We may earn a commission when you buy from links on our site, including the eBay Partner Network and Amazon.

Profile 1: Medusa 2017

8.1 / 10 79 Ratings
A popular perfume by Ikiryō for women and men, released in 2017. The scent is floral-smoky. The longevity is above-average. The production was apparently discontinued.
Compare
Similar fragrances
We may earn a commission when you buy from links on our site, including the eBay Partner Network and Amazon.

Main accords

Floral
Smoky
Resinous
Spicy
Sweet

Fragrance Notes

EmbersEmbers Peru balsamPeru balsam BlackberryBlackberry CognacCognac FrankincenseFrankincense AmberAmber Black roseBlack rose CarnationCarnation LabdanumLabdanum MuskMusk StoneStone CloveClove MagnoliaMagnolia PatchouliPatchouli Spanish mossSpanish moss
Ratings
Scent
8.179 Ratings
Longevity
8.472 Ratings
Sillage
7.572 Ratings
Bottle
8.153 Ratings
Value for money
6.521 Ratings
Submitted by FRAgrANTIC, last update on 08/30/2025.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to
Moschus Mystic Love by Nerval
Moschus Mystic Love
Ame Torturée by Ikiryō
Ame Torturée
Vert d'Encens by Tom Ford
Vert d'Encens

Reviews

3 in-depth fragrance descriptions
Gandix

180 Reviews
Translated · Show originalShow translation
Gandix
Gandix
Top Review 46  
A Love Beyond Death
This Medusa
only wanted to love,
to spread her enchanting vanilla scent.
But with her beauty and uniqueness
she attracted the envy and suspicion
of the people around her.
She was shunned and cast out,
yet she had softened the heart of a young nobleman.
The mob, however, was incited to such an extent
that they blinded her and cursed her.
Her hair turned into snakes,
and she could no longer look anyone in the eye,
especially not the young man.
He would immediately turn to stone.
A rival spoke very poorly of Medusa to the nobleman,
claiming this was her true face,
her true nature.
And in the end, it was he who beheaded her.
She was burned,
her head charred into a lump of plastic....

Yet deep within him, this love for Medusa
still resided in his heart.
He could not let her go.
Her death pierced his heart like a knife.

The young man left all his worldly possessions behind
and departed.
He took Medusa's mortal remains with him.
In a piece of forest, he dug a small hole with his hands,
gently placed her inside
and covered her with delicate leaves.
He wanted to smell her,
for through the leaves, the smoke of evil, and the plastic,
a hint of her graceful vanilla scent still penetrated.

Thus he sat for many years, guarding her grave,
so that in death, no one could cause her any more harm.
His heart was broken by painful, unfulfilled love.
Above the grave, delicate carnations began to grow,
blackberries climbed over it,
and after many years had passed,
a single, deep black rose.
The rose slowly and lovingly wound
around the man, who had turned to stone.
It bore no thorns.
It slowly drew him deeper and deeper into Medusa's grave.

As the man left his worldly life behind,
the curse of Medusa began to lift.
She once again exuded her sweet vanilla scent,
which merged with his balsamic-ambered essence into one.
A love beyond death.

I still do not know if I want to wear this scent,
the association with the plastic (for me, it is that) is already difficult. Yet it is filled with so much sadness
that touches my heart.
It carries this contradiction 'Good - Evil', 'Beauty - Decay' within itself,
like I have never encountered in any other perfume.
What is it in the end?
An amazing and wonderful creation.
38 Comments
Gschpusi

302 Reviews
Translated · Show originalShow translation
Gschpusi
Gschpusi
Top Review 3  
Beauty with Golden Wings
I actually don't want to get stuck in Greek mythology, even if the fragrance is supposed to describe Medusa. But I also want to share how the beginning was, as it beautifully reflects the scent.
Medusa was not always so cursed and frightening. She was a true beauty with golden wings. She lived in the north and guarded an entrance to Hades. Unfortunately, it was very dark there, without sunlight. Her contact with the deceased allowed her to experience the beauty and power of the sun, and now she desperately wanted to see it. Her request to the goddess Athena to guard the one entrance in the south unfortunately failed. Athena did not grant her this wish. Medusa became angry, and the two quarreled. Thus, Medusa unlawfully headed south.
Upon arrival, she met Poseidon, and they fell in love with each other. They began a passionate affair and chose a temple dedicated to Athena for their rendezvous. Athena found out and punished her angrily by transforming Medusa, the former beauty, into an ugly, terrifying monster with snake hair and a deadly gaze. She also banished Medusa to a place where most of all monsters dwell. So much for that.
*
Medusa by Ikiryo - the floral variant!! - is truly a divine beauty. The beginning smells intoxicating, sparkling like fruity champagne. Expensive and noble. Each blackberry plucked individually into the glass. Bubbles rise up, and it smells heavenly. A garden with rose arches, where dark roses climb along. The thorns as long as needles and just as sharp. Heavy and lush in scent. One walks - slightly tipsy from the champagne - barefoot over moss and grass, roughing up the earth with their toes, and it smells earthy-green, patchouli in its almost purest form. Strolling past a magnolia tree that is already fully displaying its floral splendor, the delicate, almost shy scent can only be perceived when the blossoms are crushed. Then it gets darker, a little cooler, one steps again through a rose arch, this time entwined with black roses. Threatening and cold. Black as the night, but enchantingly beautiful. A gentle veil of mist, smelling of clear and ecclesiastical incense, surrounds you like a cloak and hugs you. A protection? From the eyes of Medusa? The moss has stopped growing, and it becomes stony. Mineral rough and gray, somewhat dry, and were it not for the hope that sparkles like small amber stones, one would be lost.
Medusa, the floral Medusa… so beautiful, so wonderfully beautiful.
A fragrance so dense and full of so many facets can only be divine.
The bottle is darkly attractive. The scent lasts what feels like an eternity, and the consistency is slightly oily and high-quality.
Thank you, my dear!
P.S. I do not perceive this scent as unisex but definitely feminine.
11 Comments
Can777

257 Reviews
Translated · Show originalShow translation
Can777
Can777
Top Review 41  
Gorgonia
In fear and panic they stand there. Chiseled from rock and stone, as if they were still alive. Mouths wide open to the last scream and breath. Even the tears they shed in the last seconds of their existence have become stony pearls on their faces. Fire bowls flicker and illuminate the temple with flickering light. Grotesquely, the flames make the human statues dance in the reflection of the flames. Just as if they wanted to move one last time. The ground is covered in ash and dust, and the amphorae are coated. Filled with dying flowers of black roses and carnations. Cool and dry, the rotten marble breaks in the torchlight. Handprints in the dust and scratch marks on the columns. The air is permeated by the burning glow of the extinguished torch and the dead flowers that have wept. Decay and erotic fear fill the air. Not far away, the dull sound of the harp. Followed by humming song and soft sighs. She is not far away,...she is coming!

Profile 1: Medusa
...is not a perfume in the conventional sense. It is a liquefied mythological drama. It is the decay of beauty in perfection. A perfume that is permeated by the cold, stony death. A scent from which life gradually fades away during its performance. The smell of flowers like roses, carnations, and magnolias that slowly crumble to dust and smoky ash. Bitter clove and dark woody-dry notes from patchouli and the scent of earthy and dried moss give the perfume a morbid and antique aura. Smoky and burnt nuances permeate Profile 1: Medusa like extinguished torches or a fire. All warmth fades towards the end and turns to stone. Cool, dry, cold, and rigid.

Conclusion
Vincent Dreamhouse from Ikiryo has created a perfume with Profile 1: Medusa that could not better illustrate the boundaries between beauty and decay. Life and death in harmony. A morbidly beautiful and alluringly disturbing ancient tale. A perfume that fascinates and shocks. Vincent Dreamhouse consistently manages to create a unique atmosphere with his creations, as I have rarely experienced. An artist who goes further with his works than many others would dare. Profile 1: Medusa is, by the way, one of several scents in a series of historical figures such as: Anne Boleyn, Louis XV, Heka, and Adrienne Lecouvreur.

Profile 1: Medusa is also available in two different variants. The one I described is the drier, rockier, and less floral variant. The other is the more floral variant, and the process of petrification occurs slowly there. I had the opportunity to test both. Both scents are available only upon request and are made exclusively on demand, as they are not listed on the official website.

Profile 1: Medusa is not just a perfume,...it is a time travel into a face!
23 Comments

Statements

49 short views on the fragrance
1
The fireplace in a dark fairytale castle... A wizard's tower... Dungeon synth, dark labyrinths, and goblins. I'm completely in love.
0 Comments
34
30
Mystical Gorgon
Transforms you
With blackberry depths
Into black roses
Ember flakes
Drawn warmth
Sweetened resin at the heart
Translated · Show originalShow translation
30 Comments
33
37
*Brandglut*
cold eyes chiseled in stone
rose petal tears ... resin drips thick
warming
on earth & moss ground
sweet blackberry vanilla breath
Translated · Show originalShow translation
37 Comments
34
49
Black blackberries, black roses.
Their thorns studded with cloves,
hardly visible in the dense smoke,
on resinous, soft earth.
Translated · Show originalShow translation
49 Comments
3 years ago
33
54
Melancholic flowers with smoke
and a classic touch make me think of De Profundis. Berries & resins add a distinct sweetness.*
Translated · Show originalShow translation
54 Comments
32
24
Written with embers
Ground into the stone heart
Resins the sweet pain
Which sensually covered by smoke
Is awakened to new life
Translated · Show originalShow translation
24 Comments
29
29
Running through smoke
Fruits in the mist
Tears fall
on black roses
turning to stone
Patchouli comfort
Sadness embraces
the soft cocoon
Translated · Show originalShow translation
29 Comments
27
25
The Medusa loves her fruity blackberry liqueur balsamic
For that, she walks over rocky embers
It's smoky
Roses turn dark black
Translated · Show originalShow translation
25 Comments
26
23
I'm with Can. This is a scent of beauty and decay. It starts very sweet and powdery, almost gourmand, and ends with dark smoky notes.
Translated · Show originalShow translation
23 Comments
26
20
Medusa
She wanted to love in her enchanting vanilla way
beheaded, burned
charred to plastic
to be in wonderful patch vanilla
....
Translated · Show originalShow translation
20 Comments
More statements

Charts

This is how the community classifies the fragrance.
Pie Chart Radar Chart

Images

12 fragrance photos of the community
More images

Popular by Ikiryō

Damn Hippie by Ikiryō Drifting by Ikiryō Annwyn by Ikiryō These Miscegenic Three: Othello by Ikiryō Ame Torturée by Ikiryō Orange Sunshine by Ikiryō Pearl by Ikiryō These Sinful Three - Blood Cherry Cordial by Ikiryō White Rabbit by Ikiryō Hill of Tara by Ikiryō Coralie by Ikiryō La Belle Femme Sans Merci by Ikiryō Fête Ghede by Ikiryō Eidolon by Ikiryō Fugue by Ikiryō Oneirogen by Ikiryō Ad Noctum by Ikiryō Orange Moonshine by Ikiryō Everywhen and Then Again by Ikiryō Je Te Veux by Ikiryō