Redrot

this plays on a black (licorice) and orange (citrus zest) theme. I found this kind of annoying; there’s just so much to be done with a Halloween scent - crunchy leaves, synthetic fog, candy corn, pumpkins. All that said, out of context the scent...

On paper I did not like it at all. Thankfully I kept it around and gave it a try on skin! It needs the warmth of a body to bring it to life. It’s a photorealistic fig: velvety, mottled purple skin encasing earthy, creamy sweet flesh with crunchy little...

Tucson smells like putting your nose on the orange, cracking bark of an old ponderosa pine. The sap seeping from inside the tree is lovely and faintly vanillic (I always wanted to eat it as a kid). The wind carries the scent of dry, dry grasses...

Universal Flowering perfumes are so emotional. This is all the anxious, heart-pounding energy of a girl in a sea foam and peach sundress sharing a cream soda with her crush at the carnival. Is it just the Tilt-a-Whirl, or does...

An incredibly authentic matcha latte, but not necessarily a well made one. The mug is a bit soapy, the tea is too bitter, the milk is oversweet and a little scalded, and for some reason they squeezed a tangerine over top....

Wow wow wow. I get sweet dates and tobacco drying down to a salted honey. There's a smoky tang throughout (tamarind? balsam?) which, unusually, gets stronger throughout the wear. I wasn't around for Cafe Tabac (the bar), but this...

You're sitting at an outdoor cafe table in the evening. You've got a half cup of strong, sweet coffee left and a flaky, buttery pineapple-preserve-filled pastry you haven't started in on yet. Someone is smoking a couple tables away. Your table...

This is one of the more authentic church incenses I’ve smelled so far. It gets the balsamic, resinous nature of frankincense right. It’s anticipatory and somber, like the sweetness of a shuddering sob echoing through an empty stone nave. It reminds...

Love this scent, but the name is all wrong! The overall impression is dry and warm, but there’s nothing rebellious or radical about it to me. It’s a round, comforting, cinnamon-spicy graham cracker scent. I picture sitting at a worn wooden table...

The hype is real. This one created a whole new genre; it's the Opium of the 2020s. It really is everywhere (or its dupes are). I smell it on glossy, stylish office girls on the train. I had a friend whose girlfriend and side piece both wore it without...

This was the scent that hooked me, and still the one I most see myself in. Upon spraying the tart, salty plum is most noticeable. After a few hours it becomes smoky, cedar dominant, but the fruitiness is still there beneath. Floats...

I tried this on a test strip at Scent Bar and I was bewitched. It was orange candy with a little bite of pepper (like a Sicilian citrus salad) that dried down to reveal a mysterious, entrancing smoke scent. Not like a campfire...