Viper Green Ex Nihilo 2017

First of all, I usually absolutely dislike "green" perfumes. You could actually chase me with them. That's why the small sample of this fragrance sat here for a few days before I cautiously sprayed it on. What a positive surprise. I am simply enchanted by this very, very green scent, which, although it doesn't suit my type, smells incredibly heavenly.

When I went for a walk with my dog yesterday morning, I was enveloped the whole time in a green and wonderfully fragrant bubble. After I had walked a few hundred meters from home, a lady on her bicycle came up from behind. She stopped and said that I smelled unbelievably good. She could smell me from afar and mentioned that she rarely had smelled such a wonderful fragrance. So the sillage on my skin is definitely on point. I could smell myself all day, and even after the shower, a hint of the scent was still detectable on my skin. So, excellent longevity as well.

The fragrance smells like the forests and grass after rain in summer. Like freshly mown grass and a hint of summer flowers in the meadow. It's like inhaling fresh air in the woods on a cool late summer morning after the rain. It smells exactly like the perfume looks, green and herbal, in the truest sense of the word.

The scent starts off very, very green and very fresh. The angelica root gives the fragrance a beautifully herbal note. The scent is also slightly soapy and reminds me in the opening of a particular green hand soap from my childhood that I loved to smell. Green and slightly spicy. In the drydown, the fragrance becomes creamier and increasingly powdery due to the iris. But it remains green. In the base, the vetiver and an earthy yet soft patchouli are very noticeable.

An incredibly beautiful fragrance, and if you are the type for green perfumes, you should definitely test this scent. I'm just not that type, but I spray a tissue with the fragrance daily and sniff it all day long. So heavenly...