Cannabis
Cetalox®
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Vetiver
mochimicho
50 Reviews
mochimicho
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Thoughtful study of a gimmicky note
Marijuana smells bad. That’s not a controversial opinion. In the words of alternative rapper and cannabis user Rico Nasty: “We smell like somebody farted.” I’m not going to debate the idea that the devil’s lettuce is stinky, nor is Neon Noir. And kudos! Where this perfume excels, it does so because it acknowledges its inherent funk and actively mitigates it with notes equal in pungency, aroma, and quirk. The danger, though, is the dose. Attempting to keep the peace between earthy rankness and acidic, vaporwave sweetness is admirable. For a moment, it kinda works. The filthy and the fruity are well balanced for the first twenty minutes, but every hour after that, we drift further and further into sour fruity-fresh territory: a profile that notoriously does not work on my skin. Also—I don’t know why this keeps happening—but approximately 1.5 hours in, I get wafts of the same dirty underwear smell that was in Cipher and Mostly Just Peach.
Maybe there was no winning me over with this one. Less fruity and I would have complained about the fact that weed smells like weed. Less tart and there would be nothing to cut through the humidity of cyberpunk downtown. I really do appreciate when perfumers unironically experiment with stigmatized notes. Even if I don’t find it successful, I can clearly sense the ingenuity, patience, and perspective behind this fragrance.
Maybe there was no winning me over with this one. Less fruity and I would have complained about the fact that weed smells like weed. Less tart and there would be nothing to cut through the humidity of cyberpunk downtown. I really do appreciate when perfumers unironically experiment with stigmatized notes. Even if I don’t find it successful, I can clearly sense the ingenuity, patience, and perspective behind this fragrance.
Updated on 06/12/2025
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