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.

I love this perfume so much! But it took some warming up to, because when I first smelled it (sample vile) I really did NOT like it. The scent was almost repelling; skunky and strong. It wouldn't be another few months before I would come back to it. I started wearing it, nothing, meh, wore it some more....and then something changed. It started smelling better on my skin, even though I had tried it on my skin before, the scent started to evolve or maybe my nose was picking up on the other notes. I don't know what happened, but this wasn't love at first sniff that's for sure. Laurel Canyon was an acquired taste for me, and that's why I love it even more. There is something youthful and a little rebellious about this smell, like skipping class to go on a hike with friends and packing an apple to smoke out of on the way.

I grew up in Laurel Canyon and this perfume is almost more than just a fragrance to me. I live far away from there now and this scent truly makes me feel connected to my childhood neighborhood in a visceral way. The scent is warm and herbal in a way that feels cool and aloof and sexy and when I smell it I can visualize walking down the hill to go to the country store for a bagel on a slow saturday morning. The sillage on this fragrance is great and I frequently get complements on it, specifically citing how unique it is. This is by far one of my most treasured fragrances in my wardrobe and I'd go so far as to call it my signature scent. I'm so grateful that something that can capture a place and time that means so much to me exists. (Sorry If this review was way too personal to be helpful!)

This is SO good. I read that the inspiration for this was the scarf Stevie Knicks used to tie around her mic stand. I feel they completely nailed this. This fragrance is sexy, but not the type of sexy that attracts others-- in fact, the sharp medicinal quality might even be a bit repellant. It's the type of self-assured sexiness that comes from within. The perpetual "it" girl who really could care less what anyone thinks. I get quite a bit of cannabis here, but not teenage stoner. Skunky, hazy, herbal, expensive kush. Kief even. I find myself reaching for this again and again no matter how much I want to try out other fragrances in my collection. I find myself opening the bottle and sniffing mindlessly when I wander past my dresser. For me, it is just absolutely addictive.

The first time I tried this, I wasn't a huge fan. I let it sit in my perfume cabinet for a couple of months and then went back to it and I love it now. It's beautiful, strong, and unisex. The first note I caught was the cannabis. It might be because I do smoke a bit, but it was the first thing I noticed. That specific note died down within half an hour and then you get this lush, complex golden scent. It's herbal and warm and really unique. I like it a lot on myself, it's everything I want (herbal, warm, strong, long-lasting) and more. I tried the other three scents in TWM's collection but this is the best. I literally can't stop wearing it. I smell like I'm the hot girl outside of a party, offering you one of my one-hitters with effortlessly cool/weird makeup.

One of my all-time favorites. Very herbal and almost medicinal with little curls of citrus oil on first spray, but settles into something inexplicably mouth-watering and familiar after a few minutes. The cannabis adds a resinous green note without feeling like anyone's teenage basement, and as a certified clove-hater, I can confirm that the clove here harmonizes so well with the other "bass notes" that they all become greater than the sum of their parts. Jasmine is what prevents this from leaning masculine on me; it feels soft, clean, and earthy, and the gentle funk of the ambergris pulls that clean into something alive and skin-like rather than soapy. If I want to feel fresh but not sterile, this one does it for me.

This is going to sound so weird but at first whiff I instantly am reminded of the bug spray I used to use in the summers when I would ride horses for hours and hours as a kid. And not in a bad way at all, this scent is so nostalgic and comforting that I keep dipping my head to the bend of my elbow for another sniff. After the opening it smells very cool and herbal on me. This is just such a crazy scent memory for me. It's warm horse coat, tangy bug spray (the good kind, that smells like lemon and menthol), sunshine and rain all in one. Like I'm bringing a horse in to the stalls after the rain started. I think I've just talked myself into a full bottle with all that writing.

At all points during its dry-down, this is one of the most ambient fragrance I have ever smelled. it immediately smells like driving through California with your windows down, you get the pine and the warm wood and the smell of cannabis drifting on the wind, the distant fresh sea breeze, all painted on a spicy backdrop. it dries down slightly to release a musky palo santo scent very quickly. this fragrance lasts a long time, but i find the eventual dry down to smell exactly like my Indian uncle. he smells lovely so this is fine, but i wish the fresher notes were more long lasting like the spicy woody ones. in short, very much the essence of california exactly as marketed.

Upon first spraying it is intensely strong with the spicy notes and smells a lot of herbs and grass, which is my least favourite part. But as it settles on the skin, it changes completely and turns into a beautiful summer scent. This is like sitting on your front lawn as the sun is setting on your skin, and nearby a neighbour mows their grass, and you are smoking a joint while messily eating orange slices. It is delicious, and so earthy. On my skin, it is grassy and the hints of sweetness from the orange stays on my skin. It smells heavily of fresh cut grass and is very comforting.

I love this scent. I’ve never smelled the citrus in this but I don’t mind. It does a great job of being green and herbal without smelling like grass. To me it definitely smells of cannabis and cloves, but somehow doesn’t smell completely like either. It’s very hard to describe. The further away I smell, the more it feels like jasmine. The scent feels warm yet fresh? I truly don’t need to spray more than once for this perfume to be in full effect. I find a half spray on each wrist is good enough. The projection on this perfume is sometimes a bit too much for those around me LOL

I didn't like this at first. It was sharp and green and smelled like a hippie. HOWEVER. After a couple of months of wearing it, it's absolutely grown on my. Just pre ordered a full size. It's warm, musky, earthy, and overall such a UNIQUE scent among my age group (early 20's F) where most perfumes my peers wear smell great, but the same. Think Chloe, Tom Ford, Flowerbomb type stuff. This is so different if you're into that. It's warm and reminds me of the mountain air in the Rockies. Great craftsmanship and I love love love this brand.

the orange note plays so nicely with the resinous and herb-insss of this fragrance, very sweet. the way each note performs reminds me of instruments in a band attempting to play the loudest. I’d never expect a fragrance which so much reliance on patchouli and jasmine-most often pungent to my nose-to be one of my favorites if it weren’t for how they harmonized with the tar and sweet citrus. performance time is short which makes me a little sad, and I never really know the “correct” occasion to wear it.

I loved this perfume when I sprayed it on. I simply LOVED it. The blend of clove and jasmine was a revelation to me, and I thought the entire blend was so spicy, dry, green and intriguing. But then the patchouli hit and I was sunk into a 3-day migraine from the dizzying effects of this smell. It scent lasted all day and into the next and had outstanding projection. All this to say — it is a powerhouse scent that I wish I could wear, but I, unfortunately, have learned patchouli and I don't get along.

This scent to me has become my new signature. It is so good. The citrus note and the herbal cannabis note are perfectly blended. The Cannabis doesn't smell like the cheap stuff high schoolers smoke it's refined and has this herbaly spicy medicinal scent. It's smell that even non perfume lovers have given me complements on. This will last you all day and personally I think this can work as a bold everyday scent or as a going out scent, but I might be biased because I'm addicted to the smell.

my absolute favorite perfume. my favorite way to describe it is like a sexy musky man took me on a beautiful hike to go smoke. i personally think that it layers and mixes well with other scents. depending on the season i’ll mix it with something a little bright/fruity or more musky and powdery florals. absolutely love this brand. also it’s what i chose my husband to wear for our wedding and it’s FABULOUS on men as well. one of the few scents he’s actually happy to smell on himself all day.

I love this perfume a lot. There are a lot of nice and pleasant scents, but what makes Laurel Canyon special is that it makes me feel like myself, and I can communicate who I am by wearing it. To me it has a soul. I appreciate so much that it is a pretty scent without relying heavily on florals. It is somehow dirty and down to earth but also sophisticated and chic. She has an adventurous spirit. She has so much life to live. She spends a lot of her life laughing. Smells great on clothes:)