LYNCH aka smoked styrax

An absolutely fantastic fragrance from the house of Spiritica! I have tried a couple of their other creations which weren’t for me, but they absolutely nailed it with this one. Gourmand without being gourmand, light and dark at the same time. I have sampled a couple of fragrances inspired by David Lynch, but I feel that others were just too dark. This one captures that darkness for sure, but also adds a lightness that I feel represents the quirky side of David. I absolutely get the sense of an older gentleman type of fragrance, but not in the usual way. It’s more like if he had a nice suit on, sitting in a nice leather chair, smoking an expensive cigar but surrounded by the red curtains in the lodge from twin peaks. Classy and dark at the same time. Something I’m surprised I haven’t seen people talk about is the (to me) very apparent sense of petrichor. Not wet soil-y, but more like a light spring/summer rain when the vegetation comes to life after a dry period. I also get some rooibos tea in here as well, which is a really nice surprise. I don’t usually enjoy neither gourmand nor tobacco scents, but Lynch has an airiness to these accords that makes it super addictive for me. Can’t wait to rewatch Twin Peaks and sniff my wrists. Fire walk with me!

Opens with five minutes of a pleasing, crystal clear, solitary black cherry note. Naturally sweet smelling, but didn't smell cakey to me at all. If anything, as someone mentioned below, it has an alcoholic feel to it. Then, almost kicking this opening to one side, a pleasant saffron rounded by touches of clove and tempered florality. Finally, around 3-4 hours in, it has morphed again; resinous and earthy green with a subtle freshly cured tobacco leaf apparent. This last stage reminds me of Feuilles de Tabac by Miller Harris. I enjoy the distinct stages, and overall it is unique among all the fragrances I own or have owned, and that is something quite novel to me. The fragrance itself is deceptively 'light' for it's profile and easy to wear, definitely not overly sweet, thick and dark like the notes above may read. If I didn't know any better I would've guessed it was created by a company like Imaginary Authors. Also, I think the "Eternal" Longevity and "Enormous" Sillage ratings are certainly overstated. Lasts well ( 8 hours-ish ) but projection is average and sillage is decent. I really do quite like this..

Wow. This is my signature fragrance now. Incredible just getting out of the way this lasts weeks on clothes and thumps and fills rooms. Truly an unsettling mysterious deep smell with a story like no other. It opens with cherry tobbaco and deep dark woods. I get this burning sensation when smelling this. Its like someone wanted to hide something so they just burned it. A secret deep and unforgiving. It smells like you were at a birthday party but all of a sudden everything goes still everyone is gone. No matter how much you search for them they are not found. The burning woods and unfinished cake with sweet cherry sodas sit still along with the unfinished cigarettes and ash remaining . There is no where else to go. The most you can do is sit there and wait. Truly mysterious its incredible and extremely alluring.

I can only agree that the price point is huge, but other brands claim the same prices for way lower quality, which is definitely not the case here. I had the chance to test it and, to me, this one is a stunner due to the tobacco leaves and fresh-out-of-the oven pie (to me it feels more like a forest fruit pie, not really like a cherry one), which act as catalyzers for woody notes. Performance is no joke, even for a very dry skin like mine: all day long, with no exaggeration, 2 or 3 hours of very powerful projection (it literally filled my flat) and, later on, the scent bubble around me could still be felt by everyone in the same room. A true star in a cold winter's night!

Lynch is, as Spiritica puts it, an “olfactory homage” to David Lynch, who passed away this year, and his acclaimed mystery drama Twin Peaks. Much can be written about the parallels between the accords of this fragrance and Twin Peaks (and I did but that review disappeared from the site without explanation). Suffice to say for now that the mix of cherry pie, tobacco and smoked styrax lends the fragrance and understated elegance, while not being overly sweet or overly smokey making it one of my best perfumes in my collection along with Yuzuyakuza and Mangomacumba also from Spiritica.