Succus Liquides Imaginaires 2015

Succus is a fragrance candidate that wasn't even on my testing list.
I was already familiar with almost all the other liquids.
However, the fragrance pyramid and the scent description didn't particularly interest me; especially since fresh scents are really only my thing in the rarest of exceptions.

Succus is undoubtedly a fresh scent. And a spicy scent. And last but not least, a nature-affirming scent.
Succus smells of nature. Nature in the sense of fresh, wet wood, stream water, and plenty of grassy elements. Deep green and dripping wet. Plant and flower juices form, run, drip, and mix in all shades of green - and in all possible scent spectra that grass and plant juices can provide.
It must be mentioned and is a big plus that Succus never smells synthetic. Quite the opposite.
Even the sweetness that occasionally - especially from the later stages of the fragrance - flashes through does not come off as slapped on, overfed, inappropriate, or even synthetic. It is well-measured, so that at no point can one speak of a sweet scent. Green-spicy-bitter is more accurate. And truly incredibly refreshing - where here the word 'invigorating' is the far more fitting choice.
Succus is a fresh scent that goes off the beaten path that fragrances with a similar character usually (seemingly always) take.
You get a bit of the (incredibly pleasant) feeling that you just sprayed an instant pick-me-up in the form of pure nature. Just fortunately not in the form of lemon, orange, and neroli...
The citrus-fruity components, especially mandarin and rhubarb, come across as thoroughly cool, bitter, and moisture-laden. More sour than sweet.
The flowers and grasses follow suit. Even the cedar and the (at least in terms of scent perception) other woods are moist to wet, bursting with strength, wild, and full of life.
That might even be the keyword. Succus feels incredibly alive and powerful. And indeed invigorating, which is a pretty cool (side) effect.

Succus is fantastically crafted, wearable - albeit somewhat quirky - perfume art.
Cool-spicy-bitter-sour,
green in all facets and nuances,
stimulating, refreshing,
water, plant juices, trees,
nature.