Métaboles

I was completely unsure what to make of this one at first sniff. It's deceptively aquatic and 'fresh'. You have to wait a bit, and then some other characteristics emerge, particularly the minty quality, the amber and vanilla and geranium. I also detect some caraway or other sinewy/sour herbs (almost like dill or sorrel.) The ivy note is big - ivy really does have a pretty distinct smell if you crush some leaves - slightly peaty and fern-like. I think this wet green scent lasts the longest. Metaboles could most definitely appeal to a certain crowd, especially those who like aquatics with a bit more 'umph' to them - or, green aquatics. Not a ground-breaking scent, but a nice twist on a theme.

First off, I just wanted to give a shout out for Ys-Uzac for their sample atomizers. Their sprayers diffuse better than many actual bottles offered by brands. Outstanding, thumbs up. Metaboles opens with actual mint leaves, not peppermint candy. It's a fistful of leaves crushed in my hand. Unlike with Geranium Pour Monsieur, the geranium is definitely taking a back seat here, sharing the ride with punchy tomato leaf, which does push forward more so several minutes into development. The overall feel of the heart is that of the air surrounding a damp, dewy, leafy herb and vegetable garden on a sunny day. This does shift, though, as the greenery becomes more muted, a benzoin sweetens and powders up the affair, and drifts into an introverted amber. If I didn't already have a motley assortment of leafy green, herbal fragrances at my disposal, I might've carved a space out for this beauty. Very nice!

I blind-bought this because I wanted to find a replacement for "What About Adam" by Joop!, and the notes seemed to be similar between the two. Metaboles is very light and aromatic. I can smell the mint and geranium combo, very similar to Geranium pour Monsieur. I can also smell Ivy, the same as in Sander by Jil Sander. The tomato leaf is not prominent for me at all, which I was hoping it would be. Overall, it is a green cologne type: clean, dry, aromatic, light, zingy, a bit soapy, and rather restrained. It does not last more than a few moments. I wore it on the spring vacation at the beach. I wanted to anchor the moment with this fragrance, and it matched the mood. I would make tomato leaf more prominent, take out geranium and ivy, and add a bit of vanilla in the base to contrast with the sharp aromatic green notes of tomato leaf and mint. If you like this genre, the similar ones are: Geranium pour Monsieur Absinthe Nasommato Comme Des Garçons Green Lancome Miracle Aquatonic Sander Jil Sanders

I loved this fragrance. Just started a quest to find a scent that I love and that lasts. I ordered 16 fragrance samples and dabbed 6 of them on my arms this morning. Metaboles is the only one with any lasting quality. It started out very minty and fresh and the dry down is just beautiful. I wish I knew more to describe it to you and I'm hoping my quest will enlighten me to that end. I would recommend Metaboles as an everyday upbeat fragrance. Warm weather or not.

Ys Uzac is quite fond of sandy and powdery notes for their base in fragrances. Metaboles follows that blueprint. My 1st initial reaction was that it smelled like Ineke field notes from paris because of its aromatic green feel. As it starts to develop, it was quite different. This is a very unisex and inoffensive spring/summer scent. Might i add that this has zero sillage and zero projection. Use only for cozy situations.

very complex. greeny, lightly spiced up, with a hint of sweet. sophisticated and very light. kind of dusty, sandy, & kind of powdery! i can smell the tomato leave very clear and the mint note as well after few minutes of the first spray, & it has nothing to do with Dracula's fragrance Elixir by penhaligon's.

Geranium Pour Monsieur remixed. Take the basic mint-geranium-(clean)musk structure of the Malle and add to it some extra greenness. A dollop of pepper and licorice on top et voilà. Very good and refreshing but I stick with GpM. Rating: 7/10

So elusive, barely there on me but wafting bursts of leaf, then mint and geraniums and much later licorice. Just me. Its aura was gone in an hour but a sweet something clung to my skin over night.

This has a kin to rose and Cuir by Frederic Malle more than Geranium pour Monsieur; Rose and Cuir is the better performer from my experience.

MMM I love geranium!! I love the minimalistic design....Is it a choice for us ladies??