Breath of God Lush / Cosmetics To Go 2007 Perfume

Breath of God (Perfume) by Lush / Cosmetics To Go

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A perfume by Lush / Cosmetics To Go for women and men, released in 2007. The scent is woody-smoky. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Woody

Smoky

Spicy

Fruity

Earthy

Fragrance Notes

Cedarwood

Melon

Vetiver

Amber

Jasmine

Musk

Neroli

Sandalwood Lemon

Lemon

Rose

Perfumer

Simon Constantine

Ratings

Scent

7.1255 Ratings

Longevity

7.8187 Ratings

Sillage

7.4185 Ratings

Bottle

5.7180 Ratings

Value for money

7.258 Ratings

Submitted by LiliaSophia, last update on 04/17/2025.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance was initially part of the brand B Never Too Busy To Be Beautiful, a company that is regarded as "sister company" to Lush. In 2010, the fragrance was incorporated into the Lush range.

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Reviews

14 in-depth fragrance descriptions

04/25/2012

2.5
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 5
Scent

Dolby
68 Reviews

Dolby

Very helpful Review 8

Brace yourselves!

Thoughts Phase One - Halitosis Infernalis (in no particular order, it was that violent!)

- Oh my God!!
- What the Hell is this? Burned tyres? Blood?
- Mr Turin, you are having a laugh! Give this monstrosity 5 stars?! Right! No more listening to you Mister.

Thoughts Phase Two - Angel Fresh has landed

- Uh? What now?
- That wasn't here a second ago. Icy ozone? Tinge of sweetness?
- This stuff is weird. Scrubber one moment, invigorating delight the next.

Thoughts Phase Three - Peace from Heaven

- Well well, I could get used to this.
- Hmm, lovely warm vetiver, my skin only better
- Yes please!

05/16/2013

jtd
484 Reviews

jtd

Very helpful Review 7

busybody

Gorilla Perfume’s Breath of God gets the sweet/savory balance that has become one of the go-to references on see-it-not-taste-it TV food competition shows. The sweet/salty comment has become part of our expertise-without-in-fact-experience vocabulary. It’s a function of our pop quest for unearned authenticity that is the logical outcome of distressed denim. Other such food show comments have to do with ‘a little more acidity’, better mouth feel, or the benefits of sous vide preparation. Reality TV has left us spring-loaded with such vocabulary. We really are fucking ridiculous.

But Breath of God gets kudos. Prada Candy, with it's talk of benzoin, would convince us that it is a salted caramel, and therefore stakes a claim to salty/sweet sophistication. Breath of God reaches for more and gives us an oyster and melon raw bar, completing the triangle with mint. It's ingenious, and makes a refreshing sense.

The drawback is that although the accord is appealing and distinctive, the execution is murky. Similar to other Gorilla fragrances (also Tokyo Milk fragrances) there is an unfortunate blurring of notes. A bit more separation would give a more dynamic quality. Breath of God suffers from the aromatherapy conundrum. Just as in mixing essential oils, it's easy to have a blurring rather than a synergy. A solution might be to use it as scenting for personal care products. Another Lush/Gorilla product, Dirty, is better in Lush's hair paste than as a stand-alone perfume.

Lush doesn't compete with Tom Ford, by Killian, or Guerlain. It's more like the Etat Libre d’Orange alternative to the Body Shop. Breath of God could use what my grandmother called ‘a friendly hand’ to spruce up its composition, but it is a brilliant perfume in its inventiveness. It is attractive and distinctive. It's memorable. It wears well and doesn't fall apart. It would be easy to dismiss it as quirky if you don't look closely. Give it a bit of consideration, and it'll change your point of view.

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01/25/2018

6
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 8
Scent

Smora
155 Reviews

Smora

Helpful Review 6

Absolutely Surreal

Scentrack: Serge Gainsbourg - Bonnie and Clyde (Herbert's Fred and Ginger Mix)

Breath of God was really tough to describe. This shape shifting monster changes every minute. The sweetheart bubblegum, the smell of fermented autumnal leaves on cold wind, the old chimney smoke, the morning fresh toothpaste... Breath of God is in everything. Even its acronym BOG stands for God in my language.
The incense of ancient temples meshed with the mint and garnered with sweet melon and other fruits. Accompanied in the drydown with unbelievably dark woods.
A surreal fragrance, worth waiting. An unexpected masterpiece from Lush.

Rating: 8/10

02/27/2015

5
Bottle 10
Sillage 10
Longevity 9
Scent

Briarthorn
91 Reviews

Briarthorn

Helpful Review 5

Interesting and unique

I like the opening with it's strong woodsy feel. Vetiver, cedar, and sandalwood all anchored with incense. Like Lust by this house, I love it after about three hours, when the rose and ylang-ylang take the stage. It actually reminds me a lot of the best parts Lust, but with a different feel to the opening and base. The Rose and Ylang-ylang never get as strong as they do in Lust but they sing all the same. It has that "head-shop" feel to the base that I get from many this house's scents, but it's a good thing.
Like all of the Gorilla scents by Lush it has amazing Longevity and a Nuclear sillage

Nov
24
2013

04/26/2019

4
Bottle 7
Sillage 7
Longevity 7.5
Scent

Darkbeat
350 Reviews

Darkbeat

Helpful Review 2

A fun and fresh smoked melon

A gourmand-fruit incense, fresh and cheerful, that I like and dislike in equal parts, is young and fun, but has a specific moment, which reminds me of a cupboard freshener with the smell of melon, and at that moment, leaves to like me, but it's only a moment and then the perfume changes again for the better, but only that small part has me scammed.

From the beginning you can feel a very sweet and luminous fruit aroma. Do you know those bright yellow melons, small and round? then, a ripe, juicy melon smells the beginning of this perfume, along with a tad of lemon, some neroli and a little incense. Then, little by little the initial sweetness decreases in intensity, but it does not disappear, and the incense becomes more noticeable, adding to the whole a tad of pepper and juniper, which makes it feel slightly woody and balsamic. Later, a small smoky leave is added, contributed by cedar and vetiver, but without losing the initial melon smell. The finish is a sweet mixture of smoked melon, with a slight woody bottom.

In general, you could say that the perfume is a smoked melon from start to finish, with a multitude of nuances that come and go.

The performance is regular, having remained in skin for about 5 hours, with a moderate projection at the beginning and moderate-low to die close to the skin. Cheerful perfume, for warm and temperate times, and to dress it diurnally. It is a soft and pleasant aroma that I see more appropriate for the warm days of spring and summer, and that, the same, its poor performance is due to not getting along with the current cold, I do not know, but I will try it when the warmth I see in these parts and I will tell you how.

I liked the perfume a lot, but there have been times when it reminded me of a fruity fragrance cabinet air freshener, except for that, it is not a bad perfume, but at € 35 the 30ml with such poor performance, I will not replace it when finish

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