RisingChaos

An airy floral bouquet dripping with honey, sprinkled with herbs & spices. The opening has a harsh candied, synthetic sweetness to it that settles into a heart dominated by ylang-ylang and honey. The myrrh + amber come on strong as it dries down, adding a sweet & smoky touch. Moderately strong projection for 2-3 fades through 3-4hr, longevity 10-12hr.

A unique mixture of accords with this one. The honeyed florals bring to mind something like Xerjoff JTC 400, but the smoky and borderline medicinal myrrh is a real curveball. Though many of Happyland's offerings can be thought of as unisex, this is the only one specifically marketed as a women's fragrance.

A dusty, dirty, spiced leather & woods with a surface polish of fresh citrus and floral notes. The animalic opening settles into a sort of leather fougere-like smell, similar to Happyland's own Hommeland Extreme but less bold as the citruses do freshen it up quite a bit. Moderately strong projection for 2-3hr before settling into a soft scent bubble of mildly soapy incense, longevity 10-12hr.

Dry woody, sharply aromatic, fresh spicy pine bomb. A coniferous forest with strong resinous undertones, as if the trees are oozing with sticky sap. But the resins steadily burn off over the first couple hours, leaving a long-lasting clean, powdery moss skin scent behind. Moderately strong initial projection for 2-3hr before shrinking in, longevity 10-12hr.

The opening is a bit much for me, but I like the drydown. It shifts rather dramatically over time.

This is a birch tar bomb to me. A straight-up bonfire, super ashy and smoky. Burning wood with a hint of leafy greens and spice. There's little bits and pieces of other accords in here, such as a rough dry leather and a slight medicinal airiness from the oud/eucalyptus, but they're buried beneath the smoke. Very strong projection fades over 5-6hr, longevity 10-12hr.

Chokingly strong. Not a classically appealing scent, yet extremely intriguing.

A poor, lonely old man strolls into his favorite diner on an unusually mild Christmas morning. He orders a most delicious egg, spicy sausage, and cheese sandwich to soothe his wasting soul. The containing sweet roll is overtoasted, but that's just how he likes it. He lightly dips it in a pool of syrup on his plate. In the absence of any other source of happiness in his slowly decaying life, at least he has the steaming deliciousness of breakfast in his mouth right now. He orders a coffee. The waitress grabs her ancient BUNN decanter with stained orange handle and saunters over. She trips, the coffee pot flies. A plate full of bold dark roast YUBAN. A soggy sandwich soaked in bold dark roast YUBAN. A mouth full of steaming breakfast deliciousness and bold dark roast YUBAN. The man closes his eyes, takes a deep breath, and takes another bite as he luxuriates in the mixture of savory tastes and aromas. Strong projection for 2-3hr, longevity 10-12hr.

A breakfast syrup, strong dark coffee scent with a dash of holiday spices. I'm not sure what a cheap diner breakfast has to do with Christmas, but as a coffee hater this is way too bitter for me. It does become somewhat more palatable as it dries down and the coffee fades, however.

The Decaf Edition, which Parfumo doesn't have a separate page for, is a more complex and interesting scent whether you like coffee or not. It replaces about 80% of the coffee with more amber and a complex array of creamy caramel, rose, plus additional spices (especially cinnamon). It's no longer a lonely old man's unfortunate breakfast mishap, it's Aunt Thelma sipping her hot cup of joe as she smothers her cigarette butt into her dessert plate after the family Christmas feast. Moderate projection for 2-3hr, longevity 8-10hr.