gs02 biehl parfumkunstwerke for women and men

An odd one on me. Not an unpleasant scent, it just reminded me of the smell of skin after someone had used a fairly run-of-the-mill shower gel.

Reminds me of Egoiste, which is a fine reminder I have to say. Though the GS02 makes a more reserved impression, it's a bit cooler, more held back so to speak. Sadly it smells a lot better on paper than on my partner's skin. On my own (womanly) skin I would not consider putting this at all.

Modern. Very modern. Maybe even too much. Absynth, aromachemicals and animalic notes masterfully blended to create an unquestionably modern and minimalistic fragrance.

I've mixed feeling on GS02 as while mantaining an aseptic vibe throughout it also shows some animalic juxtapositions for an overall effect I can just describe as bizarre. Surely not an easy fragrance. Unconventional and unique but it leaves me somehow unsatisfied.

If fragrances were related with music, then GS02 could have definitely been minimal electronic or IDM..

Rating: 6.5/10

The beginning is sharp but later on it discloses as another heaven from biehl.p.w. Again I’m completely in love with masterpiece of company that I’m really impressed on. In my collection I possess over 350 fragrances but biehl.p.w. has special position, especially eo02 and gs02. The latter remains me very sophisticated and extremely deep nature of natural environment – may be forest close to the ocean cost. The leather and amber has wild character while agelica, wormwood and caraway give the blast of natural spiciness. This masterpiece is perfect choice for scents lover who likes to analyze fragrance construction. Really worth to try and the price is reasonable for such wonderful fragrance.

As soon as I opened up the vial I thought I smelled the burned plastic note that I hate and now know is Firmenich’s Teak. To try or not to try? That was the question. I tried it. This is definitely not a sweet scent. I thought maybe it was possible that the caraway listed in the notes was what I smelled, but a comparison with caraway EO confirmed that it was not. Caraway is much more aromatic, like rye bread. As far as I can tell, it’s the dreaded teak. Lord only knows what went into the “amber”. Fortunately there are other things that temper the teak note so that it’s not as bad as it is in some other perfumes, but there’s enough of it to make this slightly aversive to me. Overall it’s a bitter, dry scent that up close has a dusty smell like ground spices that have been sitting around for years until they’ve lost most of their odor. The saving grace is that there’s a little leathery softness along with the spices that have passed their expiration date (I can’t call them “old spice”, because that would have other associations).

After a while, I actually started to enjoy this scent for its no-nonsense, take-no-prisoners bitter character. It reminds me of hiking and rubbing various sorts of leaves from herbal-looking plants on my hands to see what they smell like, or gardening and pulling weeds, especially tansy mugwort, which is one of the 10 plagues of the Pacific Northwest. That’s the wormwood (Artemesia) note coming through! At this point it seemed like gs02 could work well as a palate-clearing scent after wearing too many sweet and/or floral perfumes, or might be good for layering with other things. However, in the end the teak note was prominent again, so I don’t thing this one will make it into my “wearable” collection. Too bad, because I liked the herbal aspects of the scent.