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Overhyped Gourmandy Bonbon Scent
I have God of Fire and Porthole on both my arms right now. And I much prefer God of Fire.
Not because Porthole is a bad perfume, but because GOF is waaay more my style. But keep in mind I've got an official tester from ordering the new bottle / batch. So maybe it changed from the original batch which I never smelled.
Let me explain. Porthole for me is very gourmand. It reminds me a lot of the Campino Strawberry and Cream Bonbons (sweets) which were quite popular in Germany when I was a kid. I mean the comparison is not exact as porthole is more in the direction of Mango or Passion Fruit instead of strawberry I guess. But still very much so, as for me it smells like a lactonic / creamy accord is muting the juiciness and freshness of the fruits by a lot.
So for me porthole is mainly a very gourmand fruity hard candy with minimal freshness drying down to something similar as Pacific Chill. And I would definitely prefer Pacific Chill over Porthole for being more fresh, lively, less lactonic and less gourmand.
Now why do I prefer God of Fire?
Is it an objectively better smell? Is it higher quality? Does it smell more natural? No to all of these points (I'd say it's mostly similar, maybe objectively Porthole even smells better).
But God of Fire just has this attitude. This dangerous, poisonous, intriguing, sexy undertone which transforms a pleasant sweet mango / strawberry scent into a very attractive juxtaposition of tropical vacay good feel vibes and a sexy unknown dangerous shadow lurking behind each palmtree. Probably from the oud and nagarmotha. This is also a speciality of Stéphane Humbert Lucas Perfumes from my point of view as most I tested have a dangerous, maybe even evil, but still very sexy undertone.
Describing it like that reminds me a bit of the official music video of the song "Hunnybee" by unknown mortal orchestra (check it out) or of the video game "dead island" depicting a zombie apocalypse on an tropical island paradise. A looming danger overshadowing a beautiful jungle paradise vacation destination. But in sexy.
Maybe in the way women get off of vampires or werewolves or crazy abusive rich guys.
So you want to smell like an innocent fruity tropical Bonbon (hard candy) or like a tropical fruity sexy vampire? You decide.
God bless.
Not because Porthole is a bad perfume, but because GOF is waaay more my style. But keep in mind I've got an official tester from ordering the new bottle / batch. So maybe it changed from the original batch which I never smelled.
Let me explain. Porthole for me is very gourmand. It reminds me a lot of the Campino Strawberry and Cream Bonbons (sweets) which were quite popular in Germany when I was a kid. I mean the comparison is not exact as porthole is more in the direction of Mango or Passion Fruit instead of strawberry I guess. But still very much so, as for me it smells like a lactonic / creamy accord is muting the juiciness and freshness of the fruits by a lot.
So for me porthole is mainly a very gourmand fruity hard candy with minimal freshness drying down to something similar as Pacific Chill. And I would definitely prefer Pacific Chill over Porthole for being more fresh, lively, less lactonic and less gourmand.
Now why do I prefer God of Fire?
Is it an objectively better smell? Is it higher quality? Does it smell more natural? No to all of these points (I'd say it's mostly similar, maybe objectively Porthole even smells better).
But God of Fire just has this attitude. This dangerous, poisonous, intriguing, sexy undertone which transforms a pleasant sweet mango / strawberry scent into a very attractive juxtaposition of tropical vacay good feel vibes and a sexy unknown dangerous shadow lurking behind each palmtree. Probably from the oud and nagarmotha. This is also a speciality of Stéphane Humbert Lucas Perfumes from my point of view as most I tested have a dangerous, maybe even evil, but still very sexy undertone.
Describing it like that reminds me a bit of the official music video of the song "Hunnybee" by unknown mortal orchestra (check it out) or of the video game "dead island" depicting a zombie apocalypse on an tropical island paradise. A looming danger overshadowing a beautiful jungle paradise vacation destination. But in sexy.
Maybe in the way women get off of vampires or werewolves or crazy abusive rich guys.
So you want to smell like an innocent fruity tropical Bonbon (hard candy) or like a tropical fruity sexy vampire? You decide.
God bless.