Year: 2015
Notes: herbs, frankincense, animal musks
So, yet another Basenotes member has decided that, with a little self-tuition, they too can become a perfumer and release their own line of fragrances. While one appreciates the DIY aesthetics, more often than not, such ventures turn out to be extremely amateurish.
With regards to Holy Shit, it isn't really that bad, but suffers from being too mild-mannered and unoriginal. Take Josef Statkus' Eau de Parfum, lower the sweetness, and reconstruct the formula with some clove, dark woods and animal musks (particularly castoreum and civet), and that's basically Holy Shit.
Providing a suggestive leathery leaning, the composition's main salvation is the sweet clove infusion, and how it delightfully intermingles with the woods, resins and animalic base. As a result, it's somewhat sweet, resinous and slightly powdery for most of its lifespan.
While it's a promising effort, it just isn't daring or bold enough. Furthermore, its linearity could also be seen as both a virtue and a flaw, with minimal projection and average lasting power.
With regards to Holy Shit, it isn't really that bad, but suffers from being too mild-mannered and unoriginal. Take Josef Statkus' Eau de Parfum, lower the sweetness, and reconstruct the formula with some clove, dark woods and animal musks (particularly castoreum and civet), and that's basically Holy Shit.
Providing a suggestive leathery leaning, the composition's main salvation is the sweet clove infusion, and how it delightfully intermingles with the woods, resins and animalic base. As a result, it's somewhat sweet, resinous and slightly powdery for most of its lifespan.
While it's a promising effort, it just isn't daring or bold enough. Furthermore, its linearity could also be seen as both a virtue and a flaw, with minimal projection and average lasting power.
