Year: 2015
Notes: West Indian bay leaf, tarragon, angelica, fleabane, flowers, opopanax, olibanum, vinyl accord, costus root
Inspired by Stanley Kubrick's adaption of The Shining, Room 237 attempts to olfactorily recreate the colour and atmosphere of that famous bathroom scene.
Unfortunately, it's simply a soft and soapy green-floral, which comes across as contrived for its own good. With a strange fruity bubblegum note, it strives to tick all the main boxes – a musky soapiness, a verdant context to complement the colour of the bathroom walls, a plastic or vinyl accord for the shower curtain, a vague '70s retro aromatic vibe, and sensual florals soon tempered by the flesh decaying properties of the costus root (acting as an olfactory reference to mysterious naked woman).
Fusing herbs, florals and aroma chemicals with unconventional accents (such as fleabane, which is part of the daisy family and possesses insect repellent properties), it may work on a conceptual level but, from a practical standpoint, it's rather underwhelming. Actually, if one has to be brutally honest, it smells like a synthetic green-floral from an amateur perfumer.
With reasonable persistence, while remaining close to the skin, there's nothing strange, challenging or sinister about it at all.
Unfortunately, it's simply a soft and soapy green-floral, which comes across as contrived for its own good. With a strange fruity bubblegum note, it strives to tick all the main boxes – a musky soapiness, a verdant context to complement the colour of the bathroom walls, a plastic or vinyl accord for the shower curtain, a vague '70s retro aromatic vibe, and sensual florals soon tempered by the flesh decaying properties of the costus root (acting as an olfactory reference to mysterious naked woman).
Fusing herbs, florals and aroma chemicals with unconventional accents (such as fleabane, which is part of the daisy family and possesses insect repellent properties), it may work on a conceptual level but, from a practical standpoint, it's rather underwhelming. Actually, if one has to be brutally honest, it smells like a synthetic green-floral from an amateur perfumer.
With reasonable persistence, while remaining close to the skin, there's nothing strange, challenging or sinister about it at all.
