorgeous from one of my fave perfumers. Gourmand scent - absolutely - ! Most descriptions work here and the note table is very appropriate for once. My spin on it is an earthy, cacao, sweet cooking chocolate, a bit powdery and a suede leather (as some have noted too) with some coconut after a while (the balsam). Very deep and classic Slumberhouse potency. I say its only challenging in that to me its the only Slumberhouse I could not wear anytime, certainly not in business dress or not amongst most friends - not that its offensive - its just a bit more left field than usual and some would not get it for a while - more the sort of scent I'd wear when I'm at a Cure concert or hanging with my alternative indie friends in an old VW camper at the beach or parked at a road stop on a freezing cold snowy night decked in 70's stuff... something you might have to explain a bit. The most female friendly of Slumberhouse's collection. DOn't be smitten. If you like gourmand you have to at least try this - you'll be blown away - advisable before you buy a bottle - its kinda chocolate dialled up to an 11 on the amp!

Ore or "Ooorrrrrrree" is exactly the sound I made when I caught the first hint of this fragrance. Half knowing what to expect from slumberhouse I knew it wasn't going to be blue de Chanel or something? But even I wasn't quite prepared for how deep this rabbit hole goes. My initial feelings on Ore? Sublime. For the people who wear this fragrance regularly...hats off to you. You're blazing a truly bright trail, because although maybe viewed as tame in the Slumberhouse lineup because of its gourmand qualities, Ore is so unusual and unlike anything I've smelled before. Well you get tonnes and tonnes of cacao and actually the most accurate dark, dark, chocolate smell. Which is set deep into that Guaic wood and pepper notes which are also huge and complement it perfectly. Ore is fantastic it has that dirtiness but never once is it patchouli masquerading as chocolate. It has a purity about it which keeps the base of spiced wood away from the almost powdery, slightly sweet cocoa. Stunning stuff and as you'd expect...boy is it strong?!?! Goes on hard and then projects . Just brilliant!

I live in an area where cocoa is processed. Not chocolate which includes sugar and other things - no the raw cocoa beans come in and are processed into that dry bitter fine powder. Also in my village it rains a lot and has a tendency to be grey and cool yet humid with cobblestones and old 18th Century factories that line the river with windmills built in the 16th and 17th centuries...I smell that cold dry bitter cocoa in the air alongside that wet balsamic and I am HOME..it registers in the deepest part of my reptilian brain that I am safe and happy here. This fragrance gives me the ability to share those scent memories on my skin anywhere in the world. The opening is so true to the landscape I just painted - I immediately start purring...the dry down is a cozy delicious amber. This stuff is strong and oily and projects. I save it and wear it just for myself - terrified that I will never be able to possess another bottle and then it would be like my hometown disappearing off of the map forever. It is a great love that I have for this concoction.

This is a woody chocolaty masterpiece. I do get the "carmex" from the description and it's in the best way possible. It has a wonderfully dense and heavy feel. I spray this on and I become the tree. But as a tree, I still enjoy dark (think 97%) chocolate. There are no top notes (this is no bergamot tree), only mid and base. That is probably part of what is contributing to that feeling. This is also very strong, so one spray - distributed around to both wrists and behind both ears is sufficient for me. More than that and it can become nauseating just because it is so strong. That's not a bad thing, I want it to last! One spray at a time would've been my policy at this price point anyway. It also projects perfectly. To me that means not so loud the neighbors can smell me through the wall (apartment life joke), but more like a gently enveloping cloud of scent that ebbs and flows with my own movement. I love this fragrance and have gotten the opportunity to try some others from this house and they have all been excellent.

Slumberhouse scores again with another winner in Ore, one of the celebrated dark fragrances along the lines of Norne and Jeke. It's slightly licorice-like at its very opening by it settles down quickly (within a few minutes) into its main character: chocolate, woody, boozy blend that is a step up in terms of sweetness from Jeke. Just as Jeke is sweeter than Norne, Ore is certainly sweeter than Jeke, anchored by the principal note of cacao. It's chocolate- and booze-dominant enough to be called a gourmand, as well, I'd say. I see some conflicting note breakdowns among Luckyscent, Fragrantica, and Basenotes. I'm not sure what palmarosa is, and I don't detect any clary sage. Performance-wise, this extrait follows suit from Slumberhouse's others in that it's strong, not quite as uncannily as Jeke or Norne, perhaps, but still to the extreme. At $160 for 30ml extrait, one again really does need to love it in order to buy it, but like Jeke, Ore might need to be one of my next buys. Great juice. 8 out of 10

Ore is a bit unusual, but oh so great. It's chocolate and woods, a bit medicinal, almost leathery, and very warm and balsamic. While the cocoa note is strong, and it's a comforting scent, it's not sweet enough to be really called a gourmand. It's not spicy or peppery to my nose either, and not a typical oriental. I must admit I'm not familiar with guaiac wood, but I can say that the wood notes in this aren't dry or dusty, but almost creamy. It's rather linear, in the beginning I get more cocoa, in the drydown it's more woody, otherwise there is no huge developement. I could imagine Ore being worn by both men or women equally well. It just shouldn't be oversprayed, this is strong and works really well in small doses. As it's so warm and balmy, it's an ideal winter fragrance. Creamy woody chocolate goodness. The price is the only downside... I'm glad my small sample will yield a few wearings next winter.

One of my favorites from slumberhouse. Imagine a dark forest. Its winter so all of the trees are dry and leafless. It's cold but not snowing. Theres a ragged, woody, mulch smell from the trees but theres also a spicy ethereal smokiness from a distant campfire. Now the kicker, instead of dirt, this forest floor is made up of slightly bitter cocoa powder. THIS is gourmand done right. Thick, sinister, natural but simultaneously delicious. When I wear this I literally can't stop sniffing my wrist. I've tried a lot of cocoa-based scents in my day and usually I end up underwhelmed due to weakness, over-sweetness, powderiness, or general unpleasant syntheticness. This avoids all of those pitfalls and comes across as very natural and pleasant. I wanna visit this sinister chocolate forest and go on some sort of strange mystical vision quest. 8.5/10

Amazing rich chocolatey woody yumminess. This is THE best chocolate scent I've ever smelled, for being real cacao and dark. Many others out there are milk chocolatey, and far too sweet- Kilian, etc. This one, with the smokey woody aspects, and the whiskey, is like a 90% cacao chocolate ganache. It is certainly one that can be a chameleon, too. The smoke can give it an incensy vibe, but its still always about the chocolate. One spray lasts forever, and fills a room. After first testing it, I thought I didn't want it based on price, but really respected it. Over the next few months it would not stop itching at my brain, and so I treated myself, and I am so glad that I did. Its the most I have ever paid per ml for a perfume, and still with zero regrets. I rarely ever wear it, but just knowing that I can makes me smile.

Update Ore 2022: Mmm...this update makes Ore even more accessible to the masses. The original Ore is what I'd call, "Unrefined" Ore, while this new 2022 version is what I would call..."Refined" Ore. ;-) 2022 Ore is very smooth and very beautiful. The chocolate note is still there, but it isn't sweet and blends with the woods so amazingly. There is a slight cocunutty/macaroon like vibe in the opening, but it's fleeting as the chocolate or cocoa settles into the woody notes. This is much more sheer than the previous carmelized versions of Ore and wears that way as well. That's not to say that it doesn't project, because it does...it's a Slumberhouse fragrance after all. I could see myself ponying up for a bottle of this iteration of Ore even though I already own a flask from 2015 that I love as well.

This smells ancient in a pleasant and very intriguing way. Some of the very old discontinued perfumes I have on my shelf have the similar kind of balsamic and dusty antique shop vibe in them. This is not the only Slumberhouse perfume that reminds me of abandoned places, mold that grows on old books and perhaps even of perfumed mummies. In my opinion Ore is the best chocolate fragrance there is. It's not particularly sweet or edible scent. It's more like a medicinal kind of balsamic and creamy chocolate on a dusty and woody base. There's also bit of smokiness. The smell of sunrays warming dusty wooden floors. Burning cacao beans. The pages of old sacred books. A hundred year old bottle of liquor. This could be worn at a funeral.

This is what Gourmand Coquin should have been. Ore is THE best chocolate fragrance I've ever smelled in my life, hands down. Absolutely no contest. From start to finish, highest quality edible smoothly sweet dark chocolate. The other notes are negligible. Utterly wonderful. Chocolate bliss. I only wish I had known about this years ago. I could have saved SO much money! Lol. Update: The box where I store this decant has been emitting this coconutty, sandalwoody waft and whenever I lift the lid, I have to check all my beachy decants to make sure they're not leaking. Lo and behold, that sweetly radiant woody coconutty scent is coming from Ore. I guess the woods do make more of an appearance than I originally noticed.

Ore 2022 is more sheer than previous iterations (I've just tried the somewhat recent black and silver cap versions), though it still projects well and lasts. It's not as sweet nor as heavy on the dry woods compared to prior versions - the cocoa really shines here, with the woody resins providing a foundation rather than taking center stage. However, if you apply 3-4 sprays rather than just 1-2, the resins seem to gain improved definition and the composition feels spicier overall. I was initially put off by the relative airiness of this new Ore, but I've worn it nearly every day for the past week so I'm clearly liking it!

Ore by Slumberhouse is one of the strongest and longest lasting scents I have had the pleasure to experience. From start to finish it is amazing. Sweet? Yes. Too sweet? Not at all. Just enough sweetness to bring out the deep and resinous wood notes that makes this a tremendous scent to be enjoyed. The best part of the experience is the dry down which is absolutely amazing.... sweet, resinous "pine tree" wood note (to my nose at least) which would be the Peru balsam. A complete winner. For the price $150ish for 30ml is steep so try before you buy. ENJOY!

An excellent, feel good scent. Ore is a masculine, leaning chocolate soirée treat with enough complexity here that it stands apart from others voted similar; It’s more refined that Ummagumma, another fragrance I love. The only question is price. But a moot point since this is almost as hard to find as the Beatle's banned album cover “Yesterday and Today”, the original release with the decapitated baby dolls.

ORE MY! To all chocolate lovers look no further. Ore is a mixture of coca, whiskey and smokey woods. It's very very strong just one spray will last all day. I image this will be a silage monster with it mysterious aroma of sweet coca and boozy woods. This fragrance will be worn when I'm trying to be notice. But people my ask what you been doing instead of what you are wearing.

Mines old, like 2010-2012 old. I smell some spicy chocolate, woody whisky. The vanilla comes more from a really good cacao note. A really good true wood scent that's not a chocolate treat. I don't know how the newer ones smell, but this is good in the fall. Unfortunately, it's a very specific kind of perfume for me. Not a wear every day or even every year.

I’ve had my bottle a few years, so not sure which one I’m reviewing, lol. But if the new one smells like this one, buy it. JK...sample first and all that jazz. This is a grown up cacao, spicy, a little boozy from the whiskey. Best of all for me, the wood notes in this don’t stink like aroma chemicals or animal fecal matter. Master perfumer, indeed.

I figure this is like sniffing raw cacao powder by the fireplace in a wooden cabin, in the middle of a snowy pine forest. Never really did that obviously - but that's what comes to mind. The whole thing is unbelievably cozy... It's to die for. On a side note, not many people around me seem to appreciate it. Baffling, I know.

tobacco, campfire, cocoa, rum. and smoke. Ore is pretty, dark, seductive, and definitely unique. the first 30 minutes were super herbal and "pine needle"ish. after that, the smoky warm sweetness came out. this remnds me of Mona di Orio Vanille without the vanille. definitely a cold weather scent, and unisex.

I'm just going to restrain myself from using my entire sample today. Ignorance really can be bliss. This is so utterly beautiful. I'm getting caramel and whiskey and wood with just a bit of chocolate. I don't know how the above notes add up to this for me, but I've been in prolonged swoon all day.

Where I live there's a commonly used research chemical called 3-CMC. Whenever I wear Ore (2022) people say they can smell my drug use on me and I have to defend myself saying it's the perfume I'm wearing. The drydown here is very similar to that of the chemical. Very interesting.

Caramelized and burnt sugar sweetness. Somewhat strange and sharp at first. Tart but also warm. Dries down to a complex sweet incense with candle wax. In the vial it smells more like expensive brandy or port. Smells spicier over time with a touch of musk.

Gosh, Josh. This thing really is beautiful. Starts off with strong, spiked and spiced chocolate. I mean, it's all about the chocolate at first, but it's more of a liqueur than a bar. Chocolate liqueur is really what it is. There. Done.

it's balsamic, it's dark, it's thick, it's comforting. it's a true cacao fragrance with lots of dry cacao powder and almost no sweetness. as a heavy cacao drinker i appreciate this perfume a lot!))

The latest release and reformulation of this scent is NOTHING to what it used to be. more resinous, more woody, added patchouli, cocoa is gone (well, it's overpowered, almost not there). Pass.

Seriously authentic Chocolate scent. Lots of chocolate, slightly balsamic Smells like I'm eating the good stuff Tcho

so sad. WHY Josh did you have to reform this and add patchouli? WTF.

ORE? O RLY? Oh come onnnnn! It's getting ridiculous now - just how closely Slumberhouse's house style is in sync with what my nose loves best. I am a borderline gourmand-phobic and despite loving to eat chocolate, hate to smell like it. But distil down the very finest cacao with Slumberhouse's signature rich resins and balsam, dark spicing, weird-woodiness and niche-with-no-apologies feel - the way Ore does - and I'm 100% sold. AGAIN. (On previous form: the definitive tobacco scent for my taste, whatever the house? Jeke. The most solid conifers scent of all time? Norne. The most delicious hay ever? Sova. The most gorgeous mixed-woods? Their near-mythical Brosse. Basically just sell your other assets, buy as much of the line as you can and forget about shopping for perfume ever again. Even the notes I can't deal with, they can mix into something that seduces - viz Pear & Olive, viz Kiste, and so on and on.) So, Ore is the deepest, darkest, least conciliatory cacao scent imaginable - so it's perfect for me. (Only thing I've ever smelled that came close is Abdes Salaam Attar's Chocolate Spicy, but even THAT dark spicy-orange beauty is a recognisable bonbon next to the avant-garde cocoa here.) The tolu adds a chewy, extra-dense texture and some added woodiness. Not enough gaiac in there to really make a difference (but I am a gaiac fanatic), though its warm-spicy aura rounds things out more. On me the whisky's definitely perceptible but somehow smells more aromatic than alcoholic - not at all rough or over-oaked. I almost get notes of coconut, almost suspect bits of patchouli creeping in ... because it's all still a little weird. There are these odd, intriguing, almost mouldy whiffs of forest floor throughout ... if you could imagine a 90%+ cocoa-solids chocolate enrobing some truffles (the fungi not the sweets) perhaps ... it's so strongly and firmly itself, it makes little compromise but is always thoroughly friendly. Absolutely of a piece with the darker/richer/spicier end of Slumberhouse and a wonderful showcase for its talents. Projection isn't huge (arm's length at most, and that only for the first few hours) but its overall shelf life is a very respectable 8h on skin, and longer on fabrics, and it's never less than delicious at any stage. Doesn't evolve or morph much on wearing, but I don't even think it needs to. (*though the cacao recedes slightly in later hours, so you're left with a dark, spiced, smooth & comforting patchouli-heavy scent not a million miles from something like PG Coze, but much gentler.) Ore's opulent, distinctive, rich and textured character is just enough. A cacao to convert the sceptics and convince the cynics. I really don't want to be repetitious - but yeah, it's everything that's great about Slumberhouse - YET AGAIN.

A sinfully dark and delicious gourmand from the one and only of its kind Slumberhouse, this is their most popular offering (In production for 8 years without discontinuation). Arguably so because even with its slightly dark feel, this is overall a sweet fairy tale damsel with a central chocolate note to which are added somewhat darkish gourmand and woody notes such as guaiac wood, peru balsam, black pepper, coconut palm extract and clary sage. The overall feeling is like biting into a dark chocolate cake with some coconut in it. Slumberhouse is not for everyone. Their perfumes are dark, resinous, uncommon and yet very beautiful and captivating. If you want to explore the line, this may be the best place to start. A mostly inoffensive dark resinous chocolatey beauty that is truly the stuff of fairy tales!

A cozy, winter-leaning dark gourmand. Cacao takes the lead, layered with a smoky-whiskey facet, damp-aged ancient woods, and resinous undertones, plus a touch of minty spice. It feels both charming and quietly magnificent; an opulent kind of comfort. Vibe-wise, this is pure dark academia: you’re in a dim library leafing through grimoires, holding a beautifully rounded mug of mint-dark hot chocolate. This review is short because the scent is pretty self-explanatory. My sample is from the 2021–22 era; globe cap with the metal band (the iconic bottle). I’m genuinely happy I found and got to smell it. Tag(s): dark gourmand, dark academia, winter cozy, minty hot chocolate, smoked woods, damp aged woods, antique/ancient wood

Dracula eating 87% dark chocolate inside a wine barrel. This is great. The chocolate here is very powdery and a little bitter, accompanied by a boozey, aged wood note that's fringing on animal sweat (in a good way!). It's like you're in dark and damp wine cellar. All of these together create something amazing. This such a beautiful gourmand. This is very dark and has a lot of character. You need to be the right person to fit this... Either a sexy 500 year old vampire or one who dresses mostly beige/dark-brown 1940's attire. Whoever this person is, I'd love to meet them! Maybe I can be that person some day :)

This is my first experience with Slumberhouse. Definitely interesting juxtaposition of notes here. Me and balsams that give me eucalyptusy vibes tend not to get along, this is no exception, but that's just a matter of preference. It has a sheer cocoa note, the same type of which I identify in Dior Homme, and I perceive that it sits as a layer on top of all the other notes, coloring the otherwise cool fragrance with a wash of warm, bronzy brown. On me I also get a coniferous vibe, pine resin. Not my thing but I have no problem seeing how one could love this.

An earthy, boozy cocoa fragrance. Like the drunken cousin of Pardon by Nasomatto, with a appetite for bare knuckled fighting. A common criticism of Slumberhouse fragrances is that they don't change much over the course of the wear and that is certainly as true of Ore. One gets the sense that the linearity is earned; that by leaning into the depth of the notes and plowing straight ahead it avoids having to make any unnecessary detours.

Smoke, leather and cocoa powder. Peppery milk chocolate grows slowly, endlessly, with maple and balsam and kerosene. This could be worn by a wounded-football-hero-turned-reclusive-lumberjack when he decides to clean up nice. He has no clue that he's sexy AF. It fades after a long day to an herbal kiss on sweaty skin, left with creamy lip balm.

Ore is a very pleasant cocoa fragrance, not the typical sweet/gourmand kind. It is woody and spicy, but I also notice a bit of creamy coconut, which I really like. It's not exactly sweet, but the "coconut" prevents it from being too bitter as well. Projection is good, and lasts long.

I'm really enjoying this new found range, for me anyway. Ore is resinous and long lasting, it's deep, dark chocolate with a woody vibe, it's not a sickly sweet chocolate. It's mysterious, dark, balsamic and so comfortably wearable for me.

The most recent batch is unmistakably ore, but toned down overall with the cocoa note dialed up and the woody notes just barely peaking through. It’s still powdery but in a much lighter and arguably more generic way.

I would adore this if the chocolate wasn't so prominent. The oud and wood and peru balsam. The chocolate makes it young and fun though.

I'm reviewing this off of a sample. My previous experience with samples from Slumberhouse creations have been that they've had a different character from bottle vs from sample - please keep this in mind while reading. To me, this is initially heavily a woodsy whiskey scent, with some notes of the peru balsam/guaic wood and the bitter mahogany. I outright dislike mahogany for its bitterness, but otherwise, it smells like a very nice glass of whiskey, if that's your thing. I enjoy one, very occasionally. Chocolate is much more my thing: I'm a huge fan of fine chocolates (Valrhona, Coppeneur). I simply don't pick up any chocolate or cocoa in this! I suspect some interpret the mahogany as the bitterness some associate with cocoa. As time goes on, the mahogany becomes more dominant as other notes fade. Slumberhouse perfumes are crafted with great care, and I have nothing outright negative to say about this perfume, it's just not for me.

Old campfire brown sugar whiskey. The initial cocoa - while lovely - fades away fairly quickly.

Cacao...interesting. One thing I have noticed about Slumberhouse is that they usually don't smell like the pyramid suggests. Ore wore very linear on me, and I pretty much only smelled coconut, sandalwood, and vanilla the entire 12+ hours. I have lots of raw palo santo, and I often burn it. The wood here doesn't smell like guiac (palo santo). Ore became more vanilla and less woody after maybe 10 hours. I really dislike coconut, so the scent of wood that has a coconutty effect is not enjoyable to me. So I got lots of vanilla, but I never smelled any cacao or chocolate effect. Ore is nice, but so far my favorites are Sova, Kiste, and Sadanne in that order.

Despite hating every single perfume that came in the discovery set i got from Slumberhouse, i had high hopes for this. But to cut to the chase, the cheap chocolate note in here is something i can't get past. It smells like the fake chocolate that they use in candy like the Chocolate flavored lollipops. I definitely don't get a "realistic" cocoa from this. And that pretty much ended there. Its also got some woodiness to it. I let it sit on my skin for a good 40 minutes before i scrubbed. This will undoubtedly rattle the Slumberhouse fanboy cage, but this is MY opinion. Make sure to sample this first!

Brings to mind an image of a chocolate scented air freshener hanging from the rearview mirror of a pimp's dirty, humid Cadillac circa 1972, Los Angeles. An intentionally vulgar, and accurate, period piece.

It smells like dry cocoa powder and dusty rags, plus sun tan lotion or something. It smells old. Not bad from an artistic perspective, but not my cup of cocoa.

Ore 2022 test drive: The new version of Ore: it smells like a powdery, authentic and natural dessert cacao with a big oak soaked with whisky influence and a woody drydown. I like it, but I have scents in my collection that do the same job and are cheaper (at least one, discontinued though). I can easily see why would people love this one though.

I just got a bottle of Ore 2023. A lot more woody and hella lot more soaked with alcohol (whiskey) infused center of the wooden barrel. That is a huge advantage. Less spicy, less vanilic and seems to smell like plastic at times. Time will tell wether this bottle stays in my collection or not.

Slumberhouse Ore This is high art. This is a masterpiece. Reading the notes and saying this is simply a perfume is like saying Michelangelo’s David is simply a slab of marble. This is one of a handful of fragrances I’ve worn in my lifetime that actually altered my consciousness and I had a mystical experience. Since the practice of aromatherapy is founded upon that principle, I will say that it’s an acknowledged facet of perfumery that is rarely spoken of. This is a perfume for the 4th chakra, for those experiencing doubt and despair, faithlessness and loss. This perfume to me is the essence of Faith. It transported me to a time when I had to name exactly what was going to pull me through the blackest black, out of despair, out of sadness, back into life. From the moment I put it on, it called to mind a particular section from my favorite poem, The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer, “It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away.” For me, the answer is Faith. This perfume opens with a deep, boozy whisky darkened with peat. It’s dark, heavy, aged whiskey, somber whiskey, from the very bottle that has witnessed you on your knees more than once. It’s warmed by an almost unnoticeable base of warm, unsweetened vanilla – like something that sustains deep below the surface, far from consciousness. But what sets this apart, are the green notes, full of incense and camphorous resins and grass. It wears like incense that soothes the soul. One note in particular intrigued me; it was one I had never heard of called Dittany of Crete. As it turns out, it is a rare medicinal herb grown on the hillsides of the island of Crete. It’s incredibly dangerous to collect and only the bravest souls make the effort. It is a symbol of love and harvesters are called “love seekers”. To me, it is a balm for the weary heart, and soothes the deepest sorrow that only Faith can heal. It is this note that has me in rapture. I am going on my 6th hour of wearing and it has not changed nor softened. It’s incredibly steadfast, and it’s unchanging, unwavering resolve makes me feel overwhelmed, almost emotionally drained. All good things must come to an end, as all the "erectile dysfunction" commercials are quick to point out -- that anything lasting longer than 4 hours is sometimes "too much". All of Ore's layers of beauty upon beauty is starting to feel like “too much” -- and Ore is making me feel tired. Don’t get me wrong, it’s BEAUTIFUL, beautiful beyond words, but the next time I wear it, I will be much more prepared for the mystical lessons this perfume has offered.