
Landshark321
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Robust green mossy blend with juniper and lavender
Pineward Perfumes Juniperus is a very recent release from this Colorado/Utah-based house, a bold green mossy woody sharp blend featuring juniper, lavender, rosemary, patchouli, and sandalwood. It has a vaguely savory background with the rosemary but mainly a bold center of that smells like rich spring outdoor experience in the woods, full of plants and life and a mossy greenness that seems to come from the juniper and lavender, a little sharp but not too sharp, and not really floral despite what I figure to be a good use of lavender. It feels like a relatively full masculine-leaning fresh cologne, perhaps something that might’ve appeared in the last 25 years in a designer lab but with a little more grace and authenticity. A very interesting release that I’m nonetheless unsure I would wear a lot. Overall, though, I like it very much.
Juniperus is EDT concentration and is priced at $135/80/50 for 57/37/17ml and performs quite well, so it’s a great value, perhaps better so than the line’s higher-concentration options at higher price points.
7 out of 10