Age of Innocence

i used to see this guy who was a big car guy, and i remember we were at a gas station and i was telling him what flavours i thought each fluid for cars was. of course, he’d actually tasted some on accident, and he informed me that they in fact did not taste like blue razz or cherry. this kind of reminds me of him; making out in a gas station parking lot, and he guesses what flavour of lip smackers i’m wearing. i should’ve worn this when i saw him. he has aphantasia, but like with all his senses. to my understanding there are very specific things stored in his memory bank that can be triggered back into memory bc his brain finds it worth storing (or something like that). i should’ve worn this so that every time he’s in that damn garage or gassing up, the smell makes him thinks of how he has ghosted me after kinda hooking up in his car. if you or you know someone who had a car situationship, keep this in mind. anyway, i only have a vial of this so i feel like i can’t really describe what the initial first spritz smells like, but the first hit to the skin is harsh, slightly burnt rubber, but the rubber is strawberry flavoured, and it’s a giant wad of it stuck to a boardwalk. i’m envisioning a big red truck doing donuts on a boardwalk rn. the rubber scent stays, and the gas note kind of back seats it, only being sharp around the middle before it mellows out. it was a bit metallic, but i feel it’s less when it dries. this is honestly so wearable, if you’re looking for a weird fragrance to wear. this one is a good one to start with. heavy on the rubber tire, complimented by sweet carnival scents + a dash of floral, smothered against a dry boardwalk. i tested this before i went to sleep and omg it faded into a very faint, sweet cotton candy + bubble gum. so cute.

WOW! Okay. I think Toskovat might just be my favorite perfume house now. I initially avoided this one because I do not like sweet scents all that much, however with this scent, they’ve delivered exactly what I asked for and then some. It opens with a mindblowingly photorealistic bubblegum accord that is bright, chewy, juicy, with that slightly minty undertone that real bubblegum comes with too. But don’t be fooled. It was immediately apparent that there's also a striking similarity to Inexcusable Evil holding the hand of the bubblegum. This is if you took Inexcusable Evil and stuck it in a pile of Hubba Bubba. (I absolutely love Inexcusable Evil as well, mind you.) while it doesn’t fully deliver on the gasoline, what you do get is this grungy, industrial alt girl scent. It has a smoky scent of fireworks, asphalt on a boiling hot summer day. Summer pavement so hot it can fry an egg, literally melting the bottom of your shoes. You just stepped on some gum, and it sticks to the concrete with long, gooey pink strings. It’s edgy, pungent, loud, and unapologetically cloying. And I love it. This is bubblegum with a vengeance. It is a girl with a spiked baseball bat, popping gum and giving you the death stare. It's girlish in scent but punk at heart. There's so much attitude, like Roxy from Scott Pilgrim. Not for the faint of heart and can be headache-inducing, but still so addicting. If you want to smell like a character, not a person, this is it. You will smell sweet but not seem sweet at all. This will make people get away from you, a death stare perfume in the best way possible. Wearing this makes me feel like a bad bitch, and very happy :) Love. Love. Love. ❤️🩷❤️🩷 💣💣💣💥💥💥

Hit and run. Blood on the pavement. Cotton candy in the air. When I wear this I feel like a sweet girl (chewing gas station strawberry Hubba Bubba) now all mangled up on the road. You could say “Katherine why do you want to smell like a pretty little crash victim?” but you’re not my therapist so that would be a highly inappropriate question to ask. When I put this on, the first immediate scent I get is plastic and rubber like the bicycle section of Walmart (don’t ask why I’ve been in the bicycle section of Walmart or in any Walmart ever) but don’t let that put you off. Please. This is one of my most complimented perfumes for a reason. After a few seconds of Walmart tire it transforms on the skin giving way to the most delicious strawberry gum smell in the world. You can almost taste it. The sillage is decent, you leave a short little bubblegum trail for the first hour or so that you wear it. The dry down gets violent, that may be the crash itself. The sweetness fades and leaves you with gasoline, metal, pink roses on a wooden cross. It’s not just a fragrance but a moment, a story you get to experience first hand. The reason people around you will love it is because they want to smell the Crash (1996) unfold on your skin. It will draw them in close enough to die with you. This is an all-timer summer signature. Toskovat' elevates the medium of fragrance. I’d sell my soul to get my hands on the rest of their perfumes if this one is indicative of the quality of the rest. This was my most favorite blind buy that I’ve ever experienced. Try it for me. Please.

wow. this is truly something else. on paper my immediate reaction was ok this is a wild combination but definitely not for me. the bubblegum/candy/gasoline/metal/rubber blend is really elegant but just far outside my usual profile (honestly never imagined myself being able to wear a candy-of-center scent). it really does elicit a kind of sickly fairground energy. a leaky gas generator pumping for a carnival ride and cotton candy stuck to your fingers and the rubber of the rubber of the harnass that you are strapped in with. that said, when I put it on it was completely intoxicating. somehow completely sexy and alluring. I wore it for a full weekend and the more time I spent with it the more it became obvious that this truly is an oud scent at its core. but unlike any other oud scent I've ever encountered. it feels subtle in comparison to the edge of the other notes but it really grounds the scent and grows more pronounced throught the dry down. that's when the rose starts to ever so slightly rise to the surface as well. everyone around me was consistently asking me what I was wearing and it was a pretty common reaction of confusion and sexiness that the fragrance elicited. this is an easy 10/10 for me which really, really surprised me. quickly becoming one of my favorite things I've encountered.

First and foremost: this is not a safe blind buy in the slightest. It is an incredibly dense scent, and unless you're particularly entranced by industrial, chemical-y scents, this can be headache-inducing, unwearable, even repulsive... Age of Innocence is a constant clash between a loud, toxic, tooth-decaying bubblegum-y sweetness and the addictive smokiness one might find from huffing gasoline. In between that clash lies a persistent hypnotic nausea that can come either from a memory associated with these scents, or just how powerful and pronounced these scents are. Bolstered by the woodiness sitting at the base of this fragrance, its incredibly warm, and if you find a comfort inside all the nausea it creates, you might even find it becomes cozy after some time sitting on your skin. It's a shame this fragrance is not only incredibly steep in price (especially in comparison to Toskovat's other already expensive fragrances), but also hard to find, as it's not even in stock on their own website. I hope to own a full bottle one day, but the purchase would be hard to justify for something with such a niche appeal (I certainly wouldn't recommend this as a date night fragrance or a daily driver, by any means)