Breath Of God Lush for women and men

I have the solid version, and it is a good one (good sillage, average projection)

First it is citrus mixed with pepper & melon, then incense, sandalwood and cedar slowly enters the fragrance. A bit like sunlight in the winter, sharp, cold, but strangley calming and it makes you feel inspired, and that life is beautiful.

too masculine, and not a good one, too strong and woody, you expect something more according to the name but not for me and not for my husband either..

I know there's a Etat Libre d'Orange scent called Incense Bubblegum. Breath of God should have been named that. It's a good melony smoky bubblegum, but not sure how Luca Turin gave it 5 stars.. Sillage and longevity ok.

This one blew my mind. It is one of the greatest ever. But the bubblegum part: it's specifically bubblegum in the package, a vintage 1970s drugstore miasma of candy and comic books. I can't say all of the things I'd like to because it would take forever. But I'm going to buy multiple bottles so I will always have, I love it that much.

I love how unique it is, and the risks it takes, but on me, it wears like smoky cucumbers, which I can't seem to get past.

As others have said, this is quite a bizarre scent. It has some fruity notes, yet the incense is very strong and there's almost a campfire note to it. I find it to be extremely masculine and I would not suggest it for women. If you like the melon scent but think this one is too smoky, I would go for LUSH's "Inhale" perfume, as it is the fruity half of Breath of God ("Exhale" is the smoky half). I have been wanting to get some Inhale for a while as I appreciate the fruity notes in this but cannot stand the smoky notes.

Im wearing it right now in bed layered with Ninfeo Mio, and it thankfully takes the 'sweat' note out of Goutal.i don't really get the vetiver in bog! And I'm a guerlain vetiver fan.

Throat lozenges or medicated ointment!! Even my young son said 'mummy, there's a really strange smell' coming home in the car after testing it!

Original Review April 2011:

Everybody suggested Breath Of God as one of the weirdest fragrances around and as I'm always very curious about strange perfumes I immediatley decided to try it. A bizarre composition with mint, smoky incense/vetiver and fruits that's quite weird indeed. Linear and just a tad loud but definitely distinctive and (somehow) pleasant. It opens with incese juxtaposed to melon to then "evolve" into a smoky vetiver and a sort of woody-fruit-salad that's fresh and dark at the same time. Funny and very wearable, but far from being the masterpiece I expected.

I think I made a big mistake with Breath Of God as the first time I smelled it, I was at Lush surrounded by the loud and cacophonous chemical aroma that is typical of this kind of stores and, as the sense of smell is inarguably bounded and related to memory, my brain is no more able to dissociate the smell of BOG from the fake "natural-justmade-cosmethics&soaps" odour of Lush's points of sale. I decided to buy a 10ml vial anyway and maybe, one day, I'll be able to fully appreciate Breath Of God.

Edit July 2011:

After several wearings I can say I'm addicted. The smoky vetiver juxtaposed to the general fresh vibe is extremely compelling and unique. Kudos.

Rating: 8.5-9/10

Fresh, Crisp, Clean, Cool.

Bought this today after trying to find a "me" perfume - Tom, the helpful guy in my local lush came to help, and after me telling him I loved orientals and the smell of incense straight away he said this was the one for me. I closed my eyes and he made me pick between two fragrances, saying yes to the 1st or 2nd. There were about 8 in total for me to pick between. I said yes to this a lot of times, but I recognised karma straight away "that's Karma! I always wear it" (I recognised it 3 times after smelling different perfumes and he laughed and said to my bf "she knows her karma!" Haha. So besides karma this was the obvious winner. He said it was based on Tibetan incense, which is so me it's crazy. I love it and bought the solid, it'll be gone before long!

kris919 - excellent scent-perception....I had been struggling to pin down "that" note...."someday you're going to love a perfume that smells like lemons and gasoline soaked burning airplane fuselage" LOVE it! Spot on.

Yeah it's true, it does smell like gasoline a bit. Or kind of a plastic-y incense? Interesting, but I'm not a fan. I tested the solid version though, maybe i'd like it better in liquid form.

I have a sample of this, and I can't wait to get a full bottle. I have never smelled anything like this and I probably never will again. If someone had said to me "someday you're going to love a perfume that smells like lemons and gasoline soaked burning airplane fuselage", I would've said "yeah, get the hell away from me moron". But that's what happened. I love it. I love it at its most gasoline-y, and I love it at drydown where it way more mellow but still sharp and smoky.

I make very frequent stops at the local LUSH boutique. I'm totally in love with their products, their values, their everything. They're a beautiful company.
I'll start by saying this - Right off the bat, the lovely lady at LUSH said this to me: "On her, (with a point at the other sales associate) Breath of God smells like a melon garden in wonderland. On me, it smells like an ash tray."
She then proceeded to smear the solid perfume all over my arm. Oh great.
Anyway, to my relief, I ended up with the melon garden. This fragrance is beautiful on the right person, but if your chemistry doesn't agree with it, don't bother "trying to like it". You won't.
I highly recommend trying this perfume a few times before you actually make a purchase. Go in a few times, throw some on, walk around for a half hour and then see how you feel about it.
Me, I really like it. I don't know if I like it enough to buy it.. I have issues with melons. :P But give it a shot, because it has the potential to be beautiful.

many moons ago i used to work for lush, but hated coming home every night smelling of "the shop"...when ever you walk into a lush store you have 90,00000 smells hitting you which makes it very difficult to get a true smell of anything, of all the lush perfumes the only one i like is "BOG" (Breath of god) i do not see how this is a unisex fragrance tho, its really quite sweet smelling almost smells of bubble gum so personally i wouldnt like my hubby smelling of it as its too girly, its actually rather nice, i love gourmet perfumes, vanilla, pink sugar, etc so this sits well with me, plus it doesnt have that "lush" smell like many of the other perfumes do, lasting power is pretty good, but it is expensive!! i dont want to get too attached to it as lush do tend to discontinue perfumes every few years so i suspect in a year or 2 this will be gone aswell, if you like sweet smells this will suit, when you test from the tester bottle in the shop you wont get a true smell from the perfume, its only when you let it sit on your skin for about 10 mins outside of lush,you can smell how nice it is, you can often pick it up alot cheaper on ebay x

I have worn this quite a few times. Seems different every single time I wear it. I've had it go from smoky, incence, spicy to almost a bubblegum smell. Never had anything like it. I've noticed if I'm active it smells one way, if warm another, if cold even another. Sure not to get bored with this one. I have found when wearing I get the same co-workers asking, "What are you wearing?", like it is the first time they have smelled it. Rather funny when I tell them it's the same scent. I do get compliemnts either way and rather enjoy the way it changes.

Not everyone will like this. It's a masculine, unisex scent that screams winter. I agree with someone who said this can be hard to wear. It would take a bold person to make this their signature scent. I think it's more suitable for occasional wear because it's so strong and out there.

A daring scent too.
It quickly swindled thru smells of mint, melon, incense then sandalwood.
The first two of Lush line I try I've quickly decides that yeah they're obviously of high quality oils and mixtures, so says the price tag too ($55-30ml), which is a good thing on paper, but these scents, in character, ten to be very cloying and hard to wear.
Jo Malone's line was often referee to as soft and weak, and being niche and expensive it's not what you want, but nearly every scent I tried had a softness, freshness and beauty to them that made them very pleasant to wear.
I have CK Euphoria Intense, which really adopts the Oud, to the point where it cannot be worn on any day but a cool one. CK Obsession Night, same story, but not from Oud.
The reference Breath of God is not so much a blessing as it is a dominance.

If you're into niche, go try the whole line, unfortunately for me, I'm not THAT into niche.

oh my what a daring name...