High Noon

Have you ever played the game 'Bang!'? It's a role-playing card game with a western outlaw theme. That is what I imagine everytime I wear this. Well, that and one other thing. The other thing is the desert out in Borrego Springs, California. It has rusty sculptures in the designs of dinosaurs, dragons, and horse-beasts. They are made by Ricardo Breceda. In fact, HN reminds me so strongly of this that this scent could have been called Rusty Desert Sculptures. I really like the name High Noon, too. I get a metallic, wet desert sand vibe from this. I can almost hear the clang from something solid striking metal. It is one of the more interestingly unusual fragrances I've smelt, and I quite like it. I feel a "woah... I'm small in the middle of this big desert, aren't I?" sensation. HN also smells "empty" or "alone" to me, like if you were out in a wild west ghost town by yourself. No sign of tumbleweeds though. I don't really get booziness, though to be honest I often don't smell booze in fragrances that say they are boozy. I know what ethanol smells like, and I've had my nose around bottles of rum, tequila, mezcal, cachaca, ouzo, whiskey, scotch, and some bright blue alcohol that smells like oranges. When I smell those, my nose wrinkles and my head does an involuntary shake, so those smells are distinct to me. I guess the booze in this could be more subtle or something I've never experienced. You never can rule that out. I also don't get much leather, particularly with respect to the house leather that Solstice Scents includes in Gibbon's Boarding School, Devil's Tongue, Black Leather Red Lace, and Library. I am glad I don't get that, because I don't really like it. I've never smelled up close a gun holster for a six-shooter, though. I do get some muskiness that is vaguely similar to Jovan Musk and feels old-fashioned. For a reference of whether your nasal inhalatory preferences are similar to mine, my favorite solstice scents are Old Havana, Vanilla Pipe Tobacco, White Fox, and High Noon. My least favorite are Pinyon Truffle, Sacred Vow, and Devil's Tongue.

High Noon smells exactly like a Nevada ghost town at Christmas time to me. Where does Christmas come from? No idea, but on initial application, there is something that very distinctly reminds me of desert Christmas. Perhaps it's the spices. On initial application, I get sand, wood, a touch of smoke, tobacco and a hint of leather. Whatever the Christmas bit is, it starts to dissipate for me after a few minutes and I'm left with all my favorite Solstice notes: (leather, wood, tobacco, smoke), so that's just perfect. As it changes and morphs, I get the musk and occasional whiffs of whiskey. The sandy note remains strong throughout, giving it a touch of heat that means it could really be worn in any season, even summer given how close it sits to the skin - it's not going to knock anyone out. I live in the midwest, which tends to smell like trees and cornfield, so I love wearing Solstice's desert scents to transport me somewhere new, especially now when traveling is pretty off the table. Thanks, SS! You've taken me on some really great vacations this year :-D. I'm sure I'll always keep a bottle of HN around to remind me of exploring Nevada with a good friend who lives there.

This is one of my absolute favorite fragrances by Solstice Scents! Maybe my 2nd or 3rd top choice! The dry woods are similar to Sawmill but the tobacco and saddle leather add a bit of sweetness and rounding out to it all. It’s a very sexy masculine fragrance but it doesn’t smell intimidating or cold like Badlands or Old Havana might. Very gentlemanly and mellow smell.

really interesting. leather and sand with a lighter mossy undertone. becomes sweeter overtime as sweet fruity whiskey (in a good way) smell emerges.

I wish this was a TINY bit more feminine because it reminds me of the brothel in The Harvey Girls. I have a sample, but a roller has always been on my radar, this doesn't seem to come back in stock often. I would grab a roller because layered with something else... and I'm Angela Lansbury in THG.