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Musk Therapy Initio 2021 Extrait de Parfum

Musk Therapy (Extrait de Parfum) by Initio

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Ranked 55 in Unisex Perfume

8.2 / 10 1850 Ratings

A popular perfume by Initio for women and men, released in 2021. The scent is creamy-fresh. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Creamy

Fresh

Sweet

Fruity

Floral

Fragrance Notes

White musk

Mandarin orange

Blackcurrant

Pink musk

Bergamot

Indian sandalwood

Magnolia

Ratings

Scent

8.21850 Ratings

Longevity

8.01688 Ratings

Sillage

7.31677 Ratings

Bottle

8.51581 Ratings

Value for money

6.51397 Ratings

Submitted by LVCAS, last update on 03/25/2025.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the "Hedonist" collection.

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What the fragrance is similar to

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Reviews

57 in-depth fragrance descriptions

07/21/2021

8
Pricing 9
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 8.5
Scent

EllieDewyn
4 Reviews

EllieDewyn

Helpful Review 6

Summer fragrance

Very lovely scent for summer, fruity, creamy and musky. Addictive even. When you think the citrus is gone, it pops up again later, love that! I own a bottle and I'm not mad about it. The more I wear it, the more it grows on me, I like it a lot but will it be a love ? Time will tell. I own Erba Pura aswell and it doesn't remind me of it. Maybe far far far related cousins?? Side by side test ? Yes for sure ! I will update my review.

03/07/2024

9.5
Scent

DogiCoco
581 Reviews

DogiCoco

Helpful Review 5

Perfect fruity, fluffy, skin-like musk

Easy to wear but interesting. The mandarin in Musk Therapy reminds me of multivitamin juice. I don't get a lot of bergamot and black currant, it's more of a general juicy orange fruitiness. At first I was not sure if I liked that, but after several tries it grew on me immensely and now I love it. This accord is certainly different from other citrus notes.

There is also a soft milky sweetness about this. No vanilla is listed, but it smells slightly vanillic to me. Maybe that's what they call pink musk? Something sweeter than the usual white musk? I'm not sure what to make of fantasy notes like this. Together with the fruit it makes me think of those solid yogurt snacks from the refrigerated section or some kind of milky mousse or cake filling.
Now don't get me wrong, this is not a gourmand. It just has some edible aspects, but just like the name suggests, there is also a lot of musk in this. It's fluffy and floral-infused at first sniff, but when I have this on my skin for a while, a hint of sharpness comes through. My nose is quite sensitive to sharp musks and they can ruin fragrances for me, but Musk Therapy contains just the perfect small dose to cut through the overall softness.

I kind of get why some people compare this to Byredo Bal d'Afrique, they have similar sweet citruses on a musky base, but I don't think they're the same or even very close. This is milkier, not as woody and has a prominent mandarin which BdA doesn't have. And I also get why it's compared to the sweeter, creamier Montblanc Signature. It's somewhere between them.

Musk Therapy is a very versatile fragrance that I would wear all year round for most occasions, except for parties and events when I just need something bolder. Even though it's a clean, perfumey musk, the scent feels natural on my skin, like it enhances my own scent without crossing into unpleasant body odor territory. Hard to explain, might sound weird, but I didn't want to leave this part of my impression out.

This is an older review from years ago and I kind of forgot about this scent, but right now I'm sniffing it on a blotter again and think I might need to add it to my wishlist. You can never have enough fluffy musks, right?

09/10/2022

Mlleghoul
422 Reviews

Mlleghoul

7

Abercrombie and Witch

I'm laughing at what I am not sure is actual copy or editorializing by LuckyScent for Initio's Musk Therapy. They write of "pleasure receptors activated, the mind being energized, and inner peace and pure delight." and I love you Luckyscent, but you are A LOT. And before you argue that I'm jealous because I'm not the staff writer tasked with churning out this poetic perfumed piffle...well, ok. You're right. I'm jealous. It was not for their description that I bought it, though. Victoria of EauMg described it as smelling like "hot people effortlessly being hot" and friends, I am not immune to that sort of hyperbole I'll even one-up it. This is a fragrance that makes you feel like you're just better than everyone. And you'll smell so good, they'll go with it. It's got a beautiful bitter sourness like the salvia flowers just outside my house, which smell like velvety aldehydes and sparkling grapefruit peels and a musky magnolia and sandalwood soapiness that's neither too much of one or the other and wow...this really is a flawless, perfect summer scent.

Edited to add: a friend just described this as "Abercrombie and Witch" and that is so perfect. Musk Therapy has got a sort of citrusy-fresh normie aspect to it that seems like something you smell all the time, but it's somehow elevated to an almost preternatural extent, like citrusy fresh as commissioned by a kajillionaire sorceress. I wear it because on one hand it makes me feel like I'm blending in, but at the same time, I'm reassuring myself, "no, no, you're really different, you're NOT LIKE OTHER GIRLS" and that's when the full moon peeks from behind a cloud and then I wolf out and bite a Karen's head off when she chirps about good vibes only. No Karen, we're gonna sit with our shit and do some shadow work and we're gonna smell really hot while we're doing it.

05/09/2024

2
Pricing 7
Bottle 5
Sillage 4
Longevity 6
Scent

Gorin
50 Reviews

Gorin

3

Slightly above average fuzzy musk from a below average fragrance house.

I vehemently dislike Initio. None of their perfumes are anywhere near as good as the marketed hype generated by tiktok.

That said I think Musk Therapy is their best and most original perfume.
It’s quite good, but it’s nothing special.
It’s a fairly generic white fuzzy musk scent with some pleasant citrus.

The performance sucks. Hard.
I was lucky to have this last 5 hours on my skin.
For reference l’eau papier from diptyque lasts about 8 hours on my skin - almost all perfume lasts a very long time on me.
There’s quite a few perfumes that for myself, render musk therapy redundant.
For the price this is pretty terrible. I wouldn’t buy this unless I owned thousands of perfumes already.
Then I still wouldn’t buy it bc I have thousands of more interesting perfumes to wear.

If you like this pls try l’eau papier.

12/24/2024

7
Pricing 10
Bottle 6
Sillage 7
Longevity 9.5
Scent

Xrunawayline
20 Reviews

Xrunawayline

2

Cosy and feel good scent

Is this perfume groundbreaking? Most probably not. However, I absolutely love it - I find it a very well blended, cosy, comforting and feel good musk that makes me feel clean and which always manages to lift my spirit. I personally do not often wear it on its own and love to layer it with other musk-based perfumes such as Valaya from PDM.

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