Wind Heat

1st impression: I didn't expect much from this, but turned out surprisingly pleasant! One of the best from this line. It's bright (almost aldehydic) and calming at the same time, with a vague floral bouquet sitting on white musk (very little "suede")--sounds boring but it's very classy and niiice~ 2nd try: This time the aldehydic vibe is much stronger like a classical floral, yet quite fruity with strong peony & freesia. It's officially my favorite from the collection :)

This is a spicy and fresh scent with rose to my nose. I can see this as unisex: the heavy pink pepper and suede afford this. BUT the florals are quite feminine. The peony and freesia are a fresh, feminine soap combo that play nicely with the musk. Definitely a like but doesn't knock my socks off.

The opening is just dynamite. It is so bright it evokes some forest notes to me. It glides smoothly with minimal change down into a skin scent.

Wind Heat is the first disappointing scent from THoO for me. While the name suggests something along the lines of Chergui or L'Air du Désert Marocain, it is instead a sweet-spicy peony-rose with a slightly unpleasant animalic quality to the drydown. The suede note is very subtle - it is more synthetically musky than truly leather-like - a pity, as I really enjoy a good suede note in perfumery. WH opens with soft, sweet peony and something akin to aquatic lychee in the background. Pink pepper adds rosy spice. A pine-like quality develops after the opening settles a little, woody, green and aromatic. Some powdery rose emerges as it develops, becoming drier and more animalic. As it dries down, it becomes an animalic musky-rose skin scent with remnants of pink pepper adding soft spiciness until final fade. I'm not a fan of the synthetic, animalic musk here - it is a poor substitute for a well-rendered suede note. Sillage is strong and longevity is moderate. A simple, linear scent that starts off intriguingly but runs out of steam, WH is not bad overall, just underwhelming. Feminine-leaning and best worn in warm weather. OK, but pointless in my opinion, especially given the price. There are much better THoO offerings available. 2.5/5.

Wind Heat is ok. It has some complexity and depth to it but I can't help that it reminds me of an early 2000s perfume that gave me a headache. It also comes off a bit cheap. I want to like this brand so much but I can't get past the synthetic smells. A scrubber.