I'm not remotely a frag head, but I love smells. Scentless soaps don't have a place in my den and if something has an objectionable scent, I don't care how well it does its job as a balm, soap or aftershave. I don't have a ton of scents like some of you guys, but I do have more than most men and quite a lot more than my wife. Still, I lack the language for description that the rest of you have, but since I like this new line so much, I'm going to give it a shot.
I heard about OLO Fragrance from a newsletter I somehow got subscribed to: Huckberry. It's an independent perfumer out of Portland and since, like Dolly Levi, I like to watch young things grow, decided to give them a shot. On their website, they didn't list any way to get samples, but I'd noticed when googling them, that there was a link to a samples page. Clearly they don't promote this or it's just a web design mistake, but here's the link in case you're interested:
http://olofragrance.com/products/sample-kit
It's a sample of four different scents shipped to your door for about 30 bucks. They sent me 5. Nice move, OLO. Nice move. Full bottles of 9ml are $45. The samples shipped to me were: Victory Wolf, Foret, Palo Santo, Erastus and Dark Wave.
First of all, there is a common element to the base of all of them. I don't know whether it's a stylistic commonality or a constituent part of the makeup of all the scents, but the basenotes of each has a dark woodiness that I love. While the Erastus (my favorite maybe? a tobacco scent but much richer and darker than the others I've tried) reminds me the most of an oud scent, they all have at least a touch of the wild woodiness that oud provides. The description of the Foret is that it smells like every forest the perfumer has been in and damned if that wasn't right on as long as we agree that these were pine forests. The lightest was the Palo Santo which was angular and sharp without being too green. A nice blend of wood and flower. The Victory Wolf, my second favorite after the Erastus, was pure smoke. Woodfire smoke. Imagine picking up a charred log from your fire the night before and taking a big whiff of it. That's Victory Wolf. The last one is Dark Wave, which, had I gotten it by itself I would have loved, but I think it was overshadowed by the others.
The scents are fairly long-lived, especially when swiped on your clothes, but some lasted longer than others. I think the Erastus lasted the longest. I could smell on my shirt the next day. None of them are overwhelming, though none are exactly subtle either. This might be different with a spray rather than one of those little swiping stiicks.
There is a distinct style, a house style, to these scents that is just perfect for me. They seem to be inspired by the outdoors and wrap the wearer in scents that remind them of camping, hiking, fishing, hunting, long walks with loose women and loose conversations with bad men. When you wear them they remind you that there are better things you could be doing with your life than watching TV, paying bills or writing frag reviews on Internet forums.
Excuse me now. I'm going to make love to my wife, teach my children to build a fire and play with my dog. Not necessarily in that order.
I heard about OLO Fragrance from a newsletter I somehow got subscribed to: Huckberry. It's an independent perfumer out of Portland and since, like Dolly Levi, I like to watch young things grow, decided to give them a shot. On their website, they didn't list any way to get samples, but I'd noticed when googling them, that there was a link to a samples page. Clearly they don't promote this or it's just a web design mistake, but here's the link in case you're interested:
http://olofragrance.com/products/sample-kit
It's a sample of four different scents shipped to your door for about 30 bucks. They sent me 5. Nice move, OLO. Nice move. Full bottles of 9ml are $45. The samples shipped to me were: Victory Wolf, Foret, Palo Santo, Erastus and Dark Wave.
First of all, there is a common element to the base of all of them. I don't know whether it's a stylistic commonality or a constituent part of the makeup of all the scents, but the basenotes of each has a dark woodiness that I love. While the Erastus (my favorite maybe? a tobacco scent but much richer and darker than the others I've tried) reminds me the most of an oud scent, they all have at least a touch of the wild woodiness that oud provides. The description of the Foret is that it smells like every forest the perfumer has been in and damned if that wasn't right on as long as we agree that these were pine forests. The lightest was the Palo Santo which was angular and sharp without being too green. A nice blend of wood and flower. The Victory Wolf, my second favorite after the Erastus, was pure smoke. Woodfire smoke. Imagine picking up a charred log from your fire the night before and taking a big whiff of it. That's Victory Wolf. The last one is Dark Wave, which, had I gotten it by itself I would have loved, but I think it was overshadowed by the others.
The scents are fairly long-lived, especially when swiped on your clothes, but some lasted longer than others. I think the Erastus lasted the longest. I could smell on my shirt the next day. None of them are overwhelming, though none are exactly subtle either. This might be different with a spray rather than one of those little swiping stiicks.
There is a distinct style, a house style, to these scents that is just perfect for me. They seem to be inspired by the outdoors and wrap the wearer in scents that remind them of camping, hiking, fishing, hunting, long walks with loose women and loose conversations with bad men. When you wear them they remind you that there are better things you could be doing with your life than watching TV, paying bills or writing frag reviews on Internet forums.
Excuse me now. I'm going to make love to my wife, teach my children to build a fire and play with my dog. Not necessarily in that order.
