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Deserta Vapormundum 2024

8.1 / 10 134 Ratings

A popular perfume by Vapormundum for women and men, released in 2024. The scent is earthy-woody. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Earthy

Woody

Spicy

Sweet

Creamy

Fragrance Notes

Patchouli

Amber

Cedar

Solar note Vanilla

Vanilla

Soil

Perfumer & Creative Guidance

Joschka Klee Brand owner [Vapormundum], Perfume maker

Ratings

Scent

8.1134 Ratings

Longevity

8.1123 Ratings

Sillage

7.6118 Ratings

Bottle

7.597 Ratings

Value for money

7.586 Ratings

Submitted by Melena222 · last update on 03/01/2026.

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What the fragrance is similar to

Au Coeur du Désert

Reviews

7 in-depth fragrance descriptions

05/17/2025

9Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

JonathanLeo8
29 Reviews

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JonathanLeo8

Helpful Review 7

With you, beside me. Here beside you.

We walk together through an endless sea of sand. Time passes slowly, and we wander aimlessly through this endless landscape. Venus greets the cool night of the desert. With the tarpaulin set up, we curl up on the sandy ground. This night in the desert exudes a wonderfully nostalgic scent, the scent of the unfamiliar and the anticipation of yet undiscovered worlds.

Around us lies a vast silence. Only the wind paints fleeting patterns in the dunes, whose shadows lose themselves deep blue in the darkness. Far on the horizon, the outlines glow like the echo of past sunlit hours. No sound, just the soft rustling of the sand and the steady, barely audible breathing of the world.

With my gaze into the starry night and my nose buried in her hair, dusty from the desert sand, I fall asleep. This scent accompanies me into sleep, allowing me to dream of the shimmering light over the gleaming desert sand in the distance.
The night fades away, the sky glows,
the sun kisses us warmly on cool sand.

Deserta starts with a photorealistic, dry, almost dusty desert earth. Soon, dry patchouli joins in, adding depth to the earthy character of the scent. As it develops, the fragrance becomes sunnier and warmer; lightly ambered, it fades beautifully. It lingers on the skin for a long time and has a moderate to strong sillage. We will surely hear more from Joschka Klee.

01/30/2026

9Scent 8Longevity 6Sillage

SchnüFFleRR
30 Reviews

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SchnüFFleRR

Deserta - the Scent of the Desert

Since I associate a lot with Deserta, this time I consciously chose to tell a story instead of a classic fragrance description. It gives an insight into what Deserta means to me and how the scent affects me.
The engine had long fallen silent.
Leon stood next to the still smoking SUV. Sweat beaded on his forehead, his lips chapped. The car had given up the ghost.

Now he was here. Somewhere between two points on a map that he couldn't even read properly.

The afternoon sun beat down on him. 43 degrees. No cloud in the sky. No reception. No shade. No more water.

No rescue, but also no way back. So he set off.

For the first few kilometers, he ran as if in a trance. Every step was an act of concentration.
The sand, deep and soft, pulled at his feet. The heat rose from below and struck back.
Leon forced himself to look only forward and kept fighting.

The night came faster than expected, along with the cold.
The wind blew fine sand across his face, burning in his eyes.

He found a rock ledge and crouched down beneath it.

The ground smelled of earth. Dry, hot, dusty.
But familiar.
Almost like home.

He dreamed. Or woke with his eyes open. Hard to say.

The next morning, the sun was just as merciless as the day before.
Leon stood up, swaying.
His body ached.
In his mouth, the bitter taste of iron.

But he kept going.

Then came that moment.

A scent hit him unexpectedly. Heavy, warm, earthy.
Resinous. Maybe patchouli. Or cedarwood.

He paused, smelled again.
Maybe the scent was rising from the dark sand. Maybe it came from a parched bush at his feet, its cracked bark reminiscent of cedarwood.

Suddenly he was no longer alone in the desert, but in their shared bedroom, years ago.
Her scent. Warm, sweet, and bitter at the same time.
Like a secret room in an old house.

Now it’s time, Leon thought.
Now I’m going crazy.

Maybe it was a final protective reaction against giving up.

His knees buckled.
He fell.
Lay still.

The sand felt like ash.
He turned onto his back, closed his eyes.

So this is how it ends.
No drama. No scream.

He opened his eyes, one last time.

A point of light.
Deep on the horizon.

Something flickered.
A human silhouette.
Or just a mirage.

He didn’t know.
But his heart raced.

With his last strength, he turned onto his stomach.
Crawled forward inch by inch.
Not with the thought of surviving,
just to know if it was real.
If there was hope.

His breath rattled.
Sand in his throat.
The world spun.

He lifted his head, one last time.
Squinted against the light.

And then there was only the scent of the desert.
Earthy like patchouli.
Spicy like the warmth of the sun shining on the sand.
And sweet like amber, describing the infinity of the desert.

Deserta my favorite desert scent from Vapormundum.

Updated on 01/30/2026

05/27/2025

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Dennis1104
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Dennis1104

What more can I say about the fragrances.. They are simply grandiose.

Deserta is now the third fragrance I have tested from Joschka/Vapormundum, and this one has also convinced me once again. I just love the fragrances from Joschka.
Normally, I would actually have to buy them all at some point. Deserta even feels like my current favorite, but I felt the same way about the other two before. I simply love them all.

The fragrance starts off for me with an intense, very beautiful patchouli accord. I can really perceive the patchouli right from the beginning. It is slightly earthy, yet very pleasing.
Somehow, it also has a slightly "sandy" quality at the start. It has a hint of warm desert air.
The fragrance is already pleasantly spicy, woody, and slightly sweet.
I actually also get very slight nutty chocolate vibes.

It feels like various impressions are active together from the very beginning, and it just works super well.

Over time, the earthy theme becomes a bit more intense. It also becomes a bit spicier again.
Spicier, but never in the sense of a spice market or anything like that. It simply smells "differently spicy." Very, very fitting and truly beautiful.

Somehow, I imagine wearing a suit and having a business meeting in a room filled with wooden furniture, all a bit antique and elegantly old-school styled. Deserta would work excellently here.

The performance is also really good once again.
The fragrance lasts about eight to nine hours on my skin and projects really well.

02/03/2025

9Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Abraxas98
50 Reviews

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Abraxas98

Dry and dark - like the desert at night.

Vapormundum is a small niche brand, where personal messages from Joschka, the owner, are still included with the orders. I wanted to get to know this brand and took a chance on a blind buy.
Here is the latest fragrance from Vapormundum: Deserta, an homage to the desert at night.
And that’s exactly how the scent unfolds on the skin. It is dark, earthy, and dry from the very first moment. Occasionally, it almost feels like burnt earth. Smoky and brittle. Strangely enough, this is coherent and interesting. There are no hints of biting smoke. It remains truly dark and dry - and piece by piece, the burnt earth transforms into smoldering wood.
For me, after some time, softer notes of cedarwood emerge, as if the burnt wood is being scraped away to give space to the pure wood aroma. At the same time, the fragrance becomes a bit more reserved, which I really like.
Later on, there are occasional hints of dark bittersweet chocolate, which I can really only perceive sporadically.
Overall, Deserta is on a peaceful path. The longer it stays on my skin, the sweeter and more pleasant it becomes. Even though the woody notes never completely disappear, the vanilla and a very gentle patchouli express themselves a bit more clearly.
Just like an extinguished, nighttime fire that gives way to the new day.
Conclusion:
Deserta is definitely one of my "niche-iest" fragrances and it is also definitely not "everybody’s darling." But I don’t think it wants to be. It has edges and corners and can perhaps feel too extreme in the first moments. But if you engage with it and give it the necessary time - then it is an exciting companion that consistently carves its own path.
Deserta definitely deserves a chance.

Updated on 11/28/2025

09/29/2024

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Mischa99
116 Reviews

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Mischa99

Woody with Interesting Twists

The recently arrived fragrance sample came packaged in black with a personally signed greeting card from the perfumer. The sample container also appeared to be of high quality (made of glass with a metal cap and metal sprayer)

The fragrance composition seems to be just as high quality: the beginning is woody and dry, at first I thought I could hardly smell anything and sprayed several times. After a while, I thought I detected something earthy and an extremely minimalist sweetness. In the background, something reminded me of ISO-E Super, and a little later the scent unfolded towards sauna wood. At this point, I thought the scent seemed familiar to me. It could be that I was reminded of Encre Noir.
The next day, the sprayed T-shirt smelled very pleasant of wood with a very slight chocolate twist. The day after that, I then only smelled strong patchouli.

The sillage could be a bit stronger for my taste, as I find the price somewhat steep. I will probably test the other fragrances as well, because after "Deserta" I became curious about what other ideas Joschka is implementing.

Updated on 09/30/2024

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