The Art and Olfaction Awards 2020 Finalist / Review of November 2019
by Lou SniffsSCORE: 79
Who? I See Wearing the Fragrance
Alton Brown
Where? I Use the Fragrance
Home
When? The Season I Use the Fragrance
fall and winter
What? Occasions or Events I Use Fragrance
Fall
Perfumer:
Tyler Monk
#scenttrunk
Price Per Millileter
100 92ML
Perfume Classification
Eau De Parfum
Projection
2 Feet Or More
/Longevity
8 Hours Or More
Sillage
Medium Tailed
How? I Apply the Fragrance
One to two sprays
Tyler Monk has his own brand, Luvandus, and collaborated with Scent Trunk in the creation of November 2019, which focuses on pennyroyal. Outside of a Nirvana lyric, I'm not familiar with pennyroyal, but know it is a part of the mint family. November 2019 opens with what I am assuming is pennyroyal, which is herbal and earthy, almost haylike, but doesn't go into mint territory. Maybe I am just picking out other notes and not getting the pennyroyal. Chestnut and anise are very noticeable, and as the perfume wears, dried orange rinds and carrot seed and clove mix with the chestnut warmth and create a picture of a brown and orange autumnal cornucopia. Fir and smoke and tobacco dance in the background, and the labdanum gives a resins and amber golden hue to the composition. The listed rose is not detectable to me. It is an appropriate scent for its namesake, and does smell like a warm autumn harvest season. Rich and oriental and warm, like kitchen spices simmering and nuts roasting.—Lou Sniffs
* Perfume is affected by individual skin chemistry. In addition, my life experiences will shape how I perceive certain notes. Each person may have a different experience with a scent, or perceive it in a different way. I encourage sampling instead of blind buying, and always trust your own nose.
Perfumer's Notes:
Bottle Presentation
| Company: | Scent Trunk |
|---|---|
| Perfumer: | Tyler Monk |
| Fragrance Family: | Oriental Fougere |
| Classification: | Eau De Parfum |
| Pricing: | $1.09/fluid ml |
| Country: | California, USA |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Sex: | Unisex |
| Hashtag: | #scenttrunk |
| What: | Fall |
| Where: | Home |
| Projection: | 2 Feet Or More |
| Longevity: | 8 Hours Or More |
| Sillage: | Medium Tailed |
| Short Description: | Nutty Gourmand |
| Fragrantica Score: | 3.5 out of 5 with 8 votes |
Therapeutic Fragrance Score Chart
November 2019
& Price per ML
FRAGRANCE
SCORE: 79
The signature rolling up the sleeves is real cool.
Ha ha, I have noticed this too in my editing, the habits that happen on camera!
You are really in a hunt after all Art and Olfaction nominees! Great!
I try, actually had all of these longer than a month I showed a lot of constraint not opening. Was trying to wait for a couple more coming, but major shipping issues due to everything. Already two more filmed.
You had me at Hendley:)
Yes. Nice to see you Gino!
Do you order monthly from Scent Trunk or is there a subsciption?
I got these a month ago. I just picked out the nominee and perfumers I have never tried, that was my thought process. I would have no problem blind buying 5ml every month based on the quality of these four. The perfumers are really putting themselves in these creations. If they don't have a subscription they better get on it. They have an indie line that is quarterly that I wish I would of included in this order.
New, natural scents from around the world. I, for 2 am also sick of synthetic Ambroxin bombs that morph into garbage after a couple of hours. Brandon, just keep the fresh air coming. I like the backward paths for originality. I missed your insight over the past 3 weeks, glad you are back..
Hey Mike thanks for the comment. These are definitely heavy naturals, but I do think they are all mixed media just to make sure all are aware of that. Di Ser is the only nominee of the olfaction awards that is all natural that I am aware of. I know house of Matriarch is usually around 95% or hight natural but she relies on synthetics for longevity. I think the natural companies steer clear of the awards due to extra costs of submissions. They don't get the great profit margins that synthetics bring.
@Therapeutic Fragrance Thanks for the tough decisions, lol. Any further thoughts on Ensar's crime and Punishment? I'm torn on this or a 30 mil on EO no 1, The Orris has my attention. Thanks for all that you do.
I haven't tried Crime and Punishment myself. A couple peoples first impressions are written out under the Full Review of Tiger Lust in the comments sections. Could follow up with them there.
I like Tyler Monk’s blends. I have a couple CBD bars in Om and Seraphim, and a room/linen spray in Om. Om is my favorite of the two.
Nice! I couldn't find info on Om, finally browsed his site luvandus.com – Wondering if he have a separate site for the sprays and bars?
Therapeutic Fragrance oh, sorry if I confused you! Yeah, I think it was a collab with CBD Lotion Bar. Not sure how closely they are tied to Luvandus.
I’ll send you some Om in a spray. I don’t see the room spray for sale anymore.
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Oh this sounds nice. I watched the godfather the other day
@Geoff I've found his samsara mate but the mitsuoko is a different proposition. It's more popular, I'll keep looking. What particular vintage you after mate
@Geoff a pointer for your own search, from my experience, be prepared to pay the money if you find what you want and be ready to pull the trigger straight away.
@Geoff got an email address there? Might have found what you're looking for
Rich Mitch geoff.gay@gmail.com
@Geoff I've emailed you mate
O-E is amazing to my nose… Of course Maai and Mem are top notch..
Antonio has a way of putting his stamp on time proven compositions.
Did you really score douleur higher than oe? To me oe isn't as creative as maai and MeM but is very wearable and enjoyable , douleur on the other hand is too weird and not in a good way, maybe I need to give it another chance
I thought it was one of the most well constructed perfumes I have ran across in awhile. Definitely not that wearable like I stated only rare occasions. But to take me to that much candy and fade it into a metallic rose was a pretty good education on transition. The way he can architect a fragrance is remarkable. On O/E it is a lot more wearable just more predictable for me. The dry down is similar to past work. If I scored this without smelling MEM and MAAI it probably would get higher, but the further I get in my journey I am really wanting creativity and Originality if I am going to buy another bottle from a perfumer as a consumer. Douleur delivered on that. I don't ever see me buying O/E before replacing MEM or MAAI.
@Therapeutic Fragrance let's hope his next fragrance isn't a limited edition, or overpriced like his recent fragrances
Yeah I can't believe how much OOOH was and I really didn't see that many exotic ingredients in it. Maybe it was for charity or something. I thought O/E was overpriced as well. I know I docked it for that.
Whenever I hear the words butter and sandalwood in a sentence, I can't help but think of peanut butter. ???? Aaaand now I want some. ???? Great reviews of both Brandon.
Thankyou! The power of suggestion. No jelly to go with that?:)
I personally could not see eye to eye with Doleur, the main synthetics used in here were too piercing for me. I need to try O/E again but it felt like its a DNA-lite version from my past sampling sessions. Talking about Bogue, i was discussing with a friend today and we were taking about how the older version of MAAI smells different from the current version. Do you know when your bottle comes from?
I got the older bottle than the one currently on LS. Theres a good chance oak moss was changed. Most perfumers agree it's not a true chypre unless it has real oak moss. That is the one not bought out by the synthetic companies. Douleur is super synthetic, but I feel Antonio is one of the best independents that blend with synthetics. O/E is super over priced.
@Therapeutic Fragrance Its alot more then that. But we can talk about it another day 😀
Would love to hear your thoughts. I haven't tried anything except my bottle.
The notes on Douleur sound ????. ????I can’t imagine. O/E sounds interesting. Right now, MEM is next on my to-buy list. So I should at least sample all the others in the collection.
Have you sample MEM & MAAI
Therapeutic Fragrance I have tried MEM ????
Another stellar video, brother.
Bogue is a house a will have to experiment. I do have from Antonio T-Rex and what a bomb!
???? from Puerto Rico. ????????
Yes I like T-Rex as well. Appreciate it Jaime!
no nutrients in melon, only water sugar and fiber…
I'm sure there's some vitamins. Not to mention electrolytes.
@Therapeutic Fragrance maybe some Vit C but when you eat sugar you need more Vit C. so in the end it's pointless
Ooo, another review of mr Gardoni's perfumes! Great! Although I have much better experience with O/E than you-great woody citrus! I haven't tried Douleur yet.
@Therapeutic Fragrance I bought O/E 30 ml on great sale-89 euro. My bottle of Maai is new, I do not have experience with older bottles, but I do not have any complains-the juice has monster performance!
The greatest thing I bought lately is Vero Profumo Onda extrait.It was crazy expensive-7,5 ml for 190 euros, but this is something special. Superb, vintage, super rich leather-vetiver, which send you to another world. They say that this is like another vintage insane perfume-Guerlain Djedi from the beginning of 20th century!
I can't get any Vero unfortunately Naja is the only thing I have ever smelled. I tried getting from your place but they would not ship to me.
@Therapeutic Fragrance so sorry about that 🙁
I'm good I still have my sample to smell from bottle.:)
Douleur is weird as hell.. o/e is not his best work either; I prefer MAAI, love YY, MeM.. I love Antonio's work but why so many limited exclusives? Quite disappointing. Is it some sort of keeping the hype alive type of strategy???
I think most of the exclusives Antonio does is collabs with people or other brands thus the limited. They both invest so much and no the return when it's sold out. They should sign an agreement that if popular they will continue to split profits and make the perfume.
I like the double review ????
Thanks for letting me know.
I'm easy. See brandon = click 😀
I found Douleur to be very disappointing and nothing like Maai or Mem, it's sickly sweet for me.
My score kind of reflects your thoughts Rafael. He's definitely using his accord the project and adds sillage in the best. I could close my eyes and recognize his signature accord in a blind test. Still trying to find a way to put this on video for you guys. Agree one hundred percent this is no Maai or Mem