Mandarin orange zest
Peppermint
Green banana peel
Rhubarb
Bamboo sap
Italian lemon
09/15/2025
Avalancher
3 Reviews
Avalancher
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Frosted nature
I’ve been trying to test the Humięcki&Graef fragrances for years. There is always a sense of doubt when it comes to testing discontinued fragrances but also curiosity. The house was known to be divisive. One can read on the internet that the fragrances of H&G were trying to hard or that the concept of the brand was overblown. This sparked an interest for the brand in me. There was something unique in the design of the bottles, the overall artistic direction in the promotional material. The people in the photos were highly stylized, statuesque, fashionable. “Maybe the fragrances were indeed beautiful?”, “It that one of the instances where a good fragrance house dies too soon?”. The questions were piling up in my head and I decided to search for any remains of the fragrances. I managed to grab a few scents from the house, Eau Radieuse being one of them. It was also the one I was the most excited for. Hailed as the best of the line, the fragrance seemed to resonate well among different audiences - loved both by people who came across it accidentally as well people who were knee-deep in the niche world.
The opening is shocking - a wave of cold mentholated air blasting through my nostrils, freezing everything on its way. It’s not just fresh - it is biting cold. The fruity and green aspects come second - neon citruses, sticky green sap and vegetal sourness. To put things into perspective - Eau Radieuse is not reminiscent of any drinks and lemonades fragranced with mint - it is a sub-zero experience pushing the limits. It’s a neon fruit garden frozen to death. It’s not evolving much - everything is frozen in time with echoes of a green banana peel coming up here and there. The fragrance is linear, slowly losing its power as my skin defrosts from its cold embrace. Humięcki&Graef fragrances are very different from those of other houses. It seems like besides the concept of complex human emotions they aimed for something much more simpler - to make scents that are vastly different from anything that’s on the market. Here Laudamiel put an astonishing amount of menthol and aspects of the green skin of the banana which together forms a very unique experience. It doesn’t come off as cheap, the quality is there along with longevity. The projection is almost nuclear - unheard for fresh fragrances. It is also totally wearable which makes the perfume a sweet spot between art and utility. It is a shame that the house has closed but the memories remain.
The opening is shocking - a wave of cold mentholated air blasting through my nostrils, freezing everything on its way. It’s not just fresh - it is biting cold. The fruity and green aspects come second - neon citruses, sticky green sap and vegetal sourness. To put things into perspective - Eau Radieuse is not reminiscent of any drinks and lemonades fragranced with mint - it is a sub-zero experience pushing the limits. It’s a neon fruit garden frozen to death. It’s not evolving much - everything is frozen in time with echoes of a green banana peel coming up here and there. The fragrance is linear, slowly losing its power as my skin defrosts from its cold embrace. Humięcki&Graef fragrances are very different from those of other houses. It seems like besides the concept of complex human emotions they aimed for something much more simpler - to make scents that are vastly different from anything that’s on the market. Here Laudamiel put an astonishing amount of menthol and aspects of the green skin of the banana which together forms a very unique experience. It doesn’t come off as cheap, the quality is there along with longevity. The projection is almost nuclear - unheard for fresh fragrances. It is also totally wearable which makes the perfume a sweet spot between art and utility. It is a shame that the house has closed but the memories remain.
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