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Scent Stories Vol.1/Ch.08 - Old School Bench 2014

7.3 / 10 64 Ratings
A perfume by MiN New York for women and men, released in 2014. The scent is woody-smoky. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Woody
Smoky
Spicy
Leathery
Resinous

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
Angelica rootAngelica root BergamotBergamot LemonLemon
Heart Notes Heart Notes
Wood waxWood wax CocoaCocoa GeraniumGeranium RumRum
Base Notes Base Notes
PatchouliPatchouli VetiverVetiver CedarwoodCedarwood VanillaVanilla
Ratings
Scent
7.364 Ratings
Longevity
7.552 Ratings
Sillage
6.852 Ratings
Bottle
7.949 Ratings
Value for money
6.219 Ratings
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ColinM

516 Reviews
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Outdated post-modern boredom
... and again, as pretty much anything else I’ve tried so far from this brand, another uninspired variation on the same bunch of trendy aromachemicals. A metallic, plastic, heavily synthetic and terribly cheap blend smelling of, again, some of MiN’s apparent favourite clichés: “dry burning wood”, some vetiver, a nondescript cold gassy-ozonic whiff, made thicker and colder by a rather astringent boozy-aldehydic note. All rather dusty, transparent, somehow slightly rusty too. Cacao and patchouli are there too, and that’s the only interesting part for me, as they’re quite cleverly transfigured in a cold, dusty, mono-dimensional look – that’s interesting because they are deprived of their usual “roundness” and thickness, smelling like holograms of the real thing. A really cold sort of white & black representation of chocolate and patchouli. Another thing I admit I may appreciate is how the blend is built, as the result is extremely tight and densely mixed, and you need quite some time to “unravel” the nuances (an operation unworthy the effort, if you ask me). Dry woody-balsamic drydown with a hint of dusty sweetness, still with a massive plastic feel. Aside from the abovementioned couple of interesting features though, and I’m sure this is my problem, I can’t help finding this overall a barely decent albeit rather boring and uninteresting fragrance loaded with “contemporary niche” clichés plenty of other brands have already and quite more creatively exploited in the last 15 years (burning-woody stuff, booziness, cold airiness, “arty contrasts”...). I get there’s room for everyone, but $ 240 for 75 ml of this?

4,5-5/10
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Hofnärrin

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Hau-Drauf-Pädagogik
Old School Bench is presented to us in the perfumery along with a picture book in ornate script. Scenes from American TV shows come to mind: freckled children in overalls rush into a tiny schoolhouse surrounded by colorful sugar maples and squeeze into wooden benches, where their fathers and grandfathers have already carved their initials. The problem is: the fragrance can only maintain the idyll immediately after spraying. Just a few seconds later, Teacher Vetiver crashes into the classroom, who clearly believes he must force-feed the material to his students. Loud, loveless, and boring.
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5 years ago
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Old wooden planks covered with a thick layer of lacquer.
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Familiar scents
From the light brown leather bag
Under the old school desk
Pencil sharpened
Wood-paneled
Citrus sprinkled
Rum whispered
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Exciting. I also get more workshop impressions than school. Woody, resinous, angelica-spicy with a hint of medicinal, earthy sweetness....
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The bank
Left in the bathroom
Citrus pushes in
Finally found
Sanded and waxed
Rum spilled
Brought cocoa
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The back rows of desks are always the most interesting: wood wax, charred cedar, pencil shavings, chocolate, chalk & rum. Very intense!
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5 years ago
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Here, not only are the wooden benches polished with wax, the principal also polishes his throat with rum. Next to him, the air freshener: lemon.
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For me, it's more like a cobbler's workshop. The rum fits in better here. Dark old wooden furniture, smoky, lots of leather + rubber soles. Masculine.
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The name fits: dry and dusty notes dominate. A blend of old wood, yellowed books, and polish in long hallways.
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Pencil shavings in the book compartment, dried white paint, resinous floor wax. Bitter chalk that crumbles from a dust-dry sponge.
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7 years ago
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Burnt, dirty eraser; old gym mat; dry white paint. Smokiness known from incense scents in endless monotony.
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