Cyber Garden Costume National 2013

Cyber Garden is one of the most curious fragrances I have been able to sniff so far.

Our dear perfumer "Verbena" sent me her remaining sample, giving me the opportunity to test this scent, for which I would like to express my sincere thanks.

When a pharmaceutical technical assistant reads ether, it naturally clicks right away, and I was a little hopeful of being narcotized for free in the form of a fragrance :-)

But of course, that was not the case.

Cyber Garden starts off very fresh, green, but also somewhat mineral, which comes from the combination of green ether with bergamot.

In the background, there is a sour-fruity nuance to be sniffed, which comes from the grapefruit.

And yet, thanks to the pink pepper, there is something very subtly prickly in the nose, but it is not strong enough to cause sneezing fits.

This constellation can be detected on my skin for about 20 minutes before the heart note takes over.

Saffron is clearly and distinctly noticeable; it has a certain spicy leathery hint, but in my opinion, there are just a few drops too many in the creation.

The saffron comes across as slightly stuffy, even a bit musty, making one think of tanned leather.

The rose geranium is also detectable, but in my opinion, it is not pleasantly floral, rather faded, which I attribute to the saffron, as it suppresses the floral aspect too much with its stuffy nature.

Unfortunately, I couldn't detect the violet leaf at all, as the saffron unfortunately dominates too much on my skin, but I can imagine that this certain spiciness in the leathery hint could come from the violet leaf.

Far in the background, I smell warmed plastic.

When I read vinyl, I actually went to my wall, where decorative records hang, which the sun shines on all day, and I sniffed them.

And that fits; this warmed plastic note can indeed be detected in the background.

If someone had seen me sniffing the records, the nice people in white coats would probably have been called right away :-)

The heart note can be detected on my skin for a good 7.5 hours before the base sets in.

Something clear and mossy can be detected, which comes from the mosses.

The vetiver and patchouli only emphasize the mossy clarity with their very light earthy nuances.

Unfortunately, I couldn't sniff out opoponax and labdanum either, and I can also imagine that these two components are just meant to round off the base.

Overall, the fragrance can be detected for exactly 10 hours on my skin.

The sillage is relatively good in the first 30 minutes, not overwhelming, but one is well perceived at arm's length and then settles to be clearly perceived at a quarter of an arm's length, which is maintained until the fifth hour, before it then moves in relatively large steps towards being skin close, until the fragrance finally completely fades away.