The Musc Essential Parfums 2018 Eau de Parfum

This is going to be a strange review. Because I love the scent, it's just not for me.

I love the scent because it reminds me of buzzing bees making honey, juicy fruit hanging from trees warmed by the sun, with a generous dose of fluffy white musk. I was totally surprised not to see any fruit listed, I could have sworn it contained blueberry! Blueberry-honey-white musk is what I smell.

It feels very "French", very happy, very tender. It actually reminds me a lot of "Love, Don't be Shy" by Kilian, but I must admit that I prefer The Musc, both as a scent as well as performance-wise. It just feels more organic, more natural.

Unfortunately I cannot wear it, for the same reason I cannot wear most modern Guerlains. It is too sweet for me, too much like a (high quality) macaron. But that's just me! This is a solid offering, and extremely good value for money.

Up close the opening gives off whiffs of beeswax and lavender, and although I enjoy those scents in real life, it’s not my favorite part of experiencing this fragrance. The real beauty for me is in the dry down. The base notes are heavenly. Some will say it leans feminine, but I don’t think men should be discouraged to wear this. It’s really clean and pillowy and I wish the base didn’t sit so close to the skin. It does last a long time. This is such a pure innocent scent. I love it more every time I wear it.

And by laundry detergent I dont mean a blue fragrance. This is musky, feminine with a sensible amount of beeswax.
A perfect scent to feel clean, it literally gives you the illusion of a white bed sheet waving in the wind in the sun after being washed, not bad at all and one of the only scents from this house that I can actually appreciate wearing. Another scent from them that id get a small bottle for my pocket lol, definitely worth trying.

The Musc is the junction between fresh laundry musk and lived-in musk, a clean that is accented with just a touch of human tang. I have a soft spot for lavandin, a hybrid cross between English Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) and Portuguese or Spike Lavender (Lavandula latifolia). It's a stronger aroma than that of Lavandula angustifolia and is more camphorous. Lavandin sees much use in functional products such as those for house cleaning, air fresheners, detergents and personal care. Here, it imparts that just-out-the-dryer effect, while the macrocyclic "white musks" Nirvanolide and Serenolide make up the nucleus here. They are soft and sensual, velvety to the nose, recalling warm skin.

During my first wear, I began to feel as if it were a specter of my childhood memories, until it dawned on me: cotton. Cotton balls, specifically. When I was a young child, I would use cotton balls to tickle my nose as a sort of soothing mechanism, while sucking my thumb. Think Linus and his blanket. Core memory unlocked, this reminds me of the smell of those cotton balls. The freshest cotton ball, right out of the bag as purchased from CVS, through the round, perforated opening where they would be retrieved. Accompanying me while watching Sesame Street and Mister Rogers. Now that I've shared an intimate detail of my own childhood, I feel a bit liberated—and I feel comfort. My regards to Calice Becker.

Do you want to smell like you just pulled your clothes out of the drier with ten drier sheets? Then meticulously scrubbed your entire body with baby wipes? If so, The Musc is for you! This is a nice fragrance for those who need something that is inoffensive and reassuring of cleanliness. It is the opposite of an animalic. I could see a person working in healthcare or education getting a lot of use out of it. The lavender and beeswax are rather relaxing as well. I get decent projection and a little bit of sillage for the first hour, then it creates a close scent bubble for another 3-4 hours before becoming a skin scent. Longevity is average. If you like the Clean Reserve line, you'll probably like this.