What a great scent!
I feel exactly the same way about Denim's Musk as Nasengourmet does about Jovan's Sex Appeal for Men, and to quote him: I am shocked at how good this is, or rather, that you can buy a fragrance for 4.70 euros / 100ml that smells better than some perfumes that cost 10-20 times as much! My nose perceives it as smelling of higher quality than, for example, Essenze - Javanese Patchouli, while you have to shell out 80 times more for the Ermenegildo Zegna scent...
Through Parfumo and the many tested fragrances, I have frankly become a bit of a fragrance snob; I no longer test everything, and I am no longer interested in the new releases from Boss and Co. at all.
Jovan's Sex Appeal for Men made me realize again that not every cheap fragrance has to smell bad and cheap, just as expensive perfumes don't necessarily smell high quality; I think of, for example, Kilian. With Arabic brands, you often get much more for your money, plus they are not subject to those annoying EU regulations, and you can experience what real oud, ambergris, and musk smell like with the more expensive perfumes.
I have two principles when it comes to buying perfumes:
1.: No blind purchases
2.: Do not buy a fragrance just because it is cheap and I only find it somewhat nice
I do not aspire to an XXXL collection and feel better when my collection remains manageable for me, so I only own bottles of perfumes that I love unconditionally and that continue to excite me, and none that I only find quite nice.
With Denim's Musk, I made an exception, mainly due to the good reviews here on Parfumo, the positive comments about Denim Original from Yatagan, Leimbacher, etc., and because the Musk is described as Herbal Patchouli on Fragrantica, so I could well imagine that I would like the scent. The price of 8 euros including shipping was, of course, also an argument...
And Denim's Musk gave me the biggest fragrance surprise ever. Until now, it was also a musk scent, namely Muscs Koublaï Khän by Serge Lutens, where I expected the scent of a dead animal or worse, and which turned out to be an absolute feel-good scent for me.
With Denim's Musk, it is the quality that leaves me almost speechless.
Actually, I was looking for a scent that comes across as a bit simpler. Just as one can be overdressed (something that rarely happens to me :-)), there are situations or days when less is more, when I want to step back olfactorily. For example, in a meeting in a closed and not too large room, I find a Profumum Roma or Amouage somewhat out of place...
I am old enough to remember a bit of the Denim advertising on TV from the late seventies; the slogan was, if I am not mistaken: "For men who stay cool when it gets hot!"
Well, I belong to the target group then :-):-)
Denim's Musk comes almost incognito, as the outer packaging looks totally cheap, meaning drugstore-like, and gives no hint of the qualities of the contents. The bottle looks much more high-quality, quite heavy, and the frosted glass looks much better than the photo above suggests. The cap fits quite tightly and hides a cheap plastic spray head, which, however, sprays quite decently.
The green color of the fragrance suggests a scent like Gray Flannel or similar, just as the current slogan "Get the freshness kick" is misleading...
Immediately after spraying, my friend Patchouli greets me, underlaid by a subtle green note that makes the patchouli somehow light and not particularly oriental, giving the scent a certain herbal freshness, perhaps the mint? I cannot perceive citrus notes.
Quickly, there comes a phase where Musk reminds me, just like my predecessor, of Zino, Zino without rose and smelling better to me!
A very harmonious and balanced scent progression begins for me, where Denim's Musk changes significantly. The patchouli recedes, as does the mentioned green note.
Up to that point, I had really liked it, and I was sure that this was not a bad purchase and that I would keep the scent exactly for the described purposes.
It is then the base of the fragrance that blew me away and keeps making me sniff my wrist: I have had the Musk on my wrist for two days to enjoy it...
The drydown has a silkiness that I only know from really high-quality fragrances and that reminds me a bit of Pour Monsieur Concentrée by Chanel.
Musk is a very vague term: There is the animalistic secretion that I have encountered in some Arabic perfumes, the completely different and clean-smelling white musk, the Jovan-style musk, black musk... I cannot categorize the musk in this fragrance. It is perfectly combined with subtle vanilla and underlying sandalwood and is absolutely wonderful. Animalistic notes from civet are not present on my skin at all, I can only vaguely sense the oakmoss, the patchouli is soft and gives depth.
Thus, Denim's Musk is not at all the testosterone bomb for machos, but almost unisex. I can definitely imagine the base of the fragrance on women as well.
I did not expect to be so thrilled by the scent, as I said. To verify my impressions, I first let my wife sniff my wrist; she is practically a professional nose, as she worked for a long time in a perfumery and completed numerous trainings, etc. She was also very taken with it and could hardly believe when I told her what smelled so good.
Then yesterday came the ultimate test: I was at a fragrance-obsessed friend’s house, who is extremely demanding and critical when it comes to perfumes. I asked him how he would find the scent on my arm, and his answer was: Nose pleaser! He was also astonished and said that it smelled neither cheap nor synthetic and was really good.
Nose pleaser hits it perfectly! I am quite sure that I will receive more compliments for Denim's Musk than for any other fragrance in my collection, although that is not my motivation for wearing fragrances, but one does enjoy it... it is not an outlandish niche fragrance, nor is it current mainstream, but rather a timeless and classic scent like Heritage, Santos, etc.
I have put the Musk through a practical test in the last two days, wearing it, and it feels very good! The feeling of wearing a fragrance is now more important to me than extravagant scent developments and olfactory refinements. I have experienced that perfumes that smell wonderful when tested on the wrist may not really suit me and can feel like a foreign body. This was the case recently with Tauer's Moroccan Desert Wind, and that is why I sent it back, to be precise, to a nice Parfumo, who hopefully has a different experience with it.
The longevity and sillage are good.
An all-rounder.
I am very glad to have found this scent!
There it stands now in my glass cabinet, between Miller Harris and Serge Lutens, and does not have to be ashamed of its origin...
Denim's Musk is on par.
It is simply a masterpiece.
Top Notes 
Bergamot
Lemon
Mint
Heart Notes 
Patchouli
Jasmine
Ylang-ylang
Base Notes 
Oakmoss
Sandalwood
Castoreum
Vanilla
Hermesh
Wallgraf
LeBert
Couchlock
Smellow1987
Jensemann
Tiara
ActaNonVerba
ShaunBaker
Gold
