Description
Barrel is part of Volume 1 of the SCENT STORIES Collection which debuted in 2014. Volume 1 consists of 11 fragrances to be released on a members-only basis for the first year. The fragrances’ notes and concepts are reserved for members only. The fragrances are planned for release to the general public in a year, when Volume 2 of the collection is released.
“Olfaction is the sense that’s hardwired to your brain. A direct, subconscious passage to memory and emotions, a memorable smell is rarely forgotten. In SCENT STORIES, each perfume is a potion and an abstract work of art. We invite each guest to spend time with each aroma. Engage, reflect, project, and allow each to transcend your moment. Like a good book, we hope each chapter takes you somewhere captivating. An exchange in the creation, alchemy is achieved in this dialogue and we hope that you find the stories interesting. The collection is rare, exclusive, and made from only a single batch of the best ingredients in the world. We encourage true connoisseurs to collect their favorite chapters.”—Chad Murawczyk and Mindy Yang of MiN New York
any011speagoessenda – :
Barrel is a beautiful unisex scent, it has some vibe at the background especialy at the opening, from the Shaman by the same house but Barrel is more vivid and playful. Shaman is more a realistic scent. It has zero similarities with Moon Dust as one reviewer says.
Great versatility, I can wear it year round day & night and it leans to masculine scents. Imo it would feel better at cool spring/summer evenings.
This is very smooth and well blended. I get almost everything from the note pyramide. Strong but smooth myrrh is here, smooth boozyness, everything screams quality nothing harsh or unpleasant. Myrrh, leather, wormwood, rum and spices are the dominant notes. There are also intensive oak and corriander. Patchouli, orange blossom and vetiver are mild. Vanilla is there just to support this super smooth blend. It’s a ghost lol! I get no moss, tuberose. Not even traces.
It is a long lasting scent with moderate sillage. Beautiful!
and02 – :
After a full wearing. This i will be added to my collection. The is creamy rum with leather in background. But the rum is the star of the show. This must be Rum Absolute because it seams to last forever. That also would explain the price as Rum Absolute oil is very expensive.
ivashkamg – :
Wow! Just got a sample of this. This is a great one. 10/10. Very regal, clean and dark at the same time. High quality ingredients. Worth the price IMO.
KQohtR – :
This perfume is exactly what the name promises: the intoxicating scent of a barrel filled with a fine spirit. The wood saturated with the drink inside, a warm comforting scent, full bodied with just enough sweetness. It is woven through with the tanginess of tanine so it doesn’t become cloying. It reminds me of Lubin’s Korrigan in certain aspects, but without the overwhelming sweetness that one exudes after a while. Love this perfume, I bought it as my Christmas gift. Plus, the bottle is packed in the most beautiful satin-lined box, just like the perfumes of long ago. Longevity is pretty good, my T-shirt still smells delicious the next day, so this one is definitely a winner.
kxo961bedyWelty – :
Although being credited to Julien Rasquinet, Barrel smells like something Duchaufour could have come up with during his less inspired days. A boozy-spicy-woody oriental with a sweet quality, some resins and subtle florals. Something along the line of certain Lubin, a bunch of Frapin or whatever other average niche-line offering a boozy oriental. It opens extremely sweet but it tames down pretty fast turning into a nice and yet yawn-idnucing woody-balmy base.
Pity because I think the whole MiN line had a fantastic potential and quite some diversity within its range. Unfortunately most of their fragrances smell rushed and kind of unfinished but, most of all, the majority of them lack that certain *je ne sais qoui* that would have turned them into standouts when compared to other similarly themed compositions available on the market.
Rating: 5.5-6/10
shumilovskiy – :
The opening smells similar to the exceptionally horrible “Moon Dust”. I’m getting that metallic, earthy, soil accord -my guess is that this is down to the sharp synthetic rum note and the dirty vetiver they use in “Old School Bench”- but with some sweetness buried underneath.
Within several minutes it claws its way out of the soil and asphalt into an indistinct spicy leather and a vague floral. The coriander and peppery spices tickle the nose, but mostly I just get an ugly mix of soil, leather and wood.
Not as awful as “Moon Dust” perhaps, but still too murky and not very wearable.
br32 – :
Barrel starts with a peppery, earthy oak accompanied by what smells like a coarse, cade-infused leather. A coriander note is set on high, and a patchouli / vetiver combo provides structure, but the emphasis is mainly on gritty, textural wood notes over a chord of clean, mineralic soil. Furthermore, there’s a boozy facet and some floral notes for lift with the overall form reading like more bodied and substantial take on L’Occitane’s Cade—warm, yet bracing. Relatively linear, this one’s easy to enjoy in that it doesn’t demand too much from the wearer but it offers enough depth and complexity to maintain interest.