Into the Wild

First impressions! Wow this a lovely bright golden green at the opening (not cold but warm to my nose)! What reminded me of a lemongrass note is the ozone and probably fern with cypress. I feel like as it transitions from the opening, it’s almost like you’re in a forest in different seasons; at first it’s a warm summery and sunny day in the forest, dappled light coming through the branches. As it moves forward, it’s getting earthier and mossier (I love me some oak moss), headed into Fall on the cusp of winter. I am enjoying the masculine dry down on this right now, keep getting whiffs of it and smelling myself. It smells like a darker, colder, drier forest higher up on the mountain now to my nose. I’m going to have fun layering with this too - I’m thinking something vanilla with a little spice, or a spicy rose (maybe ELDO Rossy de Palma Eau de Protection), or earthy dark rose (maybe Terry de Gunzberg Rouge Nocturne) for a floral Chypre effect (my fave olfactory category). Well done, Chris and Darren! Also please note: it’s a shame that Fragrantica has not updated their database with the rest of Darren’s beautiful creations under his own label (as of now, 10/31/23). Please check his creations out as they are all amazing, and some even have a vintage feel. I own Devil’s Share and Sacred Smoke, and will be buying a LOT more. He is extremely talented, and Chris was very fortunate to have Darren bring his perfume vision to life in Into the Wild.

Wow, the amount of trolls on this website is getting worse and worse. PINOSYLVESPERLYND clearly made that account just for the sake of trolling this, saying its a clone of Pino Sylvestre. I'm a big fan of masculine woody fragrances and own a lot of them. I can tell you this is not a clone of Sylvestre. I just got my bottle delivered last week and I know the scent of the Pino and they aren't in the same ballpark at all. And HOTDUECE comment is just a troll post too. This does not smell anything like a simple "pine scent" or like pine sol or a cleaning product. This scent is special. It really does put you in the middle of a forest with chilly mountain air. I don't know how they did it, but its true and I can't describe it. Most woody forest scents go dark or like damp woods, but this is bright and fresh and very unique. Nothing else I have smelled is like it. And all the "fragrances" that they trolled with where it says "this perfume remind me of" is all hot garbage... well a HOT DEUCE. This does not smell like axe body spray or like after shaves. And this is an atom bomb of a perfume- longevity and sillage are huge. Lasted all day on my skin. And no, not a "shill" here. I just know what I like and this one is top tier. Stay Blessed.

Sometimes I seriously wonder if people even know what they are smelling, or are just shooting from the hip here. I seriously have to question the legitimacy of some of these comments. There is nothing aquatic about this perfume, and certainly not a clone of anything else. And people want to get stuck on silly naming conventions of fragrance... you can name a fragrance literally anything and it doesn’t matter. There’s perfumes called “This is not a blue bottle” for crying out loud... Means absolutely nothing. So for this brand to name “clean mountain air accord” or “Sasquatch footprint accord”, it’s clearly just something quirky and for fun. Absolutely nothing linear about this fragrance, in fact I don’t think I’ve experienced a fragrance that changes and has more depth than this one. This is one of the most natural smelling things I have smelled. The amount of naturals in here is absurd. I think the brand said this is like 75% natural ingredients and you most certainly can tell. I came across this brand in the online fragrance groups, purchased this with my own money. I never made an account here before that, but I really feel like there are some people here that just love to troll. Stay blessed.

I don’t personally know the person who made this fragrance, but bought it when it was released when seeing it in a FB fragrance group. This is an honest review, so just wanted to say that after seeing some comments. Nice “green freshie” scent. The cypress is obvious but it’s not a Christmasy type scent or a bitter green kind of green, more of an aromatic fresh green. I don’t get smokiness in this despite the listed note. Not animalic either as far as categorizing it but there is something that adds to the green aromatic quality that makes it enjoyable in a different way. There is a smoothness to it also, possibly from the patcholi listed, but far from a patchouli frag. Not something I’d put in an established category like Fougere or Chypre for example, kind of one that’s a combo of categories. Overall solid fragrance with moderate + projection and longevity.

A fantastic photorealistic forest scent, brings me back to memories of going on vacation when I was young to the Sierra Nevada mountains. All the pines, spruce, cypress. Although I think this is traditionally a masculine fragrance, there is a freshness to it that I think actually makes it very unisex. To each their own obviously, but I am enjoying wearing this. And do not worry about the castoreum and civet, I do not really even notice it, not really a perceivable note. This is all about the greens and woods and ozonic nature. Transports you to the middle of the Sierra Nevadas! And whoever the trolls are below that are hating on this, I highly doubt they have smelled this because this does not smell like a toilet cleaner, or Axe body spray. Some people should really get a life.