I don’t have any tattoos so I’m ill-equipped to assess whether this smells like a tattoo parlour (which is the idea), but it definitely smells like a salon: it has a rubbery, industrial vetiver-ink note that evokes black pleather salon chairs, and a slightly ozonic quality that makes me think of hair dryers. It’s also smoky, as if from cigarettes outside the shop door. I wouldn’t have identified the jasmine note (I wouldn’t call anything in here “floral”) but I think it might be manifesting as the fragrance of hair or skin treatments. There are also woody and musky facets going on that smooth and mellow it into a velvety texture that keeps the industrial touches from feeling harsh. Overall a very interesting and well-executed perfume, cool and a little edgy but not actually “weird,” nicely balanced. It’s not quite what I want from an “inky” fragrance, though, personally. I’d want it to reference books rather than tattoos, so, something more papery and natural, maybe with a more antique leather, incense, or some green touches. (Like Perfumer H’s Ink, in other words).
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I don’t have any tattoos so I’m ill-equipped to assess whether this smells like a tattoo parlour (which is the idea), but it definitely smells like a salon: it has a rubbery, industrial vetiver-ink note that evokes black pleather salon chairs, and a slightly ozonic quality that makes me think of hair dryers. It’s also smoky, as if from cigarettes outside the shop door. I wouldn’t have identified the jasmine note (I wouldn’t call anything in here “floral”) but I think it might be manifesting as the fragrance of hair or skin treatments. There are also woody and musky facets going on that smooth and mellow it into a velvety texture that keeps the industrial touches from feeling harsh. Overall a very interesting and well-executed perfume, cool and a little edgy but not actually “weird,” nicely balanced. It’s not quite what I want from an “inky” fragrance, though, personally. I’d want it to reference books rather than tattoos, so, something more papery and natural, maybe with a more antique leather, incense, or some green touches. (Like Perfumer H’s Ink, in other words).