Eau de monsoon

Chaparral (creosote), musk, ocotillo bones, petrichor, helichrysum, parched leather, lost canyons

Release year 2014

3 stars Luca Turin

“The opening is one of cold, rain charged skies. The smell of earth and electricity mix with one of the most accurate saddle leathers I've ever smelled in perfumery. This fades within half an hour to the wafting, acrid semi-sweetness of desert creosote, and chaparral. The storm cloud smell of water that was strong in the opening has subsided, giving way to the scent of cold desert air. And just like being in the actual desert, comes and goes with varying intensity throughout the life of the fragrance. This gives the feeling of being out in a wide open, scrub brush filled plain that narrowly avoided a fall downpour. Magical.” -SMELLBOUND via Frangrantica