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[⁸⁰Hg] Mercury One of those 2013

4.8 / 10 26 Ratings

A perfume by One of those for women and men, released in 2013. The scent is synthetic-fresh. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Synthetic

Fresh

Fruity

Spicy

Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Aldehydes

Lemon

Blackcurrant

Mandarin orange Rhubarb

Rhubarb

Heart Notes

Geranium

Violet

Base Notes

Tolu balm

Cedarwood

Patchouli

Sandalwood

Perfumer

Antoine Lie

Ratings

Scent

4.826 Ratings

Longevity

7.022 Ratings

Sillage

6.923 Ratings

Bottle

6.427 Ratings

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04/29/2014

1Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Drseid
828 Reviews

Drseid

3

Secretions Manifiques Deux?!?...

Mercury is a composition where emotions completely drive the experience more than any note breakdown could. As such, skipping the usual more objective note breakdown, let's just jump to what kind of emotions it conjures to *this* person...

When first applied on skin Mercury starts off quite fresh and moderately pleasant smelling. That is the highlight of its development. It is all scary bad from here on out unfortunately. After the fresh opening, the composition turns quite milky and very metallic smelling conjuring up a cross between coconut milk and blood. The sharp violet driven metallic bloody aspect is the dominant heart component with the coconut milk used in odd unsettling support. Things are pretty linear through the late dry-down as the composition only softens but keeps the same profile throughout. If "blood" and "milky accord" sound vaguely familiar, keep in mind the perfumer behind this sadist offering is none other than the one who conjured up my least-liked composition, Secretions Manifiques by ELdO. There are far too many similarities between these for my comfort zone to withstand and to call this a slightly less intense version of that disgusting composition would not be too far off the mark. Projection is above average and longevity about 10 terrifying hours on skin.

The bottom line is that Mercury is yet another horrific composition by Mr. Lie that should be avoided at all cost unless you are one of the select few who enjoyed Secretions Manifiques. If you did enjoy it, then Mercury will near certainly appeal to you. Just one polite request... If you plan to wear either of them, please make sure I am nowhere in the same vicinity. The $150 per 100ml bottle Mercury gets an almost unheard of "extremely poor" rating of 1/2 star out of 5 and the biggest avoid recommendation I can muster. Please Mr. Lie, no more!

03/17/2021

9Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

Elysium
917 Reviews

Elysium

3

Spheres Of Light That Roll Away Quickly

Oysters are delicious seafood, rich in nutrients like iodine, which are best eaten fresh and raw. I love eating raw oysters, but that wasn't always the case. I was skeptical about eating them raw straight from the shell; when you splash the lemon, they shrink. The cold months are the best months to eat raw oysters. The warmer the weather, the more likely oysters are to have harmful bacteria. Oysters can be intimidating to open, so always be careful when shelling oysters, keeping your hands protected, and not being rushed with the toughest oysters. Wait, but how do you know the oysters are freshly enough? The smell should be "like the ocean breeze." They should have a salty, seawater taste, but not excessively. They will feel velvety in the mouth, and while good oysters are soft, they are not mushy and have a bit of a bite. You will taste all the complexity of the ocean. In case you were wondering why I am discussing oysters while reviewing [⁸⁰Hg] Mercury, here you are.

The more I enter the infinite world of perfumes, the more I am convinced that others' reviews give us an indicative idea, but then only our nose and our mood can determine whether or not we like that fragrance. For example, [⁸⁰Hg] Mercury, which has completely contrasting ratings, says 1 and who says 10. [⁸⁰Hg] Mercury presents a contrast between aldehydes and woods with balsamic, acidic, floral, and earthy accords and represents shiny metallic fluidity. Just in case, Mercury is a liquid metal, as anyone who has broken a vintage thermometer can attest, as the modern one features an eco-green fluid.

For a strange reason, I can't explain, [⁸⁰Hg] Mercury unfolds on my skin with a sizzling explosion of aldehydes and acid accords. It is the most fabulous aldehyde-citrus combination imaginable. A type of aldehyde I've never smelled before. Usually, aldehydes are used to create an illusion of air, blue sky, cleaning, soap, metal, hair spray, and so on. Here, on the other hand, they are "fishy." I perceive a pleasant scent of freshly caught and shelled fresh mollusks, mainly oysters. Don't worry, anything to do with the rotten smell of spoiled fish. But it seems somewhat due to the perfume imprisoned in the straw. The more I reapply, the more juice comes out of the straw, and the better it becomes. I assume the smell of the ocean breeze was just an exception. However, the slightly salty marine effect melts, arouses, and makes your mouth water. But as any perfume lover knows, you can't stop at the first splash, no matter how terrifying it is. In subsequent applications, I get bright mandarin and lemon peels still drowned in an aldehyde ocean. It has a mild citric background created with lemon and mandarin orange concoction. It's not sharp, just citrusy and vivid. The acidity is palpable, with the oxide accord blending with sour rhubarb and black currant leaves. For me, the initial phase is all about a metallic chord that soon turns into an aldehyde lemon and stays in the background for hours.

The opening gives a charged metallic surface on which development flows into a violet heart filled with ionones that further share a palpable metallic aspect and greenish geranium, which amplifies the fluid metal atmosphere. The hefty dose of aldehydes tones down but does not fade. They're somewhat airy and fleeting, nothing oily or saturated, and interact with the perfume's tart fruity opening in an adorable way. After time has passed, aldehydes eventually become a little bit soapy when geranium and violet join the composition, introducing their green and crunchy freshness. At some point of development, one can notice a powdery facet of sandalwood and violet.

On the finish, the fragrance transforms into a soft woody, creamy and earthy tone. A hint of patchouli sneaks in silently, without being intrusive, soon followed by creamy sandalwood and lots of dry cedarwood. But the base doesn't end there since a tolu balsam balm nicely joins the clan. Balsam of Tolu brings more density after a couple of hours, making [⁸⁰Hg] Mercury balmier slightly more dramatic and suitable for evening wear.

Both [⁸⁰Hg] Mercury and Sulfur joined the collection later, and both feature a dark gray polystyrene box, similar to wet asphalt. I conclude by saying that it is a refreshing fragrance that does not smell like the other refreshing fragrances on the market. I was expecting something shocking and unbearable, but I only received something melancholy and unusual. I find it wearable, and its performance is moderate. [⁸⁰Hg] Mercury is the perfect antidote for spring and summer days, harmless for the office. It's fresh, clean, refreshing, but it's also so extremely odd, so much so that some reviewers compare it to ELDO's Sécrétions Magnifiques, created from the same nose, but I've never smelled it and can't contribute.

This review is based upon a 100ml bottle I own since March 2021, which I ordered here at www.parfimo.it and paid €19.50.

-Elysium

Updated on 03/20/2021

03/20/2019

4Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

Palonera
467 Reviews

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Palonera

Top Review 29

"He's daring something!"

...I had thought.
Not for the first time while testing a fragrance from the creative mind of Antoine Lie, and probably not for the last time either.
He's daring something.
He creates scents without regard for losses, for personal sensitivities, crafting fragrances for wrinkled noses, raised eyebrows, for corners of the mouth that don't know whether to turn up or down.
Fragrances like "Sécretions Magnifiques," which has experienced a negative hype like few others.
Fragrances like "Divin' Enfant," the fallen angel, like "Eau de Protection," the thorny rose made of metal.
Fragrances that shake us, that rattle us, that do something to us - yet one thing they do not do: They do not leave us cold.

Yet "[80Hg] Mercury" began rather harmlessly, lulling me into a false sense of security for two, three, four seconds - an aquatic men's mainstream scent rose from damp skin, unremarkable, familiar, disappointing.
Almost.
For after just those few seconds, "[80Hg] Mercury" began to shine, to shimmer, releasing a metallic-cold ozone that jolted my synapses into "Sécretions Magnifiques," the fearsome nemesis of dozens of noses.
The same glaring cold, the sharp white, the same "Hold your nose!".
Diminished here, of course, but a cousin, an uncle or nephew.
One must - like it, certainly.
First, however, one must endure it, for a perfume, a pleasant scent is not what this is.

Mercury, the idea and namesake of "[80Hg] Mercury," is considered one of the most fascinating and at the same time toxic elements of the periodic table.
Known as liquid silver, its cheeky silver-white, droplet-forming surface stimulates aesthetic feelings as well as the playful instinct - an attractive, repulsive game with death, which Antoine Lie does not play analogously with my nose in "[80Hg] Mercury," yet makes comprehensible for me by juxtaposing the cold, clinking facets with candy-like undertones, silky powder, and dark, almost charred, smoke-blackened wood notes that can only be discerned from a distance from the skin, while in close proximity to the skin the kinship with "Sécretions Magnifiques" remains predominant until the end.

Between these two poles, a completely different scent perception develops over time, incorporating sweet, floral, unpleasantly alcoholic aspects that remind me of Josh Meyers' "L'Orchidée Terrible" and my associations with cellar spirits there - a memory I had successfully suppressed until now, which now overwhelms my feelings with force.
That is not good - it pinches my stomach, trips my sense of well-being.
Is that supposed to be a warning, a "Don't come too close!"?

We spent three days together, "[80Hg] Mercury" and I.
Three days during which my perception did not change much - except for this third day, which began rather citrus-fresh before revealing metal and icy cold later with each blink.
Three days during which people did not come too close to me, during which some glances brushed past me, which I cannot quite interpret - during which I am very glad that the man by my side is not present.
He would - I know that - struggle with this scent, struggle with me wearing it.
And a fourth day, forgive me, I will not put myself through that...

12/22/2013

4Scent

Bertel
236 Reviews

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Bertel

3

Sour Mercury

"[80Hg] Mercury", alongside "[16S] Sulphur", is one of the two new additions this year to the esoteric elements portfolio of the "nu_be" line from Alberto Borris' house Fluidounce. It is undoubtedly a modern-surprising, yet quite bizarre sour-watery little fragrance that leaves me somewhat perplexed.

It clearly starts with a very liquid, not deeply fruity-juicy but rather watery-pale mandarin that runs over a few pieces or stalks of rhubarb. A peculiar combination, so bright, flat, sour. I do not perceive any currant or lemon.

Soon, notes that I can roughly associate with geranium and perhaps also violet join this sour-watery-mandarin tone. I find this additionally unpleasant - too sour and watery, it now also adds something herbaceous and bitter... As it develops further, weak, faintly woody notes reminiscent of sandalwood and cedar come into play.

The name of the fragrance is derived from the element mercury. Knowing this, the image works quite well; I can associate this scent experience with an agile, bright-silvery, non-sticky, and rapidly spreading and mobile liquid (even if in my mind's eye mercury is bluish-silver, not watery yellow-orange as I perceive it here). A strong metallic, and for me also quite toxic impression is clearly present. I just wonder - why...?

This thin, unstable, sour little water strikes me as quite unpleasant, definitely not something I would want to wear voluntarily. Well, Antoine Lie is also responsible for the not dissimilar "Sécrétions Magnifiques", so perhaps there was a thematic reference and comparable implementation (as well as the accompanying advertising effect) desired; the two gentlemen will know why. Not interesting to me.

03/21/2018

3Scent 8Longevity 6Sillage

Mantus
490 Reviews

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Mantus

1

This can also be free

[80Hg] Mercury starts off subtly citrusy - fruity, but also cold "spitty"

The scent comes from the travel package of our perfumer "KingLui" and I would like to express my sincere thanks for the initiative.

At first, a light citrus note can be perceived, which is neither sweet nor sour, as if all the properties of a lemon had been stripped away, and I attribute this to the aldehydes and the lemon.

At the same time, there is a very fine fruity nuance that, in my opinion, does not harmonize well with the other notes; rather, I feel that the mandarin has been sidelined and simply not picked up.

Over these two notes hovers a note that reminds me of the smell of cold spit, which I unfortunately do not like at all.

I could not perceive rhubarb and black currant, but I can very well imagine that they were only used as supporting components.

This constellation is perceptible on my skin for 20 minutes before the heart note unfolds.

Now a slightly floral, very subtly creamy note can be perceived, which is thanks to the geranium.

The geranium is supported by a deep - floral and slightly spicy note, ensuring that the heart note gains a certain tangible substance and comes from the violet.

The heart note could have smelled quite good, but unfortunately, this is not the case, as even during the entire phase of the heart note, the "cold spit" is clearly perceptible and the two notes are partially too strongly covered, and in my opinion, one should not spend a single cent on this scent, as a person produces an individual amount of it daily.

The heart note is perceptible on my skin for 4 hours before the base takes over.

Now a slightly earthy - sweet note can be perceived, which gives the base a certain clarity and comes from the patchouli.

At the same time, the patchouli is supported by a fine creamy and slightly spicy note, which is responsible for giving the scent a certain "snuggly" aura and comes from the sandalwood.

In the very background, the tolu balsam, with its subtly aromatic, vanilla-like nuance, pleasantly rounds off the base.

Overall, the scent lasts 8.5 hours on my skin.

The sillage is designed from the beginning so that one is well perceived at half an arm's length, and this is maintained for 3 hours before it gradually reduces until the scent finally fades completely.

Updated on 03/21/2018