Iridium

When I hear "Iridium" in my mind, it sounds very sterile, making me think of the white padded walls of a mental hospital. The scent smells equally sterile. It smells like pure white crystals, if they had a scent. The angelica is green, and here it provides just the right edge to amp up the whiteness. On my skin it's musky with an herbal edge. For a moment the sharp angelica smells a bit like the sour flesh of a lemon. I also smell the strong Iso E Super, a note I cant stand if it is obvious enough for my nose to detect, but here I like it! Now here is a perfumer who doesnt just use it as a base but knows it well enough to really use it as a note, as the vetyver and angelica really compliment the Iso. Without the zesty green we would just have another boring and synthetic Iso perfume. This is an incredibly strange and unexpected perfume, but I really, really like it! It is crisp and clean...to the extreme. It could be full bottle worthy. Sillage was average, and it lasted many hours on me. Keep your nose away from your wrists, or you might become anosmic.

This is a much drier and woodier version of Malle’s Angelique Sous La Pluie. It’s more casual and simple but it’s none the less still refined and elegantly blended. However, one must like the smell the combination of cedar and ISO E, I usually don’t but in this case, it works. I’d love to try the 71% version but unfortunately, Tom Daxon does not sell samples of that rendition. Somehow this beauty reminds me of Spice and Wood also, I love this one.

I bought this after buying the Gloved Cedarwood hand soap. I find they have a very similar smell. I also find it quite masculine. Doesn’t hang around for long though but whilst it’s there I love it!

This is what I expected ELDO Ghost In The Shell to smell like. I can smell the hot LCD display and wires. Such a pleasure, addicting.

Am I the only one who smell a LCD monitor in this? I looooove it!

بعض الاحيان تشوف النوتات وتشم العطر وتقول ؟؟ طبعا العطر ماله اي علاقة بالنوتات رائحة شي كيميائي مثل البنزين او مزيل المناكير او البوية خصوصا. لكن بشكل حلو + نشارة خشب تقريبا قفط هالنوتتين الباقي ماله اي اثر جيد من ناحية انه مميز ولكن ستمله بسرعة، اشتر عينه ١٠ مل تكفيك كيميائي خفيف نظيف تميز الرائحة ٨.٧/١٠ التقييم الاجمالي ٧/١٠ - Sometimes you see the notes, smell the fragrance, and just go “??” The fragrance has nothing to do with the listed notes It smells like something chemical, like gasoline or nail polish remover or wall paint especially, but in a pleasant way, plus sawdust Basically just these two notes The rest has no effect Good in terms of being distinctive, but you’ll get bored of it quickly, get a 10ml sample and that’s enough Light, clean, chemical vibe Uniqueness 8.7/10 Overall rating 7/10

I actually enjoy the opening to this, having an earthy and organic quality due to the Angelica and carrot seed (I do not get a lot of juniper). Cedar and Iso E Super, although being intended base notes, project out in the opening (likely contributing to the velvety texture to the scent). Again like with other Tom Daxon fragrances this one evolves very quickly, drying down to a subtle iris accord. This iris is less floral, having more of a powdery and "lip stick" quality. After 15-20 minutes it nearly vanishes from existence, as though an apparition. Unfortunate, as I believe this one had great potential. (35)

I quite like this, particularly for the juniper-iris opening. Unfortunately the Iso E Super is overwhelming towards dry down and spoils it for me. I thought the longevity/sillage were fine for what this scent is likely to be for - it's office friendly and best for a relaxed setting. If you are looking for a cool, velvety iris and don't mind a heavy dose of Iso E Super, Iridium is a good choice. For alternatives I would try Carner D600 or Aedes de Venustas' Iris Nazarena.

Got a sample of this as it sounded intriguing and the first spray was startling giving me an almost static electricity vibe which made my tongue tingle. But that almost instantly transformed into an unremarkable dry, powdery floral that felt very matronly on me. Luckily it has basically vanished within the hour. Disappointing all around sadly

Yuck. Light and soapy. Much more feminine than unisex. Too sweet for my taste.

A rather soft and nice second skin kind of scent Even with for a skin scent this has could have performed better. I get poor projection and a little sillage for 4 hours. I find that skin scents try to be more unisex by calling the musk, but the only way you can make up for it is with certain high quality sandalwoods or patchouli's, I wanted to love this, but Friode by serge lutens is more playful and noticeable and Musk nobilis is more elegant and performs much better, so this is pass for me. Tom of Finland is going to be the best mass appealing skin kind of scent to men I'd wager. For women, Byredo gypsy water is soft and lovely

Oddly enough this reminds me most of Le Labo's Another 13, which I was not expecting. I think it's the sharp cedar in the drydown alongside the angelica and carrot seed lending that sweaty, musky aroma. The IsoE adds a dry, slightly sour woody effect. Not really that impressive and can't smell many details outside of that. As time goes on the iris becomes more prominent but feels right at home in the "molecular" second skin type smell.

Top of my want list, the 71% perfume version (although I just read the price! Yikes!) This is the masculine iris I’d hoped The Different Company’s Bois d’Iris might be. Must love iris and all of it’s dusty, grey, silver, plastic and soil tincture facets. But it is far less brutal than just that. Iridium is a refined gentleman, clean and well dressed. This is Masque Milano L’Attesa’s husband. 4 out of 5.

The topnotes of this scent to my nose smell like a bunch of weeds someone ripped up from the roadside. That weedy funky smell fades in 30 minutes, though, and then almost nothing is left. Some folks say they smell iris but I am an iris fanatic and if there's any iris in there it is the faintest iris ever made. The whole scent fades into total nothingness in an hour. Don't waste your money on this one.

-Finally, an iris X carrot seeds blend that doesn't veer into carrot territory (Looking at you, Iris Rebelle - Atelier Cologne) -Iridium is a scent that leans on the masculine side. -Reminiscent of Hinoki essential oil by Japanese lifestyle brand MUJI. -Slightly musty, like old books in a dark library. -Dries down almost-pungently stinky of oud. Just your run-of-the-mill oud. (-)

Iridium is musky and very soft - mostly Iso E super and powdery iris are noticeable on my skin. Similar to Escentric Molecules Escentric 01 but much weaker and lighter. Hardly noticeable on the skin after an hour.

sweetnspicey: Iridium is a real word. Iridium is a chemical element with symbol Ir and atomic number 77 and belongs to the platinum family.