Creature Kerosene for women and men

Well, I wish I got more oakmoss out of this one.

I think Kerosene is a helluva guy, and he's quite creative as well. Creature is one of the most unique fragrances I've ever smelled, but it's not my thing. On my skin, the elements clash and don't go well together. There's A LOT of mint here - almost to the point of "toothpastey", if you'll excuse me for lack of a better term. However, that's not totally bad. The mint combines with the birch to create a wintergreen sort of smell, and wintergreen is one of my favorite smells/flavors. It's like spearmint with a birch/root beer twist to it. The other thing going on here, I don't know why, is a leather/suede note, like a fine leather purse or the seats in a nice car. It smells like a realistic leather, but it doesn't blend well with the elements. Perhaps it's the birch creating this illusion (rectified birch tar was a major source of "leather" notes in classical perfumery), maybe it's a combination of that with the violet leaf, who knows. Regardless, I find Creature to be a unique composition with good raw materials, but they clash and fall apart on my skin. Oh well. The longevity and sillage are excellent.

You may very well like this, but just to be safe, try before you buy!

This will be my go to fragrance come two months from now. This is Riverside Drive from Bond, meets Roadster, meets 212. It is fresh without being redundant, it is green without the full onslaught of cut gress, it is minty without the tootpaste in the back of the throat feeling.

This starts off with a green jasmine with mint and citrus, you may think it is going to go the way of all the run of the mill fresh scents, but within 5 minutes you know better. The greeness begins to get deeper, almost forest green, the mint picks it up and gets a little sharper, the lemon starts to take a back road and then the scent becomes a bit woodier and a lot thicker, I think the patchouli may be giving it some denseness with the oakmoss.

From the initial spray to the heart notes doesn't take long, and what you have is what you get, the main difference is that each note plays well with the others and it is so well blended you almost feel like you are wrapped in spring. Think of being in a the greenest of valleys on the perfect spring day.

The only notes that I really cant pick out are the patchouli, tea and sage, I am not saying they are not there they may be well blended. This is anoter winner if you are a fan of green scents you need to look no further. The question may be the price point, but I would put this next to Bond's Central Park and Riverside drive and I think this would be the more complex scent.

You have to give this scent a sniff. It is gorgeous!