Not a Perfume Juliette Has A Gun 2010 Eau de Parfum

Not a Perfume (Eau de Parfum) by Juliette Has A Gun

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A perfume by Juliette Has A Gun for women, released in 2010. The scent is synthetic-woody. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Synthetic

Woody

Fresh

Powdery

Sweet

Fragrance Notes

Cetalox®

Perfumer

Romano Ricci

Ratings

Scent

6.8925 Ratings

Longevity

6.5755 Ratings

Sillage

5.3737 Ratings

Bottle

6.9696 Ratings

Value for money

6.2382 Ratings

Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 01/17/2025.

Interesting Facts

Apparently, in addition to Cetalox®, the scent formula also includes Hedione, Iso-E-Super and a mixture of different musk molecules (source: Scent and Chemistry - The Molecular World of Odors).

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Reviews

34 in-depth fragrance descriptions

02/03/2023

8
Bottle 6
Scent

Telekinec
294 Reviews

Telekinec

Helpful Review 5

Overhyped, but I guess it's okay?

I just cannot fathom why anyone would spend so much money for a ''your skin but better'' scent. It might just be me (if you love those type of fragrances, by all means, go you) but there's nothing spectacular or worthy in this one. After the initial blast of alcohol, I was met with a weird scent that seemed to alternate between powdery, musky, woody, ever so slightly sweet notes. It was as if the perfume was running a spin-the-wheel on my skin to determine what it would settle on. It finally chose an animalic, musky and slightly powdery smell. It's not bad per se, but to my nose it smelled a little dirty and unwashed, as if I had just come back from the gym.

I have to admit there is something that made me enjoy it after a few minutes had passed, but I don't think it's enough for me to want to add it to my collection. I do have to give it some points for the longevity. I tried it on my wrist and the next day I could still smell it. I love when fragrances have their own distinctive signature scent, but this one sat quite close to my skin during the whole time I wore it. I'd probably be able to replicate the scent by going to the gym and smelling myself afterwards, but why would I want to do that?

06/24/2024

4
Pricing 7
Bottle 7
Sillage 7
Longevity 10
Scent

KaiaRay
4 Reviews

KaiaRay

Helpful Review 3

Try before you buy!

This perfume has mixed reviews on various platforms because of it's unique molecular structure: a single ingredient called Cetalox.

Not A Perfume will smell differently on everyone. Case in point - it had no effect on my mother's skin, it smelled like bleach on my friend's skin and smelled delicious on me and on my cousin. I therefore highly recommend you try the perfume in store before buying, otherwise it's a risk to blind buy! (The cause - I believe - for many unhappy reviews...)

Personally, this perfume smelled divine on my skin. A clean, fresh vanilla scent with a warm amber base. I'm obsessed with this perfume and if it reacts well to your skin, it's bound to become a signature favourite of yours.

06/25/2014

10
Bottle 5
Sillage 5
Longevity 6
Scent

Sandolina
3 Reviews

Sandolina

Helpful Review 2

love it because ...

I feel it all around me, bud not on me. Interesting, when I close my nose to the place where I spray this JHG, I smell nothing. But from time to time, it returns and suprise me with fresh and optimistic wave. Good for summer, or to wear in office.

01/27/2012

5
Sillage 4
Scent

Sherapop
1239 Reviews

Sherapop

Helpful Review 2

The Fifteen Minutes of Fame of This Idea Have Now Elapsed

Apparently Escentric MOLECULE 02, launched in 2008, is essentially ambroxan, and Juliette Has a Gun NOT A PERFUME, launched in 2010, is also essentially ambroxan. Is there a problem here? Well, I guess that everyone has the right to bottle an aromachemical and sell it at 10,000% profit if they want to. And, amazingly enough, some people really will buy it, even at niche prices!

Although I have not smelled MOLECULE 02, NOT A PERFUME does remind me of my memory of MOLECULE 01: vague woodishness, a bit perfumey. Smells okay, which is to be expected, since this is used to boost the perfumic quality of perfumes, right? To my nose, NOT A PERFUME smells like the base of a men's cologne featuring cedar. It's not too masculine, but it's definitely not feminine.

Okay, I think that this once original idea has exhausted its fifteen minutes of fame. Time to return to perfume, thank you very much!

04/19/2013

5
Bottle 2.5
Sillage 2.5
Longevity 5
Scent

Katad
58 Reviews

Katad

Helpful Review 2

A Phantom Scent

Light, soft, vague woods, indistinct amber. Absolutely linear in development. It's there and then it isn't. Pleasant in a far-off ghostly way, and as unobtrusive as a glass of water.

The scent appeals to me somewhat, I think I would prefer it blended with something else to give some robustness and interest. For me, it's slightly reminiscent of the scent they pump through the MGM Grand casino in Las Vegas.

Not worth the money for me.

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