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Clockwork Roads 2014

6.3 / 10 35 Ratings

A perfume by Roads for women and men, released in 2014. The scent is spicy-woody. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Spicy

Woody

Resinous

Green

Synthetic

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Black pepper Nutmeg

Nutmeg

Bergamot zest Lemon

Lemon

Heart Notes

Cedarwood

Fir balsam

Violet leaf

Base Notes

Vanilla

Amber

Oakmoss

Vetiver

Ratings

Scent

6.335 Ratings

Longevity

7.631 Ratings

Sillage

6.231 Ratings

Bottle

6.237 Ratings

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Vetiver Ambrato

Reviews

3 in-depth fragrance descriptions

11/13/2022

8Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

Yatagan
416 Reviews

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Yatagan

Top Review 44

A Thank You!

Sometimes you need a different perspective, an outside view on things to understand them and see them from a new angle. I felt this way with the fragrances from Roads. If Ergoproxy hadn't gifted me this scent, I would have hardly noticed the brand, which is far removed from classic fragrances. Upon closer inspection, this scent contains everything I appreciate: a long-lasting opening with bergamot, fir balsam in the heart, one of my favorite fragrance notes, and finally a base of oak moss and vetiver, which is quite traditional and classic after all. Yet everything feels so new, olfactorily situated between oriental and occidental, that I truly enjoy this scent. Additionally, there is a bottle that is beautifully simple, and a name that is a bit confusing and leaves me questioning: a clockwork?

Thank you very much!

Updated on 11/13/2022

10/01/2014

3Scent 7.5Longevity 5Sillage

Sleepflower
8 Reviews

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Sleepflower

Very helpful Review 5

Thank You, But No Thank You!

I’m open to a lot of things. I also like to test things (not just “something,” but often a lot!), I’m flexible, I understand fun (yes, even olfactory) and can adapt to many situations - but even I know my limits.
And as if I had sensed it, Clockwork happened to be the last fragrance from the Roads line that I tested. After that, I was done.

My experiences with the Roads fragrances have overall not been very positive. The scents are sometimes okay, sometimes very trivial, and sometimes very “fragmented”; they often smell neither homogeneous nor like they were made in one go.

However, Clockwork somehow crowns the whole affair.

The opening alone nearly drives me to give up immediately and flee to the nearest place with water and soap. Clockwork starts off quite cool, green, and smoky. That wouldn’t be so bad if the cool green didn’t come from the immediately noticeable fir balsam and the smoky note was created by nutmeg and pepper. Overall, it smells like certain places do at half past nine in the morning after you’ve thrown out the last visitors along with their leftover drinks and half-smoked cigarettes. Since Mr. Clean unfortunately had the day off, one quickly grabbed the bath foam that smells so nice of pine needles and turns the water a toxic green.
In short: The whole thing results in a combination of cold cigarette and pine needle bath water. Why anyone would want to smell like that is beyond me.

Since I don’t dare to bring my nose to my wrist for the next 80 minutes, I must briefly hit the skip button. The journey between the heart note and base note becomes more bearable anyway. The “smoky note” dissipates, the fir balsam becomes more resinous (and no, the scent isn’t to blame for my aversion to resinous things) and oak moss gives a slight depth, while vetiver slowly becomes noticeable and makes the bath water a bit greener.

However, that doesn’t really save the fragrance anymore. Terrible, really terrible, all of it.

Much has been speculated here about the names of the fragrances. Perhaps the creator was watching Clockwork Orange when the idea for this scent came about.
I could understand that.

07/13/2014

7Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Fefaminz
134 Reviews

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Fefaminz

Helpful Review 4

Even an ogre has to start small!

Mhm, how do I begin?!

Since "Clockwork" didn't have its own comment yet, this should be my first test of the Roads series, so: freshly sprayed!

Once the initial alcohol cloud dissipated, I was hit by a full blast of bergamot and nutmeg, supported by a decent amount of pepper. I couldn't detect any lemon, but this little guy was edgy. Edgy and very present, bam, here I am - and now?! Before I could think of an answer, the cheeky little fellow was somewhat tempered by the green-juicy violet leaf. Cedarwood and, in my opinion, sandalwood give it depth, while the fir balsam is probably just the transport medium to ensure Clockwork reaches where it wants to go. Gradually, the very nice base develops, fortunately without any kind of sweet vanilla, but with a triad of amber, oakmoss, and vetiver.

Mooooooooment, now I finally remembered what I had been thinking about the whole time during the test: Vetiver Ambrato by Bois 1920! My ogre scent! The big Shrek has had a son! He’s not as complex and worldly-wise as his father yet, but he's on a good path. How did my beloved say today? "Mhm, it smells so good here, I know this scent?!"

The sillage isn't quite as gigantic as with Vetiver Ambrato, but the longevity is decent; I can still perceive it after more than 15 hours.

But what the name is supposed to mean? No idea!