Year: 2006
Notes: vetiver, ambergris, white musks
After roughly ten years in development, and consisting of only base notes, L'Antimatière attempts to epitomise the anti-perfume by way of an abstract / minimalist composition. When it was first released, one perceived it as merely pretentious bourgeois experimentalism. Years later, one more or less feels the same...
Released a year after Escentric Molecules' one-note trickster, Molecule 01, L'Antimatière acts like invisible ink on the skin – sometimes being detectable and sometimes not. But the thing is that it's always present, with its conceptual premise heavily reliant on induced olfactory fatigue.
Smelling like freshly cleaned laundry, the alcohol and vetiver both create a mineral or metallic aroma, against a slightly salty backdrop of ambergris and white musk. Projection is very low and it's deceptively long-lasting, but it becomes far less perceptible on the skin after an hour or so.
Although it succeeds in smelling of next to nothing, it demands too much faith from the discerning consumer in order to part with their cash. Of course, it could effectively be used as either a layering agent or intensifier but, ultimately, it fails to offer ample personal enjoyment as a standalone fragrance.
So, while one still considers rain water to possess more presence than this bizarre laboratory creation, it would also be advisable to explore the house of Gendarme (that's if a clean olfactory concept greatly appeals).
Released a year after Escentric Molecules' one-note trickster, Molecule 01, L'Antimatière acts like invisible ink on the skin – sometimes being detectable and sometimes not. But the thing is that it's always present, with its conceptual premise heavily reliant on induced olfactory fatigue.
Smelling like freshly cleaned laundry, the alcohol and vetiver both create a mineral or metallic aroma, against a slightly salty backdrop of ambergris and white musk. Projection is very low and it's deceptively long-lasting, but it becomes far less perceptible on the skin after an hour or so.
Although it succeeds in smelling of next to nothing, it demands too much faith from the discerning consumer in order to part with their cash. Of course, it could effectively be used as either a layering agent or intensifier but, ultimately, it fails to offer ample personal enjoyment as a standalone fragrance.
So, while one still considers rain water to possess more presence than this bizarre laboratory creation, it would also be advisable to explore the house of Gendarme (that's if a clean olfactory concept greatly appeals).
