Psychoanalysis is an absolute knockout!!! First of all I'm suspicious of Bella Freud and her family, it's not really entirely rational on my part but there you go. I find something sinister about Sigmund Freud, Lucian her father is actually an artist I admire but he's a bit weird too and the least said about Clement the better. However in spite of this background I've let the fragrance and the feel of the brand do the talking and I've been reasonably impressed with most of the Bella line. In the most part they are fresh takes on traditional formats and Psychoanalysis is another one in this vein. Reading out the notes and you'd be forgiven for thinking it wouldn't be very nice or wouldn't work but you'd be very wrong. The opening is a fresh blast of lemony petitgrain. Herbal, green and maybe even galbanum/elemi ish? It has a bit of a cologne feel and makes you go hmmmm...that is nice... but not exactly inspiring, but just wait for it to develop. The base feels like vetiver, and cedar, dry, clean, woody fragrance but as it dries down gets more and more masculine for me, it's dry and like no tobacco you've really experienced. Actually come to think of it, it is....slightly. The modernity in here makes it lean toward a Montabacco type of thing I wouldn't be suprised if Iso E super featured heavily in the formula but the tabacco note is slightly earthy but not the traditional dense or stale vibes you usually get, it's very nice indeed. When dried all the way down psychoanalysis leaves a gorgeous deep woody, leathery, scent, but before that the citrusy notes of petitgrain last really well. I love it. I have to say it might just be my love of all things zesty and uplifting at the moment but this stuff is great and actually has me tempted to buy a bottle.
Psychoanalysis, from Bella Freud was released in 2017. The perfumer behind this creation is unknown. It has the top notes of Neroli and Petitgrain, middle notes of Tobacco and Tobacco Blossom, and base notes of Leather.
Psychoanalysis is an absolute knockout!!! First of all I'm suspicious of Bella Freud and her family, it's not really entirely rational on my part but there you go. I find something sinister about Sigmund Freud, Lucian her father is actually an artist I admire but he's a bit weird too and the least said about Clement the better. However in spite of this background I've let the fragrance and the feel of the brand do the talking and I've been reasonably impressed with most of the Bella line. In the most part they are fresh takes on traditional formats and Psychoanalysis is another one in this vein. Reading out the notes and you'd be forgiven for thinking it wouldn't be very nice or wouldn't work but you'd be very wrong. The opening is a fresh blast of lemony petitgrain. Herbal, green and maybe even galbanum/elemi ish? It has a bit of a cologne feel and makes you go hmmmm...that is nice... but not exactly inspiring, but just wait for it to develop. The base feels like vetiver, and cedar, dry, clean, woody fragrance but as it dries down gets more and more masculine for me, it's dry and like no tobacco you've really experienced. Actually come to think of it, it is....slightly. The modernity in here makes it lean toward a Montabacco type of thing I wouldn't be suprised if Iso E super featured heavily in the formula but the tabacco note is slightly earthy but not the traditional dense or stale vibes you usually get, it's very nice indeed. When dried all the way down psychoanalysis leaves a gorgeous deep woody, leathery, scent, but before that the citrusy notes of petitgrain last really well. I love it. I have to say it might just be my love of all things zesty and uplifting at the moment but this stuff is great and actually has me tempted to buy a bottle.