Forest Walk

Three words: Wet mossy rock If you want to smell identical to a huge, gray rock, covered in bright green moss, this is your perfume! I want to smell like that, but I'm not sure I would want to around other people. So this might be one of those perfumes I wear only for myself, at home. I find this perfume surprisingly sweet. There is something fruity in here because I might also add that it smells like moldy grapes. I was almost certain I'd see grapes in the list of notes. It takes me to the forest floor. It smells like evergreen trees, shade, and dampness. For some time I'd been lamenting the death of true chypres. I discovered perfumes like Cristalle, O de Lancome, Aromatics Elixir, and Paloma Picasso. I fell in love with oakmoss and wanted to find a modern one, only to figure out that nobody makes oakmoss perfumes anymore, whether it's because of a ban on ingredients or because it has simply gone of of fashion, or both. If you are anything like me, you are equally heartbroken over this. And here it is--oakmoss is alive again! Pun intended. It's vibrant, green, mildewy, and addicting in Forest Walk. I tip my hat off to Laurie for recognizing how badly this note is adored and desired by perfume lovers. Forest Walk is easily one of my favorites from this house.

Aptly named and simply DIVINE. Yes Unisex, but leans masculine. And although I often prefer more feminine scents, this one took me by surprise ... I like it. No, I LOVE IT! Cool pine trees, warm amber, florals, woodsy notes, all come together to create a most unexpected masterpiece, and not just for cool weather, I wore all day today, on a hot 80 degree day and It performed marvelous in the heat. I like it and want my own bottle ASAP. The third I tried from my discovery set and I have to say, I like everything I’ve tested so far, with two of them already on my “want list”. Can’t wait to try the rest. I feel fortunate to have learned about this extraordinary, California based house. Edit: Just to add that I woke up next day smelling like this. Heavenly, powerful and super long lasting.

That's a lot of woods combined in one. Wet autumn leaves you find in a decidious forest plus a smell of a sun-drenched pine forest on a hot summer day - sweet and resiny, with delicate violets one can find in early spring on a forest edge. Almost all seasons represented, maybe winter here is in windy mossiness one can find in stately and dark fir massives of Canadian Rockies. So yes, it's lots of worest walks, it is the very embodiment of many forest walks I might take here in Canada. Definitely not Mediterranean cypress and acacias walks, but something in climatic zone 3. Anyhow, I love it and would like a full bottle now.

Forest Walk is intoxicating period. For me,the winner and new heavy weight champion of the world, this is the best I've ever worn, compliments up the kazoo. Silage is perfect and longevity is about 8 hours or so. Forrest Walk is manly and just does it for me, A woman approached me and I swear she got weak in the knees, she said "my God you smell good" someone else can break it down, I'm just going to enjoy it. For the ultimate scent, I MEAN YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY SMELL ANY BETTER, LAY DOWN A BASE OF GREEN IRISH TWEED THEN LAYER IT WITH FORREST WALK PERIOD. FOR ME IT'S THE ULTIMATE.

Forest Walk starts off very woody. Lots of fir tree and oak, love the oak in this. Then as it progresses it gets very earthy, and I mean earthy. Like you are smelling the earth and it is carpeted in violets and moss. So realistic, it does smell like a damp wood. Just stunning. I find this leans masculine and I will probably gift the sample to my husband. This is the type of perfume that just smells dynamite on a man. Slight fresh spiciness in this one as well. Again, a perfect masculine fragrance.

Forest Walk is an apt description; damp wood, moss, dead branches and fertile earh, creating a weirdly beautiful medley of different notes that bump into each other and form a new whole. This does smell like a scent Zoologist would produce, as mentioned by MaidenBklyn below. If you like your aromatics natural and evocative, Forest Walk might be your walk in the woods. I’ve never heard of this brand before, Sonoma Scent Studio, but after this introduction, I’m not going to forget them.

After wearing this again, I now realize this smells very similar to Filles en Aiguilles! Same concept--evergreen, woodsy, mossy, a bit sweet. I put on the Lutens this morning, after noticing the similarity last night, and Lutens smells like water compared to the beautiful Forest Walk. Sillage is better and so is the complexity of the scent. Major kudos to Sonoma Scent Studio!! I have a decant, but I feel a full bottle is in my very near future.

I think this is an example where the notes listed according to votes hit the nail perfectly on the head... so if you like what you see, you will probably like this! It is truly like walking through a coniferous forest on a foggy day. I love it. Not exactly a versatile sent. I find it aromatherapeutic in a calming (nearly sedating) way. I wear it on Saturday mornings when curling up with a good book. Highly recommended.

@babayaga: that's what perfume is all about--chemistry and perception. Love to chat about and share experiences! Thanks for yours ;)

The first thing I notice is a sweet, almost anise-like note, but very dry and heavy, almost like whiskey. There’s a strong earthy, mossy feel, with dusty soil and dry leaves that tickle my nose. It’s intense, maybe even a little too much at first. Beneath that, there’s a boozy, cooked-berry sweetness, like a rustic wild berry compote. As it settles, the forest fruits lighten, becoming more translucent, while the earthy-woody base softens slightly but stays very dry. It’s almost startlingly dry, yet over time it becomes more ethereal, like a haze of dusty earth, dried leaves, and green moss. The red berries turn bright, dry, and lightly tart, almost like sipping a raspberry leaf tea, with a whisper of delicate white flowers floating through.

9am applied Forest Walk. Lots of intense violets, at the edge of too much. 15 mins later, violet overload starts to settle down. Now violets and forest begin their dance around each other. The forest opens up after half an hour. This is now enchanting - the forest woods - damp, moist, mossy, hollow logs. The Tarkine Forest Regions, North West Tasmania all over. No mean feat. I walk through the forest for a couple of hours. Enjoyable. By midday the forest gives way to amber and sandle wood. The best way to describe this - a very happy baby powder. I keep stealing sniffs of my wrist. Lasts from midday to 11pm at night. Strength for all three stages - a close to the body encounter. Good for unisex. 3.6 / 5

This is seriously like a damp forest. Gets a little fake candle-y if oversprayed, so be warned, but it is still compelling. When I first tried it, I decided that I'd pas on it, but tried it 2-3 more times, and super glad I did. Sprayed very carefully, it becomes less candle-y, more lovely green forest floor, pine needles moist soil and flowers and damp moss, and just so real and natural. Side by side with OO Rain forest this is better to my nose as a "forest" scent.

This is a super interesting scent -- very much evokes a damp, green place. It reminds me a lot of Zoologist Bat, especially the older version, although the fruity touches are absent, and there is no distinct soil note, only a collection of notes that conjure a damp forest floor. To my nose, the jasmine and moss are quite prominent, whilst the other notes all combine to create a background of lush greenery. it evokes more of a 'jungle' forest to me.

My opinion sits right between the previous 2 reviews.. It's a delicate coniferous honeyed woods with a brilliant touch of violet and smells very natural. It's definitely not boring but far from jaw dropping.. just really, really nice.

I got a sample of it and tested it last night. Smelled mostly wood and resins, not so much evergreens that I am after. As for comparison to Fille en Aiguilles which is my signature, I do not find them similar and definitely prefer Fille. It seems like Forest Walk can be compared to Wazamba, however, I got rid of my sample and cannot test them at the same time. I also tested Winter Woods which got better reviews but I liked Forest Walk better. Yet, I am still not sure if I want a full bottle of it, will be retesting it again. Update: This forest is too dry for me, I need some greenery. I will use my sample but will no longer consider a full bottle.

This is one of those "I wanted to love this" scenarios. I live in Northern California and I have hiked at Armstrong Woods a couple of times. So I was really looking forward to sampling Forest Walk. The fragrance started out promising. Immediately I could detect an earthiness that did remind me of the forest floor but that was about the extent of it. For the rest of the duration the fragrance smelled too balmy, stuffy like I was inside a cabin in the woods as opposed to talking a walk in the woods. The fir balsam and cedar notes were barely detectable. The floral notes I couldn't detect at all. The wood notes were present but they didn't smell fresh. Maybe my expectations were set too high. As a point of reference I LOVE Serge Luten's "Fille En Aiguilles". Now that's a fragrance that reminds me of taking a forest walk. I will say the longevity and projection of Forest Walk is amazing. Twelve hours after applying the fragrance I could still detect it after taking a shower.

NOT Forest "Walk", more of a Forest "Crawl": it smells like the rotten forest floor , you have to stick your nose into those rotten leaves and damp earth to get this scent. The most unexpected guest is a raw-starchy-dusty scent, not unlike the smell of dry mould. I don't know what this note is (even an all-natural brand won't use real mould fungus, hopefully), but I caught it in a quite few other SSS's work. The mould clearly grows out of an indescribable mix of a sweet oak barrel, sweet labdanum based amber, and a salty soy sauce like leather. The ambery base lasts the longest, but the starchy-dusty mould has stick to the end, too. TL;DR: dry mould grows on a sweet ambery base.

186 Forest walk? I’ve been to forests near and far and never smelled this. Nah, it is a very damp moldy basement. It also reminds me of some potting soils too. And beets. All have their place but not as a fragrance. 0/10 very unpleasant

I'm not a fan of this one. It smells exactly like a pine scented candle. If you're a fan of that, you'll like this.

For those who find Juniper Ridge too crude, and Norne to be too vivid, Forest Walk is probably one of the most viable alternates in the game. It kicks off with some bitter coniferous notes that are rooty but also carry hints of the syrupy house aesthetic. (They're somewhat reminiscent of the bitter notes that emerge in Nostalgie to get that incredible chypre/aldehyde effect). As it settles in, what you get is an array of blue/green alpine notes that hover above a subtle cedar. It’s a complex forest floor effect, but it is one that's aesthetically sanitized—stripped of some of the more rancid characteristics you’d find in such an environment. The depth and aspect of the forest is prismatic and quite trippy. Notes of fir and pine needles are detectable, but keep from going down the industrial air freshener path through the presence of the hemlock—a dark, sharp material with a slightly animalic bite. The residual bitterness is juxtaposed—somewhat awkwardly—against the sweeter notes of florals, but they’re turned down quite low, serving chiefly to take the edge of some of the rougher coniferous parts. While the blend is as meticulous as everything else from the line, it does strike me as a tad disordered—not quite as complimentary and unified as others, but largely due to the choice of the notes and the subject matter than the levels themselves. The odd juxtaposition of the florals does sort itself out over time in that the sharper pine/fir notes outlive the sweeter florals, and so an hour or so in, it starts to feel a little more considered and mellow. I personally have a difficult time with certain coniferous notes, and I’ve yet to be able to really stomp down on what my beef is with them. I find that it’s herbal / shrub notes—what I would describe as more grey/teal than green—that can bother me. Although there’s nothing herbal at work here, it’s a shade of green that’s slightly too tainted by other tones for me to enjoy it fully. It feels somewhat contradictory in relation to more photorealistic compositions, rendering it as a tad too close to composed perfume in a genre that seems (to me, at least) to call for a little roughness. One other point of contention with this fragrance, albeit a mild one: compared with the other scents in the line, this one opens with a great deal of force, and it’s slightly overwhelming at first, eventually taming down into something more tranquil. Even though my gripes are minor and hugely subjective, they might work in others’ favors—especially those who find some of the scents I mentioned at the outset to be too much forest. The sweetened section gives it more an aldehydic character; and rather than representing a specific forest space, Forest Walk strikes me as more of a collection of the author’s preferred facets of the forest that are polished and presented in a bold manner. Whereas I’ll stick with the nuanced brutality of Norne, Forest Walk can be perhaps be considered that scent's softer, more civilized counterpart.