Laurel Canyon, 1966

my first ever blind buy, and i've half a mind to say this fragrance found *me*. it came up in my recommended and i didn't stop thinking about it for several months. eventually i said fuck it and bought the full bottle, and BOY am i satisfied !!!! immediately on spraying i get spicy, earthy notes, and a wonderful, delicious cannabis flower smell. after a few minutes, the clove and patchouli make themselves apparent. an hour of wear later i found it'd dried down to a delicate, citrusy floral, with hints of spice and greenery whispering above it. i imagine the inside of a coastal vintage store would smell like this. the dry down is gentle, and fresh; it's not as bold and grungy as the opening was, and frankly i'm not upset with that. it's a very versatile wear. i'm interested in trying more from this house. very very nice (would not recommend as a blind buy, the opening is Very powerful and can be offputting) ♡

After trying some of the other samples from the NY collection, and my immense disappointment that Girl of the Year didn’t work on me, I was beginning to wonder if maybe this house just didn’t work on my skin. (It happens.) But then I spritzed this on a wrist. And while I’ll have to give it a full sampling, I think this one and I are going to be good friends this spring summer. It opens a little camphorous on me in a way that called to mind for tree sap (and I was surprised there’s no pine or similar listed). The camphor calms and then I get a green herbal scent, over patchouli - the kind that I like, that makes me think of soil. I don’t smell cannabis, instead I think it contributes to the green herbal smell. I don’t get the cloves, but I only sprayed on a teeny bit since I was worried it wouldn’t work on me. Maybe with a more substantial spray I’d get that and/or the citrus.

Wow. I am in love with this brand, probably the most imaginative collection of scents I have had the luck to sample. This scent delivers exactly what it promises. It's not really an everyday perfume as much as it is an experience of a different time and place. How magical is it that you can be transported to a place in time through smell? I find that experimental perfumes have a tendency to be unwearable and while interesting, not attractive and enticing to other people. But Laurel Canyon, 1966 is as mesmerizing as it is wearable and sexy. It steals you away to a party, near the beach, lighting a joint and dancing in the sunrise. The cannabis note isn't prominent for me, I mostly smell clove and spicy notes. It smells exactly like someone's signature scent, it evokes the 70s, fast cars, lazy days in the sun, and someone's *medicine* cabinet. I love it!

This is a genuinely exciting smell. I can’t say I’ve smelled anything like this before. The cannabis note is more citrus than anything, but still a little green. This is the only green/earthy scent I have ever liked. The initial opening is a complex citrus scent, with the cannabis note shining through (but you don’t really smell like weed? Idk how else to describe it.) The initial dry down (5 mins after) is very clove & citrus, and the cannabis note is less apparent. The complete dry down (1 hr) is citrus, ambergris, clove, and a hint of patchouli. At the end of its very respectable 8 hr wear time, you are left with a hint of clove and patchouli. It’s a very interesting scent, and it goes through a lot of stages. Sillage is absolute beast mode, 10+ ft around the wearer. I’m very impressed with the quality. I recommend trying this out.

The day this arrived in the mail it was 90 degrees and sunny. I spritzed some on (maybe too much), and was immediately inspired. I drove to the beach, sat in the dune grass, smoked a little, and listened to Going to California on repeat. That is how this scent makes me feel. It smelt like a memory from the first spritz. It is androgynous, fresh and green. This is not your grandmothers pachouli or a dirty hippie scent. It is fresh and refined with a hint of good smelling shaving cream. This scent lasts for days on skin and clothing. It goes from citrus to herbal on the dry down but what you smell in the bottle is basically what you get. This has quickly become my signature scent. Sillage is moderate but this scent is relatively inoffensive. If you like the smell of fresh lemons and good bud this is worth the blind buy.