Smell expensive and not like everyone else: 6 fragrances that are not like the others

Brands have been churning out clones of these hits for years, slightly changing the formula, and now the city smells like one big factory producing burnt sugar, bandages, and ammonia, Ukr.Media reports.

Those who are tired of it all, like me, should try something from this selection.

L'Anonyme from What we do is secret Extract

When you want to put on a loose men's shirt, turn off your phone and not talk to anyone – this is the perfume you need. No cotton candy or flower beds. Just black pepper, a little geranium and rough suede. It sounds so detached, intellectual and fresh that it seems as if you just left a conceptual art gallery, and not worked ten hours at a laptop. A very cool alternative to all these typical citrus “fresheners” that usually evaporate faster than you get to the office. People react strangely to it – they may stop and ask what it smells so cool and unusual.

BlackHole by Nicheend

To be honest, I am suspicious of perfumes with alcoholic notes. They often smell like you had a good party yesterday, and today you are trying to hide it with chewing gum. But here something completely different happened. Imagine that you poured a good whiskey into a glass of warm milk. It burns and relaxes at the same time. There is also a little wood that holds this whole structure together, preventing it from sliding into sweetness. The aroma is not suffocating at all. On the contrary, it acts as a kind of sedative.

Aldebaran by Marc-Antoine Barrois

One thing to understand here: there are a million tuberose perfumes on the market. But Quentin Bish (the one who created the ubiquitous Ganymede, don't scold him for this) did something completely different last year. At first, this scent attacks you like a predatory poison ivy – you can smell sharp greenery, tart mate and even paprika. I admit, I was scared at first. But give it twenty minutes. It opens up on the skin and suddenly becomes a soft, creamy, almost creamy white-floral wonder. It has a crazy character, it fills the space, but so far, fortunately, it has not had time to become pop. Seize the moment.

L'Eau Papier by Diptyque

It smells paradoxically and very simple: clean paper, steam from freshly cooked rice, slightly toasted sesame and fluffy mimosa. It doesn't try to prove anything to anyone or seduce anyone. It just blends with the skin, and it seems that you yourself naturally smell like this – purity and peace. A very bright and intimate story, the analogues of which I simply don't know.

Rabbit by Zoologist Perfumes

The Zoologist brand is usually perfume experiments for a narrow circle of perverts, which are great for scaring unprepared friends. But their “Rabbit” can be worn. It's literally spring, stuffed into a bottle with botanical precision. First, the smell of damp earth, fresh greenery, clover, apples and – suddenly – carrot tops hits your nose. And then the aroma of freshly baked biscuits permeates through all this bed. I really don't like gourmet perfumes, because they often make everything that can stick stick together, but here it sounds so natural and not cloying that I gave up.

Lineage by Amouage

For many, Amouage is still associated with the heavy Arabian East, which makes you want to immediately open all the windows in the room. Lineage is sun-warmed stones, sea salt, prickly ginger and cool incense. It does not have the usual floral sweetness that kills the receptors. Only free space, minerals and spices. It is best revealed if you take it somewhere to the sea coast, in the humid salty air. But it is also wonderful on our streets in warm April or summer.

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