Thumbsucker

I am quite taken with Stora Skuggan so far. A Swedish niche perfume brand, their perfumes are high-quality, creative and unusual, yet wearable. Thumbsucker caught my attention thanks to its adorable name, and kept me interested thanks to its rich, sweet-sour honeyed brilliance. Thumbsucker opens with sweet honey notes alongside polleny narcissus. There is a slight smokiness, providing a nice counterpoint to the sweetness of the honey. As it develops, sour cherry emerges, boozy and slightly medicinal - not typically my favourite note, but here it works. It is complemented by the smokiness and the almond note, the latter adding a slight gourmand effect. A beautiful violet note joins, powdery and slightly candied, becoming quite prominant in the later stages. A beautiful honeyed amber accord develops as it dries down, thanks to the beeswax note which ties it all together. Some woodiness complements it to perfection, adding a cosy softness. Remnants of the smoky cherry and violet accord remain as it fades, adding a rich, dark fruitiness. Sillage is moderate and longevity is long-lasting. Best worn in cold weather. A great unisex scent featuring honey, Thumbsucker is a creative, unusual composition yet works really well. For me, it is olfactory art - I have much appreciation for it, but I'm not sure that I would wear it. Excellent regardless. Come for the name, stay for the honeyed goodness. 4/5.

My fancy bottle of thumbsucker arrived yesterday and I was so nervous as I blind bought it. And it exceeded all my expectations, she is a beauty and I am in love. I am a vintage lover though, and I think this is probably the most vintagy modern perfume I know, but done with a twist of being cleaned up and toned down. Of all the vintage perfumes I own (a small collection), thumbersucker is probably the closest to Antilope by Weil, I have a little mini from 60s. The original Antilope perfume is from late 30x, it is very animalistic, comforting and warm, like the fur it was marketed to be sprayed on. I noticed that some people put Chocking Schiaparelli in "reminds me of" section which is compared to another Weil's perfume called Zibeline, I have not smelled that one, but I suspect they may have similar dna. I am very impressed how the accord of honey, some florals and beeswax in Thumbsucker could mimic the animalic notes of the vintage in the past. Very unlinear, on me it stays very long but does become a skin scent after an hour or so. Very clever and very brave. And very addicting sniffing. Pure happiness.

I can see from other reviews that this perfume is divisive; like all Stora Skuggan stuff, it's multilayered and has dramatic changes throughout its little symphony that plays out on the skin. For me, this really works, even though I wasn't sure it would at first. It reminds me of the scent of perfumed dolls I had when I was a kid- slightly plasticky, slightly artificial, slightly cherry and honey. I love that. It somehow (for me very specifically) manages to be both nostalgic and like nothing I've ever smelled before. Doesn't layer well with anything (I don't think any Stora Skuggan perfumes do?), but that's ok. It's sweet but not edible. It's powdery but not dusty. It's nostalgic but not kitschy. It's hard to describe, and worth a try. I'll be wearing this one for awhile.

Super, super floral. Very pollenated. This is like those nature bitches talking about sex like bees pollenating a flower. I personally can’t do this because I’m more of a powdery vintage floral enjoyer but I can appreciate this. This is like those pictures of paint huffers with the shiny silver and gold on their faces, but instead of paint, they’re huffing pollen off their cars and windowsills. One big flower. I am one big flower garden right now and I love it, but it’s not me. Whoever can pull off this whole waxy, cherry, honey, pollen collective should invest in this one. I can’t pull it off, but I truly wish there was someone who could so I could smell them, like, I’d be the bee and they’d be the flower. Yum

Thumbsucker opens with a weird, yet oddly satisfying accord. Syrupy sweet amber, a touch medicinal. a few minutes in, it’s definitely a strong, creamy bitter-almond scent and I love it. The perfumers describe it as a “hangover perfume” for “hedonistic self-soothing”, hence the name Thumbsucker. And it’s a good fit for the brief; the sweet, doughy-powdery off-white almond does make me feel like reverting to greedy toddlerhood. Thumbsucker isn’t high perfumery, it’s loud crude indie stuff, but I kind of love it. There’s not enough almond scents in the world and I find them addictive. It’s also a lot like the discontinued cult classic Luctor et Emergo (another cherry-almond powdery play-doh scent).

Oh this is very good, Stora Skuggen has impressed me so far, with this being my current favourite. This scent is absolutely delicious, bordering on gourmand yet firmly grounded in vintage floral territory, an irresistible combination. The sweet fruitiness of cherry, contrasted by the thick powderiness narcotic florals, namely violet, renders an almost rosy effect. These honeyed florals are dense and sweet, it comes across astoundingly like a leather accord. Words don’t do it justice. I need this fragrance, and I plan to buy it without doubt. Why have I not heard people talk about this before? It’s absolutely magnificent.

Ok so I tried a sample of this without reading the notes first. This is my impression. First, there was a blast of powdery mild sweetness, then something vegetal hit and I didn’t like it, but then something like incense, clove-like hit with the powder and it’s really nice. This perfume is pretty, definitely something I would buy. I’m super confused now that I’ve looked at the notes because I get none of what is listed. Update: I am so in love with this perfume. It’s so good. I’m starting to understand the notes listed, but they’re not super obvious. This perfume is really addicting and something I will be purchasing.

This is such a delicious, mouthwatering, and intoxicating fragrance! I just bought it, and cant stop smelling myself when i wear it. In a weird way, this smell similar to what my boyfriend smell like after working out (so like pheromones?), so it smells like the body of someone you are attracted to. Even tho this is a very sweet and heavy floral scent, it has a velvety and soft feeling on the skin, probalby from the beeswax note, which i really enjoy.

This is the first review for this fragrance as I just received it today. It is gorgeous. The first reminder is Guerlain Insolence (the original one) with additional prominent powdery sweet honey note and cherry. The violet note is very similar between these 2. I prefer Thumb sucker overall for quality of this juice. It's dry down calms down with soft powdery almond. Overall this is my first fragrance by this house and I love it.

A almondy cherry very very pleasant. It opens with some sweetness from the honey and some floral vibe. The drydown turns more powdery with a very noticeable Beewax. A great discovering for me! Very similar to Divine perversion by Hedonik but softer. It could be the daytime versión of the bianchi's perfume. Scent: 10 Longevity: 9 Sillage: 6 Versatility: 10 Originality: 10 Global: 9.5

Such a nostalgic scent! It brings me back to childhood smelling primroses, violets, and narcissuses while playing outside in early spring! Such a clear memory. Beautiful! The honeyed woodiness and the powdery bitter almond (I don't get the cherry) also remind me of something from back then, maybe some kind of toy I used to play with had a similar smell? I'm not sure but I'm in love!

You're a glass of Dr. Pepper. You're a slice of cherry pie with whipped cream. You're a Maraschino cherry plucked from the jar with bare fingers, sticky and tart, your stem tied in a knot by the tongue. Thumbsucker by Stora Skuggan.

this is so fun and weird and polarising it’s such a nostalgic grandma scent with some beautiful candied violet, candlewax, almonds like smells like an expensive candle i would find ontop of a doily i think this is truly so gorgeous

she would apply it and her honeyed scent would turn me into an absolute dog. "thumbsucker" stuck to my pillows long after she left, which i was grateful for. "me he shall suck" indeed.

This smells like rose-incense to me. No rose listed in notes on here but not how I expected it to smell.lasts about 8 hours, and still pick it up on skin next day.

Thumbsucker makes me think of Minnie Riperton’s cover for her album “Stay in Love”. 70s hair and sticky fingers. Indulgent with a dash of sophistication.

Cherry plasticity is a plunge and gasp you have to swallow down to reach a really fleshy honey. Love how the initial sweetness is disgusting.

Warm and cozy, like a hug from someone you love. Recommended for evenings when you want to feel especially content.

What greets me first is a sweet-leaning yet strikingly dirty, animalic black honey accord. Alongside it, I catch something leathery, hay-like, and indolic; which turns out to be narcissus. Then, quite suddenly, the fragrance begins to transform. I usually dislike aggressive shifts, but in this case, I found it genuinely entertaining. Enter cherry; not the usual playful kind, but one woven into that dirty honey framework, carrying a distinctly fruity yet shadowed character. I’ve smelled countless cherry notes before, but never quite in this context or with these companions. This is extremely unique. For context: this comes after roughly 850 fragrances tested, and cherry–honey isn’t a pairing I’d normally gravitate toward; this sample came unplanned in a discovery box. Still, I’m very confident about its uniqueness. There’s a familiar backbone here; this house consistently leans into dirty, leathery, herbal, and woody territory, and this scent is no exception. This is by no means a carefree, glossy cherry; the dirty honey makes that clear from the outset. It’s a playful yet dark cherry, and because of that duality, this fragrance has firmly claimed a place in my mind as a succubus scent. I have a deep fondness for styrax in the base; its dark, balsamic, smoky character and leathery nuances always elevate a composition; and its presence here only deepened my appreciation. I took immense pleasure in smelling this. Tag(s): Dirty-animalic honey, indolic narcissus, styrax based leatheriness, dark cherry, succubus, devil-ish

what do Stora Skuggan’s Thumbsucker and Miley Cyrus’ Bangerz have in common? i’m glad you asked! both Thumbsucker and Bangerz blur the lines between youth and maturity. Thumbsucker, a pejorative for children who’ve yet to outgrow the self-soothing habit, poses the questions “where does doll-head end and vintage begin... do we associate cough syrup with old people or kids?” and then there is the cherry of it all: a symbol for sex and virginity. In 2013 Cyrus came in like a wrecking ball, wearing nothing but a red lip, effectively shedding the remnants of her Disney girl image. need i spell out why the moral panic that ensued after Cyrus’ venture into hip-hop reified the terms of all-American innocence? moral panic aside, it’s objectively ironic that the infamously salacious VMA’s performance with Robin Thicke was done in a fuzzy bear leotard and space buns. also i think the most childish thing one can do is replace the ‘s’ in ‘bangers’ with a ‘z.’