Berlin Miguel Matos 2024

I also tested the fragrance for the first time at 15West and can recommend the store without reservation - especially if you want to discover something that you can experience olfactorily away from the "luxury brand mainstream."

As a native Berliner, I was very curious about how a perfumer would capture the city. In a multicultural city that is not defined by just one scent, I was intrigued and had a very clear idea after Marc explained how Miguel Matos's journey through Berlin unfolded.
At first, I naively thought it could be something spring-like, when the sweetly scented linden blossoms bloom in Berlin and the city awakens from its winter slumber. It could just as easily have corresponded to a culinary potpourri of classic currywurst, döner, Vietnamese cuisine, a Viennese bakery, or in short, the offerings of the Bergmannkiez.

But it was supposed to be the Berlin club scene, and especially the techno scene. And I am honest. Capturing the club scene as a wearable scent seemed impossible to me, as my scent associations ranged from vodka-red bull, cigarettes, sweat, a mix of all the perfumes currently hyped on TikTok, haze from fog machines, and a drunken person who had already overdone it during pre-drinking.

What the fragrance does, however, is simply incredible.
The opening hit me like a sledgehammer. For 5 minutes, a mix of animalic, smoke, sweat from the cumin, something sharply synthetic and leathery. In short - overwhelming.
After the initial shock subsided, this fragrance became very exciting. As a lover of "Leather 6 / Fetish | J.F. Schwarzlose Berlin," I found several parallels. The "Berlin | Miguel Matos" is the big brother of Leather 6, the more experienced of the two, clearly having been in the club much longer and partying much more uninhibitedly in tighter leather, but with significantly more physical contact. This pairing of sweet notes, leather, and animalic elements makes it a party excess for the nose. Nevertheless, the overwhelming sensation fades, and you only feel the pounding bass that massages your nose and imagination. A trance develops from which it is hard to escape.

It is incredible and above all incredibly good. Its sweet woody base, which is continually accompanied by a slight smokiness, becomes softer and softer, culminating in a body-warming embrace that makes you forget. You no longer know when you entered the club, let alone on what day you left it.

For me, the art of the fragrance lies in its dominance, roughness, and simultaneous softness. Definitely not in the office scent category. However, I can very well imagine that with a spritz for a somewhat more sparkling rendezvous, this fragrance could do the rest.
It is definitely worth experiencing, just like the Berlin club scene. At the same time, many will think afterward: That’s enough for now.

Challenging, complex, and exciting - a fragrance that resembles an experience and is definitely worth a test.