Top Notes 
Basmati rice
Coriander
Cumin
French cedar
Pink pepper
Rosewood
Heart Notes 
Black tea
Clove
Himalayan rose
Jasmine sambac
Papua sandalwood
Turkish rose
Base Notes 
Siberian musk
Civet
Labdanum
Papua oud
01/18/2025
DrB1414
235 Reviews
DrB1414
2
Man Juice
EO No 2 Parfum. This is one of the best smells, not perfumes, but smells ever for me. Curious how I never made a dedicated post about it. Granted, I have lost track of all the various iterations and such, I can only speak of the early versions that I own and am familiar with.
I still remember when this perfume came around and serious fragheads were dying to get their nose on a natural deer musk perfume. Many tried it and commented that they didn't get the musk whatsoever. I understand that. After years of being fed synthetic musk accords, or worse, white, aka "laundry" musks, our nose needs time to adjust to a natural musk bomb like No 2 is. Moreover, let's not forget that a significant percentage of the population is anosmic to musk and other similar compounds and aroma molecules. My experience with No 2 was much alike. I could not identify the musk on my first 2-3 wearings. But I learned the material in tincture form and some attars. Later, coming back to this, all I could smell was the Musk. Today, it feels so overwhelming, so upfront that I can't smell much of the other stuff in the fragrance.
EO 2 is the MUSK. It is an ode to this beautiful, rare, and misunderstood material that boasts tremendous complexity and pheromonal prowess. Everything in this composition plays along but never deters from the main player. Besides the musk, I get plenty of spices (especially cumin and coriander) and woody notes. The second version (2020 or so) does showcase a bit of rose and more up-front tea notes, but I feel that the OG and the Kashmir are pitch dark and butch cutting those "weak" links out. This perfume smells like bottled testosterone. If the Spartans used cologne you be damn sure they sprayed No 2 before charging in battle. This composition feels ultra-masculine and rough. Bone-dry, no sweetness, just a gallop of (slightly urinous) Siberian Musk that saturates a harmonious blend of savory spices and creamy woods. It doesn't get more "close-to-nature" than this. I never smelled anything remotely similar to it. Ever. I don't think there will ever be. Prin's Onthamara comes closest, but that one goes full death metal. This composition is a cultured and sophisticated beast that wages war and hunts during the day but reads and indulges in classical music and meditation during the evenings. It is a harmonious and well-rounded blend, not just a mindless brute.
IG:@memory.of.scents
I still remember when this perfume came around and serious fragheads were dying to get their nose on a natural deer musk perfume. Many tried it and commented that they didn't get the musk whatsoever. I understand that. After years of being fed synthetic musk accords, or worse, white, aka "laundry" musks, our nose needs time to adjust to a natural musk bomb like No 2 is. Moreover, let's not forget that a significant percentage of the population is anosmic to musk and other similar compounds and aroma molecules. My experience with No 2 was much alike. I could not identify the musk on my first 2-3 wearings. But I learned the material in tincture form and some attars. Later, coming back to this, all I could smell was the Musk. Today, it feels so overwhelming, so upfront that I can't smell much of the other stuff in the fragrance.
EO 2 is the MUSK. It is an ode to this beautiful, rare, and misunderstood material that boasts tremendous complexity and pheromonal prowess. Everything in this composition plays along but never deters from the main player. Besides the musk, I get plenty of spices (especially cumin and coriander) and woody notes. The second version (2020 or so) does showcase a bit of rose and more up-front tea notes, but I feel that the OG and the Kashmir are pitch dark and butch cutting those "weak" links out. This perfume smells like bottled testosterone. If the Spartans used cologne you be damn sure they sprayed No 2 before charging in battle. This composition feels ultra-masculine and rough. Bone-dry, no sweetness, just a gallop of (slightly urinous) Siberian Musk that saturates a harmonious blend of savory spices and creamy woods. It doesn't get more "close-to-nature" than this. I never smelled anything remotely similar to it. Ever. I don't think there will ever be. Prin's Onthamara comes closest, but that one goes full death metal. This composition is a cultured and sophisticated beast that wages war and hunts during the day but reads and indulges in classical music and meditation during the evenings. It is a harmonious and well-rounded blend, not just a mindless brute.
IG:@memory.of.scents
