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Use Abuse 2015

6.0 / 10 31 Ratings
A perfume by Jusbox for women and men, released in 2015. The scent is floral-synthetic. It is being marketed by Beauty San.
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Main accords

Floral
Synthetic
Fresh
Woody
Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
TuberoseTuberose Mandarin orangeMandarin orange
Heart Notes Heart Notes
Jasmine sambacJasmine sambac FrankincenseFrankincense White peonyWhite peony
Base Notes Base Notes
MuskMusk OpoponaxOpoponax SandalwoodSandalwood

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6.031 Ratings
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7.727 Ratings
Sillage
7.028 Ratings
Bottle
7.333 Ratings
Submitted by AmyAmy, last update on 11/01/2022.

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Artificial Piercing Scream
On a black vinyl record, the 4 flacons from Jusbox are arranged. The collection has a very stylish vibe and evokes thoughts of the trendiest and most happening scene. Old school was yesterday, here is definitely new school.

Nothing is natural. This starts with the plastic vinyl record. The color of the fragrance is such an unnatural red that it could only be served in chemistry labs. It continues to be highly artificial when you have the scent on your skin. Synthetic flowers + synthetic freshness all the way to synthetic synthetic. Is that even a thing? Regardless, it at least smells like something. At Jusbox, everything natural seems to be viewed with a critical eye.

The fresh synthetic flowers are placed in a glaring light, the scent is as sharp as a piercing scream. Just as such a scream cannot be overlooked, Use Abuse cannot be ignored. The fragrance penetrates deep and even further when the most temperamental notes you can imagine join hands. Sharp rose with intense tuberose and jasmine together in a team is simply a delicate matter, but it definitely has its charm, because Use Abuse, as banal and clichéd as it sounds, is just different, almost aggressively composed in the first half hour. Well, we are not in the mink regions of Byredo or anything, but it's strongly heading in that direction, not in terms of scent direction, but in terms of innovation level.

At least Use Abuse becomes a bit gentler over time when the flowers lose their sharpness, and some of the base starts to shine through. These are more familiar notes that haven't been pushed to such extremes. When Use Abuse has become a bit tamer, one almost wants to breathe a sigh of relief.

Definitely niche and highly artificial, progressive and striking.
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Pure synthetic. And sweet. Smells like children's perfume to me. In the sense of a gumball machine. Playing at being grown-up. Intentional but not quite successful.
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Headfirst into the laundry detergent bin! Shrill-white flowers on a Mount Everest of clean musk. The rest isn't worth mentioning.
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My nemesis Tuberose is quite different here. Bright, gum-like refreshing framing. Fascinating in a way, I don’t know why.
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Tuberose/Jasmine, fruity and not too floral, a pleasant fabric softener. Later has a hint of APOM.
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Loudly blaring Jasmine Sambac dominates the scent deep into the base, where it is caught by sandalwood & bright musk.
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White flowers, fabric softener, sunscreen, chewing gum. Yes, these are already quite common. Here in an increasingly synthetic form.
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Somewhere between laundry detergent and fabric softener. Clean and fresh but very synthetic.
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At first just citrus cleaner. Then it becomes fruity, floral, soapy. Woody and balsamic notes set the course on a harmonious path.
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A modern fruity mandarin scent. Luckily, I don't smell tuberose.
But unfortunately, no incense either... what a pity.
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Fabric softener on steroids. I find it quite strong. Not bad, very unique, a lot of tuberose and jasmine, but I can't wear it.
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