Pop

Went out on a limb for this one, blind bought it and due to money conversion, shipping etc payed more than I felt comfortable for a 30ml extract. With the listed notes and the reviews I just couldn't help myself, I really wanted a fragrance that smelt heavy of root beer/Dr. Pepper. After a couple weeks it finally arrived and I was so hyped to try this. First wearing was a horror! What did I do! I have never had a blind buy that didn't work out for me, why did the first mistake have to be a $100+ one? So the opening had about 5 minutes of root beer and then I got Chinese medical oil. You know that green one that heats up as you rub it into sore muscles? Oh boy. Then the drydown was a cloying honey heavy medicinal woods mess. It was like the woods that are in a bottle of mamajuana (Dominican Viagra) minus the wine, but loads of cheap corn syrup being played off as honey. Really bad. It's was only after the 3rd wearing (and after shaking the bottle at random times during the weeks) that this came true. Okay I've never bought from a small batch indie house before. I grabbed this bottle right when it came back in stock. It must be that it needed time to blend properly or whatever. Now the root beer/Dr. Pepper opening lasts for hours. No trace of Chinese medicinal oil. No cloying weird honey note, instead a beautiful woody tobacco drydown that lasts for hours. It definitely delivered for what I was yearning. Great performance. 8/10

The smell of early fall parties with friends during late high school. Sneaking a shot of rum or two into your parent supplied root beer while outside around a fire pit. The smell of the dads hefty cigar they’re all smoking wafts down from the porch to the fire as good times are had by all. A very simple, if not evocative fragrance of simpler times. A realistic and evocative blast of root beer cut by a sweet, yet slightly smoked pipe tobacco & woody backbone. Not much if any beer, more just a very thick, syrupy fragrance. This has been such a joy to wear these past few evenings and I’m really happy to have this in my collection, even if just a 10 mL. James is a really talented nose, and while it’s sad to see him go, this has been one of my favorite gourmand-adjacent scents and I’m excited to wear this more in the future. Very good performance with moderate to strong projection depending on the heat. 9.3/10. Song vibe - Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl) by Looking Glass

I got to meet James, the perfumer today. What an awesome artistic guy with a lot of passion. I tried Pop and fell in love with it! The opening is intense, spicy rootbeer barrels from my childhood. It dries down into the coziest cinnamon, tobacco, and wood. It evokes memories of visiting old time general stores with their creaking dusty wood floors, jars of candies and cinnamon scented pinecones. I usually hate excessively spicy/woody fragrances but this smells so natural and comforting.

This is my favorite parfum. It smells so good. It reminds me of root beer barrels in the opening then dries down to an even more amazing scent. It lasts for over 12 hours on my skin. I get compliments a lot even though we are all wearing mask. I believe that this would smell great on everyone. I like it so much that I not only purchased 2 full bottles but I even got a third. This is my "olfactory find of 2021." Do yourself a favor and get your nose on this, I know you will love it.

It makes me want to eat my arm where I sprayed it. That sounds odd but says it all! Although, Pop is more than a trip back to the root beer float shops of my childhood. It has such deep, almost tobacco-inflected and boozy nuances that it also calms me down as it makes me smile. And the tobacco... is so good. So good. What a difference natural ingredients make! These fragrances’ accords have accords that have accords!