Jardin de Musc Hunayn 2024

Jardin de Musc isn’t just a scent; it’s introduced as an olfactory artwork, and it is a labor of love dedicated to displaying the layered beauty of pure musk. This unisex scent has quickly created a buzz for its composition of unbelievably rare and high-quality raw materials, resulting in a fabulously layered, fragrant adventure.
At its core, Jardin de Musc is a remarkable bouquet of flowers, woods, and a substantial but refined musk accord. The center is formulated around an extraordinary heart of florals that include gardenia, white rose, and the rare Queen of the Night flower, that brings a slightly fresh quality to the blend. Lush and airy, the florals produce a bouquet that is not cloyingly sweet.
It is in the base where the scent reveals its true character. A heart of natural Kashmiri musk, prized for its creamy aroma with chocolate facets, is seamlessly intertwined with the buttery-rich smoothness of vintage Mysore sandalwood. The two together produce a warm and sensual base, deeply and interestingly comforting. A nuance of oud is added for complexity without crossing the border of barnyard or medicinal tones, achieving a smooth resinous quality instead.
At first spray, you may pick up what some are calling a 'funky' but pleasing opening, that quickly settles down to a wonderfully fleshy floral heart. The drydown is where the craftsmanship of this blend really come together, transforming into a smooth, woody and musky scent on skin.
It is an invitation to live within the soul of its treasured ingredients, a truly musky garden for ones senses.

All the goodness of the list of notes hits my nostrils, but for the first few moments the green notes are the most prominent (I don't know what exactly... maybe cactus and basil plus something else?) which also doesn't mean that at first the fragrance is green. The greenish nuances quickly fade to the foreground came the musk, which accompanies us to the end of the journey. Along with the musk, a powerful player are the old essences of flowers, which gives the fragrance a touch of Vintage (not because of the construction of the fragrance itself, but because of the TIME that has exerted its influence on the ingredients). The flowers themselves we have here more than 70 essences, which over several decades of maturation have lost their fruity nuances and transformed into a sweet and dense nectar. The base of this fragrance is, of course, musk+sandalwood, but as probably in every fragrance of this brand plantation ouds “kinam”. - but do I personally feel that these are exactly the ouds ? Not necessarily, because I have very little experience with ouds and especially with kinam. For me the perceptible base is the highest quality (that I have met so far) musk and sandalwood (the same for me top tier) and something else (it is quite possible that it is these ouds). This is my first impression and probably with time I will start to notice more details and the scent itself will probably start to be perceived at least a little differently - after all, the flask arrived yesterday and perhaps it needs to rest.