Musc Moderne, from Darren Alan Perfumes was released at unknown year. The perfumer behind this creation is Darren Alan. It has the top notes of Bergamot, Lemon, and Lily-of-the-Valley, middle notes of Grapes, Osmanthus, and Rose, and base notes of Ambergris, Musk, Sandalwood, and Seaweed.
Darren Alan continues to dazzle with his... Nahhhh he doesn't. Ooooh that was uncalled for. Sorry. He's doing alright you know? Not bad. I love a musk material and even moreso a perfume with musk in the name so let's GO!!!! Totally taken aback by the opening for me it's a little powdery, pastel violet tinged rose-ish accord very soft, velvety but papery with woods and very much indy vibes which is fine. The refinement does come as that musky base starts to chime in and envelope, it's really crowd pleasing and frankly appeals to me, musks belong in perfumes and create a familiar 'pillow' (almost quite literally) to rest your head upon, and go....."aahhhhhhh" This has something of that effect while being a be rough n ready. It's a bit twee, but it's alright by me. Very hard for anyone to innovate in the musky perfume space, so not gonna be too harsh.