Secret Woods Costume National 2021

I got the Discovery set of Costume National, among the samples they gifted the travel size of Secret Woods. Not a compliment getter but I liked It, and the fact that was a gift made me like It more than I should have probably. Fruity, citrusy, Woody, resinous, juicy, good quality. Didnt feel for buying a full bottle despite the Discovery set voucher. I think they overrated a bit their fragrances, now I see some good discounts if you want tò get anything from the brand.

Opens with a bright, camphorous blend of juniper and resin guaranteed to curl your chest hair, with leather and razor sharp vetiver joining the mix after about 30 min.

It’s bright and clean (almost to the point of astringency) and while sandalwood is listed as a note the woods here are really all about that sharp juniper paired with well conditioned black leather.

Projection starts high and eases down a little over the course of the wear (8+ hours). Very traditionally masculine coded.

Once again the theme of wood! And again the feeling of standing in the forest.
A different form of the multifaceted "forest spirit".
This time it has quite tame, almost delicate intentions. Because a whole lot of herb-sweet powder swirls around its wooden head. Styrax! An exotic resin, distantly related to myrrh and frankincense.
All in a bright-sounding fragrance note with citrus. A warm spiciness, somewhat "coniferous", resin-berry, green and "juniper-like" lies a bit beneath.
Like two permeable layers, they gradually penetrate each other. Diffusing from one "layer" to the next and back again. And each uniting and retreating entails a small change in the scent. Moving towards becoming darker.
Always the "stable core" of the fragrance comes closer. The "catalyst" that stabilizes the mixture.
Earthy notes of patchouli and vetiver increasingly come to the fore. Woody, fresh earth-covered "footwear", not in the sense of dirty, rather in the sense of "good forest earth", darkly fragrant, rounding, preserving secrets, murmuring and whispering in the midst of an enchanted forest.
Still dusted with herbaceous, dark powder, with partly leafy branch-arms and twig-hands, it strides majestically, winking, the root-feet in wooden clogs, covered with that "mysterious" good earth, this forest spirit has a certain "nobility". And it shows this through good-natured noble endurance. And the good will to remain clearly and present for a long time. The "blue blood" of the juniper in its wooden veins.....