Brilliantly put by @Gileshowe... 'Though you'd have to be very, very enigmatic indeed, and self-assured, to pull off smelling so unsettling.' So true. This fragrance is nuts! So metallic and unusual it beggars belief. The initial blast of aldehydes is weird but not unpleasant and lasting throughout. I can only really identify cedar and maybe some musk in the base but not a lot else. It's mainly about sharp metallic notes which evoke a cold stone or flint accord, with the majority of these fragrances bloody all the way. I don't think it's fair to compare this to Secretions magnifiques in a a negative regard because that is much more offensive than this. I can totally see the connection though, metallic and strange definitely applies to both of them. Red is not as much of a scrubber in my opinion it's fresher sweeter and more playful but still I'd never wear it.
Brilliantly put by @Gileshowe... 'Though you'd have to be very, very enigmatic indeed, and self-assured, to pull off smelling so unsettling.' So true. This fragrance is nuts! So metallic and unusual it beggars belief. The initial blast of aldehydes is weird but not unpleasant and lasting throughout. I can only really identify cedar and maybe some musk in the base but not a lot else. It's mainly about sharp metallic notes which evoke a cold stone or flint accord, with the majority of these fragrances bloody all the way. I don't think it's fair to compare this to Secretions magnifiques in a a negative regard because that is much more offensive than this. I can totally see the connection though, metallic and strange definitely applies to both of them. Red is not as much of a scrubber in my opinion it's fresher sweeter and more playful but still I'd never wear it.