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[⁸O] Oxygen One of those 2012

6.5 / 10 45 Ratings

A perfume by One of those for women and men, released in 2012. The scent is synthetic-spicy. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Synthetic

Spicy

Woody

Smoky

Fresh

Fragrance Notes

Aldehydes

Saffron

Frankincense Vetiver

Vetiver

Woods

Musk

Pepper

Perfumer

Antoine Lie

Ratings

Scent

6.545 Ratings

Longevity

6.138 Ratings

Sillage

4.939 Ratings

Bottle

6.137 Ratings

Submitted by Kankuro · last update on 07/08/2024.

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Reviews

5 in-depth fragrance descriptions

03/15/2021

9Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

Elysium
917 Reviews

Elysium

3

Intoxicating With Purity

When I think of the noun Oxygen, I can’t help but think of a generation of electronic music producers who contributed to the birth of the dance music industry in the mid-1970s and many of the genres and styles we know and love today. Jean Michel Jarre is an absolute legend and a pioneer, and Oxygene is one of his best-known works of him, with part 4 as my favorite. And Oxygen [⁸O] takes me to my teens when that electric sounds oozed from the radio.

Mister Lie interpreted oxygen in its super-cooled liquid form. He blended many of the sharpest ingredients within perfumery to create that chilliness, stating that Oxygen [⁸O] represents for him a wood scent immersed in liquid oxygen, a warm and cold scent. The mixture of aldehydes, earthy, and musky accords can be too cool for many. Indeed, I find it a compelling creation. Steamy and refreshing, more complex than oxygen itself, it’s a scent you cannot catch, neither capture, but that is in the air, all around you.

Oxygen [⁸O] comes to life with a sizeable amount of aldehydes combined with the piquant pepper to lower the temperature. The fragrance explodes just like the notes that come out of the synthesizer when the fourth part of Oxygene begins. It is a cooling, almost chilly opening, and it makes me think of a frozen bottle just removed from the freezer, that opaque patina fades and droplets of water form on the glass. Although not present in the notes, I get a powder and talc accent typical of the alpha-isomethyl ionone, used to create the smell of iris and violet. Maybe it’s just my impression, or it’s that dryness because of cedarwood with its shades of pencil shavings. Yes, the more time passes, the more I recognize that characteristic smell. Just the smell of freshly flatted and varnished wood in a lumbermill, the shavings scattered on the ground, and the brush still soaked in painting. This opening, with its coolness, will put some off, but I found it very pleasant and intriguing.

The development feels vivacious, as if it is almost evaporating from the skin as liquid oxygen would. The heart of Oxygen [⁸O] turns out a tad leathery and smoky, with precious saffron and austerest olibanum that supply a suede-like accord. It also reminds me of a new sneaker’s shop, where you can appreciate the smell of leather mixed with the soles' fresh rubber, perhaps combined with a fresh coat of paint. I also sense a touch of something mineral and humid around for a while, but it is a fleeting sensation as the juice gets warmer and silkier over evolution.

And then comes the dry-down, with a severely sharpened vetiver, barely resinous, intertwined with cedar and guaiac woods. I seem to get faint of dirty patchouli before closing on a very synthetic white musk. Close to the skin, it is clean, crisp, and opaque, milky, rough, with something petrol-like in it, which makes it less abstract and more natural, with waxy and incensed undertones. To my nose, Virginia Cedar's pencil shavings cedar smell dominates the entire lifetime, as in Comme des Garcons's Wonderwood or LeLabo Santal 33.

This is what Oxygen [⁸O] smells like to me. It’s strange, but not unpleasant. Like all the other nu_be fragrances that I have already reviewed, this one has longevity and a sillage in the norm, I would say moderate. A daily scent for the sparkling Spring months, it’s acceptable for the office when you want to wear a fragrance but want to be discreet about it.

This review is based upon a 100ml bottle I own since March 2021 (27Y901 batch code), which I ordered here www.parfimo.it and paid €19.50.

-Elysium

Updated on 03/23/2021

05/12/2014

7Scent 5Longevity 2.5Sillage

Drseid
828 Reviews

Drseid

3

Airy Woods...

Oxygen opens with straight synthetic rubbing alcohol-like aldehydes with a faint hint of vague woods in the background. As the composition enters its early heart the aldehydes remain, joining soft pink pepper in support as the vague woods firm into the starring cedar taking command, coupling with co-staring sharp vetiver. During the late dry-down the composition softens considerably as the woods and vetiver gradually fade though never completely vacating, as powdery orris from the base couples with relatively clean musk through the finish. Projection is below average with the composition little more than a skin scent and longevity average at 7-9 hours on skin.

Oxygen is easily the most immediately likable composition of the entire nu_be line to date. It is so light and airy at first that you almost forget you are wearing it at all, smelling synthetic in a *good* way. When the woods start to assert themselves along with the vetiver in the heart, the composition sharpens up but its gentle nature even during the sharpening never really goes away. Cedar and vetiver have always made a fine couple and in Oxygen it is no exception. The weakest part of the composition is the late dry-down as it fades to near nothingness all too soon, and what is there is a fine powdery sheen that does not really standout over other compositions in the genre. That said, the dry-down is always pleasant, and it confirms the ease of wearing the composition anywhere. I could easily see Oxygen making a fine office fragrance if one works in close quarters with others as its pleasant nature coupling with its poor projection make it a very safe bet. The bottom line is the $150 per 100ml Oxygen is not "the bees knees" and never distinguishes itself plowing new ground for the genre, but it smells great at all times and is well-composed by Antoine Lie earning it a "very good" 3.5 star out of 5 rating and a recommendation for those looking for something that is safe but not boring.

10/29/2015

5Scent 7.5Longevity 5Sillage

Meggi
1018 Reviews

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Meggi

Very helpful Review 11

A Delightfully Filled Morning - Part 2

Professional events with predominantly only marginally relevant presentations are excellently suited for scent tests (see also 3Li Lithium).

Oxygen. Certain associations are unavoidable. Well - sometimes it fits more, sometimes less. In fact, I perceive the expected bright aldehydes at the start, more radiant than shimmering (I can't express it better). But after an hour, the dusty-spicy dryness of saffron becomes dominant. Nevertheless, that sharpness remains in the background, allowing a thought of the aggressive cell poison oxygen.

The saffron note is clear and cool, surrounded by (aldehydes, iris), while 3Li Lithium on the other wrist, although otherwise similar, is much warmer. Bright wood takes over from the third hour, and as with the sibling scent, there is likely already a fair amount of synthetics involved. And now begins quite a bit of groping in the fog.

I cannot assign a cause to the non-aromatic spice note. Perhaps pink pepper. But then without the gentle fruitiness and hardly spicy. It doesn't quite fit - why pink pepper if I have to mentally remove what defines it? The wood note is equally puzzling to me: Gentle cypress? A composite of asteraceae-spice-clove-eugenol-helper-wood? Hmm, not stinky enough. Alongside, the thought of biting-cold fresh air when leaving the house in winter might still fit. Additionally, a slight, albeit distinct salt note forms, like in the sea vetivers (e.g., Sel de Vetiver).

The maritime touch annoys me at the latest from the seventh hour onwards. The turn towards old, musty driftwood does not do the scent any good in my opinion. From the ninth hour onward, 3O Oxygen departs in a rather inland, yet taut-synthetic note of “bright wood,” which accompanies me well into the evening.

In the end, all this pondering leads to nothing. I simply have to decide, on the one hand, whether the story fits. It goes: Pressed wood is (for whatever reason) thrown into liquid oxygen. Aha. Fine by me. And on the other hand, I must decide whether I want to wear this bright, fresh-cool, spiced, and intermittently maritime wood note with a synthetic component.

I do not want to.

I thank Ergreifend for the sample(s).

06/06/2013

8Scent 5Longevity 2.5Sillage

Seerose
775 Reviews

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Seerose

Top Review

In the Mixed Area of Industry and Trade

My introduction to my view on nu_be fragrances was laid out in the comment on 1 H Oxygen.
Here is the 2nd fragrance I tested:
Oxygen is, to my knowledge, a sweat gas among other things.
nu_be 80 Oxygen starts with a somehow familiar plastic smell, distinct yet subtly sharp, aquatic, tarry, chemical, synthetic.
This fragrance blend does not take my breath away but quickly weakens, yet remains as a note. Within a few minutes, the scents of saffron and vetiver emerge. Musk, very subtle, and calming incense make the fragrance smell like a beautiful, slightly smoky-tarry varnish, a bit like nitro substitute as used in paints today.
A completely non-floral scent. But there’s no fear that it will take the breath away from the environment like the exhaust from a painting or welding shop.
The fragrance is still very subtle. The sillage is very fine. I cannot perceive anything metallic. The scent leans more towards the calming incense. A discreet, unobtrusive, albeit very technical-crafty fragrance. And yet, nu_be 80 Oxygen has an indescribable, seemingly distant sweetness and a hidden charm.
I like the fragrance, even though I just cannot imagine what I would wear it for or when.

02/16/2021

9Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

VickyVick
2 Reviews

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VickyVick

Helpful Review 3

He is special

I am truly no expert in fragrance descriptions, but I will give it a try anyway. This scent is definitely something extraordinary and special. What one person finds off-putting, others may find intriguing. Tastes are indeed different, and that’s a good thing.

In my collection, I actually don’t have a single fragrance that is similar to this one in any way. When I first smelled it, I wasn’t exactly head over heels; rather, the love grew gradually. Still, I dared to buy it, and the chemistry between us is right.

At first, I also detected this chemical, biting, almost clinical smell, and I wasn’t quite sure how to categorize it. But over time, I kept coming back to it.
When I smell it today in comparison, the first thing that hits the nose is a lot of wood, along with some incense and a light musk. It has something dry, smoky, yet warm and very pleasant, with a hint of sweetness and a slight pepperiness. Almost like taking an evening walk in the woods after a hot day and having that intense wood scent in your nose.

Definitely a fragrance I wouldn’t buy blindly because it is quite special. However, as a woman, I find it very intriguing, and it has always been well-received on my skin. Dare to try it; I think it deserves more attention.