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uranael – :
On me, this is mostly a tangy creosote bush scent, with vetiver earthiness and a sort of expansive (nose tickling) ozonic air and dryer sheet musk accord. I get a quiet leather on the far drydown of this scent, but I wish there was more. My boyfriend grew up in an arid area in Mexico where creosote grows – I had him smell this (without telling him what it was) and he said it reminded him of the plant gobernadora that his grandmother would burn or make medicine out of (creosote). So the creosote scent is definitely there. Unfortunately the ozonic / petrichor aspect is a bit too synthetic on me. But it’s an interesting scent and I enjoy its stark earthiness. Spray lightly, as it can cause a headache with its sharpness.
tiv209elipseskism – :
Larrea by La Curie starts out pretty boastfully sharp and animalic but quickly dries down into an agreeable masculine leather/vetiver pairing with some hints of herbal notes. Surely more apt for cold weather than warm, this hints as similar spots as other vetiver fragrances but I confess the leather/vetiver pairing is smoother than vetiver alone, with some exceptions (i.e. very fresh vetiver fragrances).
I could easily see Larrea being a man’s fall/winter signature scent
Performance is decent but doesn’t quite approach that of Incendo.
An interesting offering overall but to me not quite unique enough to merit collecting it. I get something similar enough out of the smokier Lalique Encre Noire a l’Extreme that I wore last night.
Certainly a recommended try, though, especially for men.
7 out of 10
vovan759 – :
Larrea conjures round river stones beaten with rain and snow. Silver fog of ozonic air blankets the black ice water. It’s a mysterious stony allure. Mineral notes with some incense. A hauntingly beautiful atmospheric scent.
I can also get behind the petrichor/ desert monsoon that other reviewers envisioned. Either way, a desolate quiet landscape — it’s just You and Nature.
nikodim – :
This is quite nice and very reminiscent of the petrichor of rainstorms. It’s what I think of as a gothic fragrance, though perhaps a bit more cuddly than Incendo from the same line. It has a sharp, cold, incense like aspect to it and the herbal bite of vetiver. In style, I find this fragrance similar to the CdG incense line.
becyspupets – :
La Curie Larrea
Description per site:
Ghosts of a desert monsoon. Dust encounters rain, chaparral, musk, petrichor, ozone, leather
Inspired by the southwest rainstorms.
Unisex – Eau de Parfum.
You will NEVER hear me say a fragrance is exactly as described!!! However, this one is just that!
I’ve been in the middle of the desert right before and during a heavy yet brief storm. This it it in a bottle! The dust is in the air sometimes thick, the approaching rain you smell, the ozonic note…yep, its there. The rain pours down from the sky, heavy and fast. You literally see the rain move in and out. You are left with wet dirt, dust still floating around yet the air feels cleansed. A small fire smolders in the distance. Leather from a worn saddle drenched by the rain wafting. It’s good….REALLY good! It’s a bit nostalgic and memory inducing which is a gift I think with a fragrance. So many are so similar to each other that you cant really define or remember exactly what you were doing. This IS a memory! I absolutely LOVE this! The perfumer created a beauty here!!!!!