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Uncommented Fragrances No. 127
Whatever Christophe Laudamiel, enfant terrible of the fragrance scene (just take a look at his entire body of work), star at IFF Inc., and now head and nose behind his own brand "The Zoo," may have been riding: this is extreme stuff, avant-garde, unwieldy, yet joyfully wearable, darkly fascinating. Simply put: You can't get this stuff out of your head. It's no coincidence that the fragrance won the Art & Olfaction Award 2018 in the Artisan category (see above). The same fragrance is, by the way, mysteriously also available under the name Scent Tattoo (for hints and explanations, see the homepage), which fits better. Once applied to the skin, you feel that subcutaneous layers are reached and that something connects with your body more strongly than you would like.
In fact, Scent Tattoo / Club Design has something almost threatening about it, which is always fascinating; it is heavy metal in fragrance form: heavy, massive, dragging, trailing, perhaps even loud, but still very satisfying when you engage with it: catharsis.
At first, the discerning nose notices a synthetic leather note, which Luca Turin, who ranks this fragrance among the best currently, describes as a rubber note. This is quite understandable, but I like my idea of synthetic leather just as much. Seemingly cacophonous, but wonderfully harmonious, the aforementioned fruity notes blend into the scent profile (sometimes I smell blackcurrant more distinctly and sometimes not) and tug the senses in one direction and then the other.
In the drydown, a musk note becomes more recognizable, which had not penetrated through the loud tones before. One could also smell wood, if one wishes.
I am currently taking a closer look at the fragrances of Christophe Laudamiel, and a blog may follow.
Scent Tattoo is, for now, the most impressive of the fragrances endured with joyful effort: muscle soreness for the nose.
Caution: Leaves scars!
Whatever Christophe Laudamiel, enfant terrible of the fragrance scene (just take a look at his entire body of work), star at IFF Inc., and now head and nose behind his own brand "The Zoo," may have been riding: this is extreme stuff, avant-garde, unwieldy, yet joyfully wearable, darkly fascinating. Simply put: You can't get this stuff out of your head. It's no coincidence that the fragrance won the Art & Olfaction Award 2018 in the Artisan category (see above). The same fragrance is, by the way, mysteriously also available under the name Scent Tattoo (for hints and explanations, see the homepage), which fits better. Once applied to the skin, you feel that subcutaneous layers are reached and that something connects with your body more strongly than you would like.
In fact, Scent Tattoo / Club Design has something almost threatening about it, which is always fascinating; it is heavy metal in fragrance form: heavy, massive, dragging, trailing, perhaps even loud, but still very satisfying when you engage with it: catharsis.
At first, the discerning nose notices a synthetic leather note, which Luca Turin, who ranks this fragrance among the best currently, describes as a rubber note. This is quite understandable, but I like my idea of synthetic leather just as much. Seemingly cacophonous, but wonderfully harmonious, the aforementioned fruity notes blend into the scent profile (sometimes I smell blackcurrant more distinctly and sometimes not) and tug the senses in one direction and then the other.
In the drydown, a musk note becomes more recognizable, which had not penetrated through the loud tones before. One could also smell wood, if one wishes.
I am currently taking a closer look at the fragrances of Christophe Laudamiel, and a blog may follow.
Scent Tattoo is, for now, the most impressive of the fragrances endured with joyful effort: muscle soreness for the nose.
Caution: Leaves scars!
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41 Comments
How nice, another zoo!
Your very nuanced description kind of scares me.
I think I鈥檇 rather not get to know this scent: call me a coward for that!