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HarDFFliP – :
Perfume is a funny thing. I see people comparing Wolfsbane to Black Orchid. I can understand why. At the same time, had nobody mentioned it, I would not have thought to compare the two as I find them different enough. Actually, the fragrance I would compare it to is also one that I have compared to Black Orchid, and that is Precious Oud by VC&A. Wolfsbane is like the long-lost sister of the two; the missing link.
I get a lovely earthiness from this fragrance that is strong on the tuber but equally strong on the patch. It smells more authentically like dirt or soil, so unlike those other two fragrances, this one seems more organic, down-to-earth, naturalistic. Almost like I’m on a hiking trail.
Then there is a sugary, candied tuberose that smells as though it were dunked in absinthe, which is the next strongest thing I notice. I find it fascinating and complex. So it feels really fun suddenly, a little psychedelic, like it’s Party Time…like I ate some ‘shrooms on the hiking trail.
I actually love all 3 of the aforementioned fragrances. In fact I owned the other two, but eventually sold them. Black Orchid felt unbalanced somehow, and Precious oud was honestly just too sexy (it’s weird that I’m saying that, as that should be a good thing). I never reached for them. Wolfsbane is the one I would choose of the lot. I’m a nature and woods lover at heart, and I love the blend of nature and fun that I feel when I wear it. Bottom line: it’s a gorgeous fragrance. I also enjoyed the very popular Poppy Soma, but Wolfsbane is equally wonderful.
djstarshoy – :
Boy is this in yo face ! I like it doe.
This is feminine to me, a girl who likes the mysticism of the wild and her pet dog. You goth girls got to get on this.
I get a rich, yet aromatic violet smell is animalistic and maybe aldehydic too. It smells like black phantom in a way , with less of the sweet invitation and more of the bloody dire wolf. It is hard to explain , but is confident, full, and bewitching.
I am a man and have a luxury scent box sample I love and smell from time to time.
I cannot see this on a man, I got 7 hours or so, but projected strongly for 2 to 3 hours.
lp200500 – :
I see that several people says that Wolfsbane has similarities with Tom Ford Black Orchid. And they’re not wrong. It’s very similar, but there are some nuances that makes it slightly different as well.
The most prominent difference is the green notes of bitter absinth and fig leaf, that takes Wolfsbane to a murky, muddy place. And there’s also the animalic note of castoreum that gives Wolfsbane a much more rugged and beastly appearance. Wolfsbane is a much more masculine and sinister take on Black Orchid.
Wolfsbane takes me to a deep, dark forest in the middle of the night. There is probably a type of marshland close by, and the night is foggy. Somewhere in the shadows a creature is lurking. It might be the name of the fragrance that make me think of werewolfs, but yeah, it feels like there’s werewolfs in the woods. Hunting. Feeding.
This is a very dark fragrance, the darkest one I’ve tried from this brand so far (and I have only one left to test).
It opens quite sharp and bitter with prominent tuber and absinth, but gets slightly sweeter, earthier and a tad more floral and spicy after a while. But all the notes have this underlying depth and dark personality, so even though the scent gets smoother and calmer on the skin, the darkness is still very much present and active, if that makes any sense. There’s a threat hidden in this scent, and it doesn’t leave. It lurks in the shadows, right behind you, from the opening until the last whiff.
Wolfsbane is an intensely atmospheric scent. It attracts and repels you. It has the same type of seducing quality as a classic 19’th century horror villain has – he scares the shit out of you, but you’re still intrigued.
Longevity is fabulous, I get over 10 hours out of this one. Sillage is strong at first, then it dries down to a pretty solid medium. The last couple of hours on the skin it is a dark, earthy vanillic skin scent.
mrak – :
Sweet rubber!
It’s like a fetish! slight sweet animalic leather. It’s frutti, animalic, dark, and kind of boozy.
This is like booze splattered on soft leather. When the creator said this fragrance is beast, he wrote “It’s super intense in a dark beautiful way. It’s like having gay sex inside Berghain listening to dark techno at 6am”, i don’t know how that would smell, but from the sound of it i thought that it will be something quite animalic, sweaty, & very spicy intense, but it turned to be a sweet honeyed booze on a soft leather!
I can’t deny that this fragrance fits perfectly the ad photo & the idea behind the fragrance “Leder 6” by J.F. Schwarzlose Berlin (previously known as Fetisch) which is a guy wearing leather fetish gear & hugged by a woman, it’s good, and it doesn’t smell like Tom Ford’s disturbing fragrance “Black Orchid”.
ets638Diobtetty – :
Deliciously poisonous dreamsicle, I can’t stop sniffing this. It is attention-grabbing, mouth-watering, sweet but…there’s something lurking underneath. This is really exciting; I usually hate gourmands. But it’s on the line between floral and gourmand for me so maybe that’s why it works. Something about this is like a cocktail, sweet but with a little sour tang that should warn you, but you don’t realize how strong it was til you stand up. Weird but it works!
god3 – :
In general I appreciate the whole Quartana line of the potions fatale, but Wolfsbane althou it is a better version…It’s still quite identical to Black Orchide fromTom Ford. If you like that one, this will make you super happy.
I had both. Black Orchid is not for me. I still gave this a go, but god no.
Great longevity and silage.
blum – :
I bought this blindly on a whim AND WHAT A BIG MISTAKE! This stuff literally bit me! It smells way too medicinal & almost a bit Vicks vapor-ish… i had to eventually scrub it off. NOT FOR ME!!
GestKa4 – :
Aaooouuuu! Wildly compelling scent with undercurrents of absinthe. A distinctive accord with recognizable notes, but balanced and blended to evoke the mysterious. Strange and arresting images come to mind. Dark verdant nights, danger in the wind . . . desperate to mask your scent from werewolves. The brooding perfume of a warlock that takes the arcane and makes it seem knowable.
Wolfsbane is highly wearable with great sillage and powerful longevity. Plant based spiciness, animalic balanced with sweetness. I loved every minute of this unusual fragrance.
“Widdershins go when Moon doth wane, An the werewolves howl by the dread wolfsbane.”
sambic – :
This isn’t a review as much as a testimonial…
I smelled Wolfsbane while hanging out with Carlos, Steven and Manny, all Youtube fragrance reviewers many of us know of…And I smelled Dozens of fragrances last night with these guys. My nose was bombarded with the most beautiful smells you could imagine…Out of DOZENS of scents, 2 stood out to me…Oud Satin Mood by MFK and This…
Just unbelievable fragrances.
I will be buying this scent at some point for sure…It lasts forever, and it reminds me of a better blended Tom Ford Black Orchid…It’s a head turning fragrance that worked beautifully on my skin and was on my skin through my nightly shower…I could smell it when I woke up this morning…There’s nothing weak about Wolfsbane…
The blend is amazing…and the quality of notes is very evident…
If there was one thing to be a little disappointed about, it was the sprayer which shoots out tons of juice but not in a diffused way…Felt like I was spraying myself with a hose…lol…This isn’t a huge issue to me however as Parfums Quartana is a new brand and many times u have to sacrifice something as a start up fragrance house unless u have millions in investment…Besides, U don’t wear a scent’s presentation, u wear the scent…So sprayers aside, this brand is very intriguing, and worth sampling for sure…Plus, the whole “basing fragrances off of killer plants” angle is very clever.
Simply Put…A WOW FACTOR SCENT.
I look forward to getting it and giving it a full fledged review at some point…
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StasMihalkov – :
This is interesting stuff. Subtly animalic and, green in that sort of humid, swampy way. This line is definitely intriguing.
It opens very densely. I detect fig, vetiver, black pepper, a faint whiff of cumin, a balmy sort of resinous sweetness, a slight funky animal aroma, and a couple of indistinct woody and floral notes. There is an interesting smooth-sharp contrast happening between the sweet, softer accords and the sharper spicier ones. The almost milky fig blends with the resins and provides a pleasant base for this interestingly bitter green, almost salty blend of pepper, vetiver, cumin and castoreum. The bittersweet dynamic coupled with the extremely earthy notes stands out as very unique to my nose. As the fragrance wears on it goes through quite a few different phases, at one point becoming a strange spicy white floral sort of thing, reminiscent of some funky tuberose fragrances I’ve smelled before. Eventually it dries down to a slightly spiced vetiver with a wonderful smooth sweetness. The longevity is incredible and the sillage is as well. Really really like this one and could see myself wearing this often.
8.5/10