Askew Humiecki & Graef for men

I've been trying to warm up to Askew quite a few times but, noway. As a friend says "it smells like something CK would come up with if they ever decided to do an exclusive line". It has an overall generic citrusy-spicy vibe that really puts me off but at the same time the typical "artistic/weird" aspect you would expect from H&G turns here to be just "weird"...Like trying to iron ginger and grapefruit.

Rating: 5.5/10

Edited review coming soon that is far more positive. There's a slightly bitter/metallic chemical in here that I used to be really sensitive to and it was seriously *grating* to my nose. It's still present but my sensitivity has faded and it's now really wonderfully balanced and a very intriguing scent. I want to do it proper justice with a good review, but my old sample is now empty and so I'm awaiting new samples in the mail now.

***Original review below***

I get the mimosa briefly in the opening - it's nice and smooth and joins with a (at the time) sweet grapefruit. This quickly warms up as cardamom joins the fray and the grapefruit begins to show its sulfurous side. There is an iron-like note here, too, and I get a blood-like accord in the heart. The odd thing is there's still a cool menthol sheen here - the coldness of revenge that fuels the smoldering heart. Dry cedar, sharp ginger and cardamom, and the metal shavings/iron note persist into the dry down and make this spiky and rough. Askew sends a clear message - "Do NOT cross my path!"

It's artistically interesting, but unless I was angry all the time - or a true misanthrope - I'd never use more than a couple of milliliters. I'm considering a small decant though. There are days when this is the perfect scent.

a killer on my skin - reminds me on leather gloves by HERMES - well done mr laudamil....

need to smell banana leafs - dont they also smell
cis-3-hexenol like??

Askew is such an odd fragrance for me. If their purpose was to capture the intensity of anger, they got it right. It starts with an intense blast of a ambered, woody and bitter aroma. The bitter aroma seems to have for me the green and strange facets of banana leaf. I cannot get the leather on this, tough; once the bitter ambered blast fades, you're left with a good , but far from uncommon, base of synthetic vetiver, iso e super and ginger. It's velvety, comfortable, slightly spicy, but not particularly remarkable. Askew seems to be a good guy that gone mad for a little and then, when he returns to be himself, that's nothing really interesting on him. He's good, but far from being memorable...