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old27 – :
Don’t know how this scent develops on me because both times I tried it I had to wash it off ASAP. Was in Lush with hubby the other day, pondering getting a bottle of Smuggler’s Soul when I mentioned Breath of God. Said it has a bit of a fan base of people who rave about it but I just don’t get the appeal. So he offers his wrist, which I give a single spray. “Oh! Ugh! It smells like a….. dirty wet ashtray with a hint of bum!” He immediately went to the wash station to try to scrub it off to no avail. We ended up in Debenhams where he then tried to cover it up with the strongest fragrances we could think of – Aramis, Spice Bomb…Five fragrances later and it was masked a bit but still coming through.
In summary, use a test strip first.
Howopetty – :
I like this a lot in the balm formula, the blue shade of the balm is also very alluring.
The incense smoke is utterly fascinating without being too overpowering.
Not sure if I’ll repurchase, I never manage to use them up before they expire.
оксана 2011 – :
Love the name and it’s vegan so had to try it. When it opened I recoiled in horror, urgh so medicinal, like antiseptic but after a while it settles and wow love it in the dry down! So unique, still a hint of antiseptic but so much more, also warm and comforting. Liked it so much I bought the biggest bottle and I’m wearing it now. IF there is a God maybe his breath would smell like this! Hello little weirdo indeed. Love it.
roma zabava – :
I love this. I cant quite place it though. Smells to me like what a fruit shishkabob would smell like on the grill with a strong barbershop note. I get asked all the time what im wearing when i have this on. I hope its a good thing?
Bov – :
Well, hello there, my Little Weirdo .
I chose you, as the Smell of Weather Turning was unavailable.
You are reminiscent of my Grandpa`s hair grooming cream, and aftershave.
Fresh, woodsy, fires and incense burning exotic.
Green, webbed hide, dewy melon smoke.
Dry , crackling, and dampness.
Quite interesting unions.
A stand out, a surprise, yet a comfort .
pomazan – :
I’m coming back to mention that while I do really enjoy this scent, as it ages on my skin i detect this almost OLIVE OIL note and it’s a bit bothersome. I have no idea if its because i’m using the dropper or something else.
Don’t take my word as gospel on whether or not to get this, though. It could be my skin chemistry not working with it in the later hours and living in really warmer humid weather could be to blame.
chuvak94 – :
I love this fragrance. It just reminds me of my childhood, I don’t know why. It’s woodsy, but fruity as well. It has melony notes. To me, it’s a summer scent. The sillage is great. It’s definitely a masculine scent. 5/5
Daleon – :
Its a very particular scent,
the first hour I sprayed it I wasn’t a fan, just smelled like a concentrated vetiver. Very strong and unapologetic.
However On Its dry down it mellowed out into a woody, sweet, minty essence that I can’t really describe to you.
Someone on here said it smelt like bubble gum (probably because of the vetiver and melon) and I can see that.
All in all- it is totally earthy but done very well.
However, I can assure you it’s only going to work for as well appeal to a certain type of person
I for one found it to be massively interesting and I’d love a bottle of this , for sure not for every day use but on certain days it’d be nice.
StavrasQvo – :
Not how I imagine the breath of God would smell. The opening is more like a burnt offering to the gods – assuming those gods appreciate the acrid smoke of burning plastic, tar, acrylic, etc. not quite so pungent after it “burns” down a bit, but nor is it something I want to smell like or wear.
tarun85 – :
I got to thinking earlier, is this Lush’s answer to Creed’s Aventus? Yeah, I know. Smoky melon. I do think Aventus is pretty swoon-worthy, but this, this is daring, challenging and it gets noticed. In a good way, mostly, so far. Folks who know me know it’s Lush, those who don’t are surprised and even perplexed. It reminds me a little of Annick Goutal’s Encens Flamboyant. Ashy incense and earthiness. They are in the same neighbourhood/grouping. I did sniff a Penhaligon’s the other day (Alizarin) and it reminded me of this and that is why I am wearing Breath of God on this chilly, snowy Sunday in December. I will always have a soft spot for Lush and the Constantines’ creations. Am collecting all the now “retro” bottles, so I am never without them.
lubimov_76 – :
Breath of God
I wore this a few days ago and a stranger described the scent as “intimidating but beautiful” and that was why he chose to continue to stand near me, so he could take in the scent and try to understand it. Breath of God is my first ever fragrance purchase from Lush and it won’t be my last, I’ll definitely repurchase this once i’m done with my bottle and i’ll have to look further into their other offerings as well. To me this smells both smokey and fruity, both dark and light, both fresh but also quite heavy- it’s a fragrance of contradictions, almost bi-polar in a way and I enjoy how it plays out my skin. I like to imagine a man smoking an old-fashioned pipe in a dark room at a table where a bowl of ripe fruit is placed in the middle of the table and exhales a cloud of tobacco over the fruit, with a smile on his face. It lasts around 4-5 hours on my skin but lasts for days on my clothes. I did try the ‘solid perfume’ version of this fragrance and to me they smell completely different, it’s definitely not as complex or interesting as the spray.
djon1972 – :
I started wearing this in high school in solid form (back when they had those black push-up tubes that couldn’t push down–so glad they replaced those with the tins). I have the liquid now, and the scent is just as dear to me. Smoky and fruity at the same time, it seems perfect for me: I can be kind of broody at times, and at other times I’m bubbly and sociable. It worked for me in high school when I was trying to seem more interesting than I was (and flirting with a punk/goth aesthetic) and it works for me now that I’ve grown up and mellowed out and stopped trying to put on an image. Breath of God has depth, but it doesn’t take itself too seriously. I think that’s a good way to be, for both a person and a perfume.
So, moving on from the vibe: the fragrance itself. Unlike a lot of smoky/spicy fragrances, which can get quite heavy and suffocating, Breath of God is lifted up by a sweet aquatic fruity accord. This makes it extremely wearable. I find that my personal chemistry allows the melon notes to linger longer than the peppery incense ones, which is a nice way for it to mellow out over time. I never get tired of this fragrance, and while I wouldn’t wear it on a first date or a job interview (it’s a bit too interesting for a first impression and could be polarizing), it’ll always come through for me for both everyday use and special events.
vladship – :
This stuff straight up smells like a burning church when you put it on. Ash/smoke/incense. It’s heavy, loud, gag-inducing (at least for me).
Then it turns sweet and soft. It’s crazy how, once the smoke/ash/incense burns off, it changes into a mellow, fruity and kind of nice sweet scent. I’ve never had a scent shift so significantly.
Longevity was above average on my skin and projection was above average, as well.
5.0/10 for me. I’d never wear this regularly but the challenge and evolution is cool if you’re a scent-fiend. Spray some on next time you’re at the mall.
kasiopeec – :
Maybe the first woody scent I will purchase.
1. Petrolium
dimon-lk – :
LOVE that stage, but lasts too short!
2. Smoked Melon
Fred92 – :
Maybe melon in smoked ham?
3. Melon
4. After-Shave
Plus a tiny film of toothbrush in every stage because of bad breath alert.
rewas – :
Smells exactly like Pu Erh tea and a musty attic. Tried thus 3 times to confirm it. The perfumer did a great job.
Although it’s not something that I would wear regularly, just like fine wine, it would give great pleasures to spritz and sniff it every so often.
stafftor – :
A strange fragrance. It can be challenging, but there’s something undeniably rewarding here. At first, it just smelled like salt to me. It didn’t even read as a perfume. However, for some reason I went back for more. This scent smells a little different to me every time I wear it. Sometimes I get salt air, sometimes intense smoky incense that is almost like an ashtray which then dissolves into a fresh fruity melon with herbal compliments. Sometimes I get fresh hay. My description doesn’t sound great, but it’s actually a very beautiful fragrance, and one of my favourites because it is ever mysterious and surprising. However, it is not always a crowd pleaser. I have gotten complements on this fragrance but my boyfriend doesn’t like it at all. I usually wear this during some relaxing alone time. It is perfect for a walk on a crisp autumn day. Great fragrance but not for everyone!
easenueBult – :
Honestly, my first impression was that this smells like a farm.
Not in a bad way, I actually love it but it’s got some real barnyard on me, from hay to a sort of dustiness! Personally I would love a spray bottle rather than just the solid as I genuinely love it, it reminds me of my rural Yorkshire early years and some days when I am working long hours in a confined space it’s the closest to the great outdoors I’ll get. Definitely worth a sniff if you love the British countryside!
D_Konst – :
Smells like a tobacco cigarette before you light it up. Interesting creation, to say the least.
kpl-108 – :
The acrid smoke of wet leaves thrown on a fire with a nasty, sickly sweetness lurking underneath.
When the smoke dies down it smells like bubblegum and toothpaste on me, with the occasional waft of melon.
I like challenging fragrances, so I’m happy to have this in my collection, but it needs a careful hand or it completely overwhelms on opening.
Decent longevity and sillage, but thankfully it’s not a visitor that outstays its welcome.
Not a daily scent.
shtorm99 – :
This perfume begins with smoke, a sweetish smoke. Very smooth. I don’t get melon from the sweetness. I’ve never encountered a melon that smells like this. The smoke stays for the whole ride. Fresh woody smoke. Top to bottom. I love it!! I love incense and own Avignon (the incense King), but this is lighter and smoother. Dare I call it better? Possibly. It lasted a good five hours. But the silage is close. It’s lovely and highly recommended!
tsi597Bessinepome – :
I associate this fragrance with my mother circa 1975. She loved Jean Nate’, and since my parents heated with wood, all of our clothes were kissed with the faintest hint of wood smoke. That’s what I smell here-a smoky, lemon-y, chypre-ish, and utterly comforting cocktail. I don’t wear it often, but every time I do I fall in love with it all over again.
2528vladimir – :
I treated myself to a 2 pots of lush solid perfumes and this is the first I trialed.
Having been up at 4am to do a lot of outdoors stuff in the mud, rain and woods this fitted rather well as to me it smells like smoke, herbs and hay. Stuff is pungent, damp and strange but fresh somehow.
I notice everyone got different notes and I see how that happens, this stuff is so strange but I’m glad I added it to my collection! I’d have preferred the spray bottles but these were cheaper.
SiGMENT903 – :
This one’s pretty weird. When I first tried this at Lush, I was like “What is this it’s awful!”
I went around throughout Chicago the rest of the day with this on my wrist and didn’t pay attention to it, but when I put my watch on the next morning, something smelled really good. It was this perfume! It smelled incensy, with a hint of melon. For such a heavy scent I would have expected better longevity but 6 hours is pretty good. I Have been wanting to get a bottle of this for a while now, so hopefully soon.
senokos – :
The scent was always confusing to me. Too many things happening in the background and foreground. I’m not sure what I like about it or even if I like it, but my curiosity draws me to it.
ToxmeameedUpe – :
I went into lush over a year ago and fell in absolute LOVE with their fragrance line… I felt they were such a brilliant departure from the typical, mainstream fare being pushed on consumers nowadays. They are all such brave and daring scents! I instantly fell head over heels for the work of the nose behind these scents, Mark Constantine. That day I bought Lust, Dirty, Sikkim Girls, Karma, & Breath of God. Lush scents all seem to have excellent silage for the first two hours and after that they sit a little closer to the body for the rest of the day. Now, On my little shopping spree I learned that you really have to try Lush scents on your own skin AND wait for them to develop. I ended up not liking the Breath of God on me (I gave it to my husband and it smells totally amazing on him) & Karma smelled awful on me despite the fact that Karma was the one I went to the store intending to buy because it smelled so good on a client of mine.
Breath of God is great on some people and I wish I were one of those people! I still get to smell the magical transformation I was hoping for on my husband though. So it was still a win. lol
Maestrovaso – :
It would take a whole day now for anyone to read all that’s been commented here. Should I even add anything? I agree that it’s definitely unsexy, yet marvelous. You won’t feel like using it every week – sooner or later you’ll give it a break. I love its chameleon nature. I think the base that it eventually dries down to shouldn’t be so controversial at all. It’s an intelligently blended, complex soapy light base, leaving only the memory of the weird-fruity opening and the incense stages. B.O.G is one of the best and most interesting experiences I’ve ever had in my life. Yes, I said experiences, not just perfumes.
Despite all my admiration, it should be added that the poor longevity is a let-down. You’ll get 20-30 minutes of the fruity-smoky astonishment, than you’re left with no more than a high-end scented skin, detectable only at close sniffing… which also applies to the majority of Lush perfumes, the subtle difference being that B.O.G. is quite adequatley priced. I prefer using it AT HOME.
Remarkable bits from reviews:
– charismatic
– not sexy
– alluring but not necessarily sexy
– forces of push and pull, attract, and repel
– for mature people
– NSFW
– a distinctive, bizarre composition
– I’m not quite sure if its dissonance is really well crafted chaos or just a beautifully fascinating trainwreck.
– attracts many questions from others
– addictive
– I really love it, but I know we’ll have a troublesome relationship.
– not perfumey
– alien-esque, out-of-this-world
– surreal
– not for philistines
further note-associations by reviewers include: absinthe, alfalfa, almond, bacon crisps, black mint, bubble gum, burning wood, butter, camphor, cantaloupe (honey dew melon), cardamom, charcoal, chewing gum, chypre, cider, cucumber, dried fruit, eucaliptus, fig, grapes, grilled marshmallow, gummy, bears, honey, honeysuckle, incense, leather, medicines (cough medicines), menthol, menthol cigarettes, mountain air, naphtalene, oudh, peppermint, plum, raw cannabis, smoked pine tar, tobacco, toffee apples, tuberose, wormwood
sergei12321 – :
smell as bbq.
knop85 – :
It smells as if you were bbqing fruits in the middle of the forest. Very masculine and intense smokiness in the beginning, it mellows out with time as the fruits become a bit stronger. Perfectly unisex.
Friedasfanhlg – :
Such a unique scent. Earthy incense. Not for everyone, but perfect for me. I have wore this since it came out.
vad12 – :
I absolutely love this one.
This is a truly unique fragrance. It is full-blown incense – cedar- rose on my skin, but I talked with a shop assistant in LUsh shop and we tried it on her, and wow what a difference: no smokiness on her, no incense at all (!!!) just citrus and melon! (I cannot detect any melon on my skin, not at all!)
So a word of warning with this one: TRY IT ON YOUR SKIN! Do NOT blind buy it. It does behave very differently depending on your skin chemistry!!
I happen to love the comfy smokiness and incense on me, and the rose is just sweet enough underneath that bazar-like spicy scent. However, there are days when this is just too much.
As with all the Lush Gorilla perfumes that I have tried, this too has amazing sillage. It lasts forever. Put it on in the morning and I can still smell it in the evening when I take my shower. So not a perfume to be worn in open office space…
Still, a wonderful perfume. Need to buy another bottle!
ClaliadascirL – :
I love this one, it is very woody and smoky, but transparent at the same time. I find it absolutely genderless. It is really relaxing and calming, smells natural. Lush perfumes are really different and sometimes shocking, it is my favorite. Deep, complex, extravagant in its naturalness.
gnefomaner – :
First sniff: I’ve been in a crude oil spill.
Hours later: I’m wrapped in a sophisticated haze of cedary smoke.
An olfactory experience not to be missed. Go try it, it’s wonderful!
stas717 – :
First whiff is cray cray. It’s very sharp and medicinal, almost petrol-like. But on my skin it soon starts to develop into a soft, lush (hehe) and wonderfully unique perfume. It has incense, melon, sandalwood and woods. Unfortunately it’s not as long lasting as I would have wished for, but it’s no problem for me to add some more. I have it in liquid and solid, haven’t tried yet if together they would have more staying power.
I love this perfume, I have nothing else like this. It’s maybe a tad masculine, but I don’t feel like it’s a manly perfume at all. It just is like God, both feminine AND masculine. For me that’s perfection. And the name, oh the name. I love it. It’s cool to wear a perfume that’s Breath of God. No silly cheriés or what ever.
stataffiliral – :
A nice one, smokey and rich in ingredients. Like its sister fragrance, Smugglers Soul, it is very manly and kind of adventurous. By no means a classic, but definitely a nice composition for the moment.
***
SAN94 – :
I bought solid version for my boyfriend as he loves everything related to Tibet (as I read this perfume is created with inspiration of Tibet). Yesterday I tried it on myself and I found something annoying about it. Annoying because I really like the most of it except the melon. The melon just doesn’t blend well. I felt like I had two conflicting scents on me…like a juicy slice of melon wrapped in smoke…but the melon is repulsing everything around it. If only the melon wasn’t there I could say I have finaly found that smoky unisex perfume I am searching for. Probably this isn’t the right perfume for warm or humid days, so I will try it again in winter.
gemini – :
The opening is challenging and harsh; I noted it as “weird, hot rubber” the first time I tested it in LUSH. But, I like rubber notes, so I waited for what else would develop. The melon comes in quickly on me. It softens and sweetens the whole scent. And then it gets so very difficult to describe at this point because it’s hard to explain the things I absolutely love. I returned to LUSH a few times and graced the entire mall with my testing; until I had to have my own full bottle. This is one of the most compelling scents I wear, it’s wrist crack for me. Smokey, rubber, melon, woods/camping/bonfire; very atmospheric. It’s not for everyone; my mother hates it and wrinkles her nose when I’m wearing it. Yet, a close friend of mine practically buried his nose into my shoulder (which wasn’t even a place I had applied the perfume) once. He said I smelled like someone had thrown pine needles into the embers of a bonfire and I had sat in the smoke. Strong and Long, I love it.
dusido-43 – :
Smells like my late grandpa’s garage where he kept his tractor, together with his sawing tools, petrol and working clothes. He used to smell like this oh so many times, this is how I remember him. Teared up a bit now, brings back happy memories.
A pleasantly surprising experience, never smelled a fragrance like this before. I’m imagining a sawyer at work right now, being on a break having his lunch consisting of smoked ham or sausages.
Looks like this one has yet more stories to tell. It’s going to be an interesting day!
BernaGameti – :
I think this – or at least the little solid tin of it – has been reformulated :(…. I bought some today and have noticed that I no longer get so much of the sweet fruitiness I used to. Definitely no melon, at any rate.
The ingredients list reads as follows:
Organic Jojoba Oil
Castor Oil
Candelilla Wax
Perfume (?!)
Lemon Oil
Cedarwood Oil
Rose Oil
Ylang Ylang Oil
Vetiver Oil
Grapefruit Oil
Neroli Oil
Black Pepper Oil
Sandalwood Oil
Cade Oil
Titanium Dioxide
Benzyl Salicylate
Cinnamal
Citral
Limonene
Alpha-isomethyl ionone
Coumarin
Eugenol
Geraniol
Citronellol
Benzyl Benzoate
Farnesol
Linalool
Colour 42090
It’s still nice, but not as rich or complex as it used to be… It’s much more floral than it used to be and that smoky dirty incense-type element is still there but… I miss the melon.
I do feel pretty disappointed
ujr911Diobtetty – :
My first experience of Breath of god was on a soaked paper strip in a Lush shop. The smell struck me as, in a way interesting, but too much and too messy. Bringing the strip out on the street leaving all the olfactive noise in the shop behind did not help much, the scent on the strip still overloaded my senses.
I left the strip on a shelf in the hallway, and for some reason, every time I passed by I just had to take a sniff. While the complex fragrance very slowly became less intense it also became more and more irresistible. After returning to the store a couple of times, sampling it on my forearm, I was stuck.
To me Breath of god has an astonishing complexity. In most cases when I encounter a new fragrance for the first time I immediately associate it with a few notes, a general accord, specific memories, colors or fantasies. Facing Breath of God none of these associations appears to me. The scent is complex yet unified, and for me it takes time and effort to identify the different notes. The first to take a step forward is incense against a darker background of vetiver. Sandalwood and cedar contributes with a friendly and familiar atmosphere. To me I think the Juniper, probably supported by Grapefruit and Jasmine, is an important factor behind the complexity and the healthy puzzlement created by BoG.
Breath of god asks many questions but provides no answers. Thus it becomes a bewildering and slightly confusing scent, but at the same time the open questions stimulate creativity and become just enough provocative, both to myself and for my surroundings.
droloderioumb – :
I was so excited to try this at a Lush store. Had to scrub it off right away. Horrible stale ashtray smell!!! I was so disappointed since it sounded so wonderful and intriguing.
Maksimus-1978 – :
What an interesting fragrance. It does smell a bit minty on the opening but it no sooner appears and then its gone. It really reminds me more of wormwood or absinthe. It feels very dry and aromatic. ive tried a few Lush fragrances now and this is a winner for me. I find the soft melon note extraordinary sitting along incense and wood notes. It fades quite a bit over the first half. It transports me to a woodland dominated by conifers in the middle of summer when everything is dry and waiting to be quenched by rain. The juniper, incense and cedar definitely dominate all the way through. Definitely a unisex fragrance. I think Ive found a new love. Me and the oh can share it. Not bad longevity and the sillage is moderate.
igor-igorevich – :
If Tom Ford went on a hippy dope-smoking bender, AFTER a big medium-rare steak in a classic New York steakhouse with wood paneled leather booths and a quick cigar first….this is how he’d smell about 3AM.
I love it…at this price point you can’t find anything this masculine, complex and dreamy. I love reading the reviews about women who love the scent as well because i can definitely see some feminine elements in this that i’m prone to in a scent as well.
A well done cologne for those who like a heavy, woody, spicy scent with some floral notes (which i’d say is Neroli)…think Tuscan Leather with some Neroli Portofino and you’ve nearly approximated how this feels to me, at less than 60 bucks — which is really special.
OlaLa – :
Originally made for “B Never Too Busy To Be Beautiful” Breath of God is perhaps Simon Constantine’s greatest achievement. Actually it progressed from the fruity ozonic Inahle blended with the smoky earthy Exhale.
I have fleetingly smelled the parts but Breath of God surprised me. The fragrance cleverly utilizes a lean, bizzare accord of smoky, dry almost leathery vetiver and ozonic (violet, ionones) florals (rose, ylang) on a rich complex base of balsamic fruity cedarwood with a touch of musk. All this preluded by a transparent fresh top of citrus fruits that smell like Roudnitska’s decadent melon. The outcome smells like chewing a fruit gum while standing on a beach with the air of cypress forest floor, burned wood, rotten fruit and ozone clearing your lungs.
Breath of God has an unworldly feel in the same motif of Goutal’s eccentric Vetiver and its treatment of vetiver is almost identical. Like the latter it carries a dreamlike air of mystery; a short of deep, eerie electric charge which at once feels thrilling and dangerous. Ballsy, extremely distinctive, utterly surreal.
AndereSheremetev – :
The first time I walked into Lush, I was just trying to pass time. I wandered about the small section of fragrances, and the only one that stood out to me was Breath of God.
I’m honestly still not sure whether it stood out in a good or bad way… but I ended up buying the solid version of this.
I like about 80% of this scent, and despise the other 20%. I think part of it just reacts badly with my chemistry. Nevertheless, I do tend to wear this every now and then.
It has a sharp incense/smoke opening, middle, and dry-down. I get a bit of “spice” from what I assume is the juniper and pepper. On me, I can’t find ANY melon, and I wish I could. I do get a powdery/soapy neroli scent paired with the incense.
It’s a very dominant fragrance, and it does remind me of some of the imagery given. I just keep it around because there’s something in it I enjoy a bit too much.
Ruseindi – :
Holy smoke!
Charcoal, on which was poured sticky melon juice. *coughing*
It is like some furious awakening of Hindu Goddess Kali, she burned the sinner by one her look, than sat on his ashes and started to eat her melon slices, slurping and turning the rest of the world into minty icicles.
Wear such “action” as a fragrance?.. No, thank you, it is completely revolting note combination, that I wish I would never had chance to put on my skin. Before, the first place in nomination of most horrible things I sampled, belonged to Salamanca of Olympic Orchids(along with few others of same brand), now I see, that Salamanca was actually not that bad, it moved on second position even.
*lovingly stroking the bottle of “Black” of CdG, in hope it will make THIS..disappear*
Assuttutign – :
The first time I sampled this, I thought, “oh, HEAVENS above, yuck! Why, for the love of all things good and right in the world, would anyone create or wear this?” It was this UNHOLY medicinal concoction that made my nose burn.
However!! I have since sampled it on the back of my hand twice, because for some reason I just keep going back to it… probably because it seemed so UNGODLY that I just had to try it and see what the HELL was going on. Well now I am in love. How this happened I will never know, but once you let it sit for a while it transforms (on me, anyway) into this fabulously smoky, woody, spicy unisex goodness. It’s almost intoxicating.
The lady at the store told me that the guys who got the idea for this scent wanted it to represent one note from each religious place/temple/church they’d been to during their many travels… and HOLY moly, this is DIVINE.
I feel like it transforms me into this sensual woodland GODDESS.
Yes, I like this. I like this very much.
Edit: the current bottle looks totally different from the one pictured. It now comes in a glass bottle with a funky/really odd? label.
GobnetCresxel – :
Grey smoke backed by a metallic sweetness of cantaloupe and mint chewing gum. It’s kind of a hospital smell, like embalming fluid and bone ash and some spray used to cover up the smell of death.
It’s very very strange, and I’m totally into it! I never imagined that a cade oil/cantaloupe accord would be my (or anyone’s) jam, but somehow, this stuff works.
Many thanks to nexangelus and ParfumAmour for the recommendation!
nikolai52 – :
This has every fragrance note that I usually love, but is without a doubt the vilest scent I have ever sampled. You get your money’s worth though – I’ve scrubbed myself three times now and can’t get rid of it!
Journey – :
This is probably the most complex and multidimensional fragrance I’ve ever encountered, ok, except maybe Shalimar. I understand perfectly why it’s easy to hate it, it has this harsh presence (I’m still thinking cedar! but I can also agree with one reviewer who mentioned Cabochard by Gres, definitely has something similiar..and I LOATHE Cabochard) but also is enchanting, surreal, I can’t pull my nose away from my forearm when I’m wearing it.
It’s dark, earthy, but has a sweet/fresh facet to it, and like many noted, changes a lot. I can’t say I smell melon, but it’s something fruity there, although I’d say the sweetnes is coming from ylangylang which I can smell clearly most of the time. Glorious!
My fragrance knowledge stems from usage/sniffing of natural essential oils (even made a few of mw own “perfumes”!) and I will always claim natural oils overall still win against mostly synthetic smells. This is a great example.
Also, I don’t usually say something is for one or other season, but this is definitely pure “winter”
vdGerold – :
three distinct and distinctive phases to this one:
Phase 1: harsh hippy
Phase 2: camphoric medicine
Phase 3: gentlemen’s cologne.
How do they do it? Why do they do it?
hfc296intitytek – :
I have never seen so many contrasting love/hate reviews for a scent before !
I first sampled Breath Of God in one of LUSH’s stores (I’m in the USA). I thought “interesting”. (This week – I got a small bottle for Christmas from a friend.)
“Interesting” is what they say when they look at your abstract painting and can’t make heads or tails of it.
“Interesting” is what they say when you wear red nail polish with a green dress.
“Interesting” is what they say when you add lemon extract to your chocolate chip cookies.
So yeah; Webster’s Dictionary defines Lush’s Breath of God as: “to make a mess; to drop the test- tube ; to sour the stew”.
I agree with but one other poster on here who mentions , ahem, a “horse stable & hay”. Yikes. (The dry-down on this is putrid I might add.)
As with all of Lush’s GORILLA scents: DO NOT BLIND BUY. NOT FOR EVERYONE.
This one however may be for no one.
FIN
rotor_35rus – :
LUSH used to make their fragrances in different strengths, depending on the size of bottle you bought. This has changed since they merged the perfumes with the store part of the business. The solid version is still lighter than the liquid but they seem to make only the one strength now. I don’t know where it comes on the scale of EDT, EDP and so on, but some people think it’s stronger than their old version, while others think it’s lighter, so I’m guessing at EDP. Hope that is helpful, if you are wondering how one fragrance can be so many things. (Although it’s still pretty remarkable stuff.)
Svetushka – :
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