Nosorius

Hmm.... When I read the comments here, I start to doubt my olfactory perception. Animalic? Sweet? Leather? Oud? I can't smell any of that. Perhaps it is hiding somewhere in the farthest corner.
My first association: 80s men's shower gel "Sport," admittedly in a more refined version and very loud. I sprayed it on during a cabin hike in the Alps with a generous spritz and received an "oh - freshly showered" from the server at dinner.
Other associations are indeed Tiger Balm and Vicks Vaporub - especially if I don't dose it very carefully. Maximum one spritz - if you can manage, better half. Then I do sense some wood in the scent development. I'm currently wearing the fragrance on my forearm, a quick spray eight hours ago - chocolate or animalic? Absolutely not detectable.
I find V. really way too loud. Olfactory techno-disco with the volume at max. Two sprays of this are a good recipe to keep the environment at a distance. At the beginning of my perfume affinity, I was thrilled by this extreme longevity and sillage, but now I find it too overpowering.
The crazy thing is that when I dose it very carefully, I actually don't mind it - but it's anything but gourmand or cozy. And I perceive the forest very differently than Viride - perhaps a eucalyptus forest.

I came across South by Mendittorosa while searching for a skin scent and subsequently read quite a bit about the fragrances of this lesser-known brand. As a result, I just had to order samples of South, Alfa, and Archetipo - and I must say, it was worth it! All three are truly beautiful scent experiences, each one distinct from the other.
Now, onto Archetipo: The opening is already woody, with a quickly emerging smoky-earthy note that continues to shape the fragrance. It spontaneously reminded me of Terroni by Orto Parisi. I definitely envision or smell red, volcanic earth. Perhaps a bit of slate as well. In Terroni, there’s a note of red wine that comes in, while here the scent evolves to become more woody and warmer. However, there remains a fine, spicy smoke, and I also believe I can smell oak moss, especially in the later stages of the fragrance. A truly lovely incense scent that, thank goodness, is not as heavy and overpowering as when a priest really lets it rip at Easter, leaving the sheep fainting or kneeling in rows. This one comes across much lighter yet still serious. And it is not ONLY incense; there is always earth and resin and a touch of "green."
A wonderful fragrance with a great balance that, in my opinion, should not deter anyone. Thanks to its very nice longevity and sillage, it is neither loud nor too subtle, very wearable. Noble and characterful.
P.S.: How, pray tell, does moonstone smell?

This scent was my first consciously sniffed and purchased fragrance. Completely without any background knowledge and without special perfume experience. It captivated me back then, and I found it simply spicy and distinctive. Until then, I had rarely used perfume - most often just an aftershave. Interestingly, my son recently mentioned that he found a really good scent for himself while sniffing around in the airport duty-free: the hot "Terre d'Hermes," and he didn't know that I already owned it and had worn it from time to time :-)
By now, I have had the opportunity to get to know many interesting perfumes and have also acquired a bit more knowledge, so I perceive the citrus in the top note more consciously. The opening in my nose clearly shows the grapefruit alongside the orange, which takes it in a somewhat sharper and bitter direction, emphasized by the pepper. Pepper is also clearly noticeable to me from the very beginning and remains throughout the entire scent progression. I find the vetiver in this perfume to be quite subtle and very restrained. For example, when I think of the vetiver in Sultan Vetiver by Nishane, the version present here has significantly fewer edges and corners, making it somehow cooler. As the scent develops, woody tones push more to the forefront. Interestingly, I do not perceive TdH as earthy at all and definitely not musty - how differently the same scent can affect different noses and olfactory centers. In this respect, I would almost say that the name is somewhat misleading, so to speak "missing the point."
Overall, a nice, rather fresh-spicy scent that doesn't really clash and is rather pleasing. I can imagine it for almost any occasion, perhaps more as a classic office scent and perhaps more for men than for women. And, as my son has shown, suitable for any age.

With the image of a mystical forest in my mind, I sprayed Coven on my forearm for a hike along the Heidenmauer in the Vosges, and it matched wonderfully with this forest full of moss-covered large boulders that seemed to have been rolled there by giants. It was cool and windy, the forest dense and damp, and I wouldn't have been surprised if goblins and unicorns had crossed our path and witches had swept over us...
Coven starts off very fresh and bitter green, almost biting. Then a note of heavy, wet, dark earth joins in, while this piercing green tone remains. In the base, it becomes a bit milder - indeed, there is a certain resemblance to peaty (Islay) whisky. So much for "a bit milder" ;-) Vanilla is certainly not a dominant theme here.
Today I tested it again - without the mystical forest backdrop around me, and I mainly sensed this rather dominant piercing green note. Boxwood? Thuja? No: Ivy! And specifically the ivy scent that arises when cutting it, not so much the leaves, but the sap that oozes from the cut branches or stems. Add a good dash of conifer needles - then I'm very close to the note that runs through the entire scent progression of Coven.
Longevity and sillage seem quite decent to me.
Anyone who likes it green and woody and doesn't lean towards the sweet-floral side should definitely give it a sniff.

Hooked by Apicius' comment, I got myself a sample of South. It sounded incredibly intriguing, especially since the previous comments and statements about the scent seem quite heterogeneous. During the first test, I would have most likely agreed with the "innocence of the countryside," as Lox sniffed it out. It really did smell somewhat like soap and laundry detergent, but then, especially with repeated testing, I could increasingly catch a hint of those "nylon stockings."
However, not at all in the sense of the quote attributed to Napoleon, "do not wash yourself, Madame, I will be in Paris in FOUR days." To me, it smells more like Madame did wash herself after all and treated her legs with fine cream before slipping on the nylon stockings and laying down in the relatively freshly made bed to await Monsieur, over whom she then fell asleep since the gentleman took a bit longer to arrive. And so she has been lying there for several hours now. (How many hours, that may vary from nose to nose.)
All in all, for me, a very "human" scent, which therefore comes across as unobtrusive in the truest sense of the word. Not like a classic perfume, where you wonder, WHAT kind of perfume is this, but rather the question arises: "WHO smells so good here?" Extremely subtle and, for my nose, clearly in the pleasant corner. Absolutely not a stinker but thankfully also anything but clinically clean. Thus, I have also returned to Lox's statement about "camouflage."
A scent that I find really exciting.
Longevity and sillage are correspondingly restrained but still present, in line with the "camouflage." If they were "louder," it would not fit at all.
Oh, by the way... Can someone describe to me what carrot seeds smell like?