Red Musk

Gorgeous a real find amongst the sickly sweet fruity lines the Body Shop is renowned for. Dry spices free of vanilla which I really like. I detect a bit of patchouli in here too but I might be imagining it. To me this is like a modern day take on a love child of Jovan musk and Obsession balmy warm and spicy with an extinguished candle note. I also get the comparison to Fahrenheit there is a similar hot firey note and the bottle is similar I suppose. Cinnamon but dry not mixed spice or apple pie like. Peppery clean yet dirty with the high quality cigar type tobacco but it could be a tad more leathery for my liking and a whole lot skankier. However I enjoy this as my day time appropriate office fragrance in place of my beloved winter scent sensuous noir which is a bit too raunchy for work in a conservative environment. This is along the same genre. There is a smidgen of the original white musk in here to keep things clean but its hardly there. The lotion is to die for a great base for layering oriental scents of most kinds. Not very long lasting but that is fine as this is quite affordable for a daytime scent. Sexy smokey but wearable. Perfect for any occasion as it never induces a headache due to the low projection it is unlikely to offend anyome yet smells sexy and sensual close up. The edp starts off like doctor pepper and cherries but soon mellows down to a warm spicy potion. I like to layer with the matching lotion everyday.

When this 1st launch, they have 100ml Edp, 100ml Edt, 30ml perfume oil concentration. But now this year, no more 100ml Edp only 50ml produced same goes with the Edt and for perfume oil they just newly produced new 20ml sizes. But luckily they do still have the 30ml though which is still a good news for me cause i prefer the body oil and planned to stock up this unique gem. As you all know the body shop is quiet well known discontinuing their precious perfumes. I dont know but i think its the sign they probably considering discontinuing this too. I hope not coz it'll be like nightmare for the perfumista like me whi adore this scent. This is actually really last long and have decent sillage specially the perfume oil. For the perfume oil you can use it alone without layering it with the body lotion or the shower gel. Tips ? I love the perfume oil and i normally apply 6 drops rules for this perfume oil. 6 drops at the back of my knees fold each left and right, 6 drops on my lower back spine area, 6 drops on my neck bone at the back of my neck, 6 drops on the chest,6 drops on the heart area, 6 drops at the back of my ear left and right each rub it all the to your frontal neck. That shall do the trick last 6 to 8 hours and on me. Decent longevity and sillage. The perfume oil react so good with your body heat and sweat isnt a problem. Coz trust me your sweat smell sexy with this.

I have the EdT and Perfume Oil. Both are different formulations. Funnily, I get very little musk from this. The oil was my introduction to it, and from it I get a hefty dose of cinnamon, though not nose-tickling. There is also certainly tobacco, though not a trace of ashiness about. Like Spicebomb, its tobacco is smooth and warm, with a slightly herbal aspect. I was surprised that dried fruit, especially apricot, wasn't in the notes, because the oil is jammy in the midphase and drydown. It's not cloying at all and actually very refreshing- I even wore this in summer! It's a versatile scent that could be worn any time of the year. The EdT amps up the peppery notes in the beginning and stays drier with more tobacco. It is a bit thinner than the oil and not as rich. It's woody and gives the overall impression of fire and smoke without actually smelling like them. I quite like it, and it's definitely in my top 10. It is definitely a unisex scent, bearing more than a passing resemblance (but being in my opinion better) than Spicebomb. In colder weather, it stays closer to the skin but is still detectable. It blooms with warmth. Longevity on its own is in the area of 4-6 hours, but I layer this with a homemade Molecule 01 (20% Iso E Super in 80% alcohol) and can get upwards of 12 hours out of the two combined. The cedar of the Iso E goes beautifully with Red Musk.

Oh I love this one! Red is a good name for this Musk, the notes are true and I get them all. On my skin it plays out like this: Starts off with the pepper, then the cinnamon makes its appearance. The combination gives almost a menthol like effect, don't get me wrong it does not smell minty at all. I don't quite know how to explain it, like if Vicks Vapo rub came out with a cinnamon version I guess. I find it really pleasant. Then it starts to sweeten up a bit more with the tobacco, which seems like a honey'd tobacco. The musk is present throughout and becomes more dominant in the dry down, similar type musk as used in white musk, just without ANY floral. I feel like there might be some sort of wood in it, but that might just be what my skin does with the musk I really like it, it's completely different and sooooo comforting. I want to snuggle up in it!! *additional note: wearing it today someone told me I smell like tea. I'm guessing they meant one of those fall specialty teas. Taking another smell I do agree with them that there is a bit of a black/orange pekoe smell to it

This perfume is perfect for the ones that enjoy musk- and lightly masculine notes. It is a very well-composed perfume, definitely one of my favourite musk-perfumes. I don't know how long it lasts but I would guess that it lasts very long, partially because of its strong character. A lot of people have told me that this fragrance smells too masculine and that it fits better on men. Personally I think it works good on women, it's slightly masculine but more like a women's fragrance heading towards a unisex fragrance. Yet I think men could wear this without anyone noticing that this, originally, is a women's perfume. I've tried the lotion too but it smelled horrible on my skin. Hopefully the same thing won't happen with the EDP, otherwise it's better to try to hinder the perfume to touch the skin. Overall, right now, I love this perfume and recommend everyone who likes masculine and musk notes to try this one!