JohnMts

Undoubtedly unique, pungent and feral.

Admittedly, I was quiet surprised by how good this smells; I was anticipating the smell of blood, steel, and sense of a crime scene due to the name and the storytelling behind the scent. On my nose, this smells nothing like this.

Maybe I am a bit anosmic to the density of the animalic note, but to me this is a very intense and passionate scent. Not dark, not spine-chilling. On the contrary, arrestingly romantic. The image it creates in my mind is a volatile, carnal dance between two people. Very slick, classy, but dripping in sweat and red sharp florals

Although I'm not sold on the concept and the obscure storytelling, which is quiet uncommon for the brand, this is a magnificent scent.

Albeit, it's not something ground breaking or innovative but it is an exceptional scent profile, an all year rounder, and can be worn in every occasion imaginable.

A true gentleman scent; evergreen, timeless and ageless.

Soft yet omnipresent and enduring, metallic and sterile yet full of body and presence.

This is a very strange scent profile to describe, but to me it feels like extra-filtrated air; this metallic, cold stream that fosters just that tiny bit of humidity droplets within it. People describing it as alien and space-like don't do it justice, but neither do people categorising ingredients such as saffron or citruses. This is a very bizarre blend, but not unappealing to the nose. On the contrary, it is a rather futuristic amalgamation of synthetics that seem to imitate things like citrus, white florals, spices as their core, but their exterior shell is a very otherworldly and out there in a truly fascinating way.

A very moist and ruberry leather that is so all enveloping with animalics and aquatic notes, its makes you feel you are inside the esophagus of a giant sea creature. A very deep and singular scent, that doesn't really transition; on the contrary, it feels you are completely engulfed by this organic rubber. To me this smells like a more one-dimensional scent profile of Hope by Frederic Malle. To me the emergent rubberiness of leather and oud are almost identical to both scents, but this ruberiness is employed in different directions. The one-dimensionality of Belly of the Beast is not a bad thing, btw; it announces what it wants to say, and insists upon it all the way to the end.

PS. I really enjoy this scent, but a lot of friends of mine that I've show this to, say the same thing: that it smells like a t-shirt drenched and soaked in sweat that's been left to dry. I don't smell it at all, but it's surprised my that truthfully a lot of people have told me the exact same thing, something that is quiet specific in its own right. Do as you please with that little tibit.

Unlike almost anything I've ever smelled, a truly one of a kind creation. The scent profile, for the longest part, is an intermingling of these notes: a damp cave, a moisty soil, and fruits that to my nose jump around being somewhat dehydrated or completely slimey. Either way, the fruitiness of them is exotic and a great counter-balance to the dampness that hits this scent from the other side. After a while, some animalics hit, that are very soft, but to me build a picture bats nesting above the fruits, dropping fecal matter around them. In the deepest dry down, all these melt in one soft echo, and some incensy, leathery goodness begins to shine.

A remarkable, off-putting but exceptional creation.