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Александро – :
If you’re depressed this would be the smelling sauce to bring you out of it. If I owned a spa this is how it would smell inside. I get a powdery iris that is smoothly balanced with vetiver. There is a very faint gin and tonic vibe in the background which is the juniper berry. There is a soapy clean smell that seems to engulf the entire pyramid of its development. Overall, this a very well blended concoction. It resembles Clive Christian 1872 for women.
Evdokim82 – :
I agree with understated and yet eccentric. A unic soapy scent because of the original combination of the vetiver, the tangy gooseberries, the iso E super and the iris. It’ swell done and I really like it. It starts zingy, grassy, gingery (although no ginger) and gooseberrie-y. After the opening number the flowers and the other fruit start to sing and make it really playfull and fresh. I bought it and love it. Plus note: not many others smell like this.
Captaine – :
Rob2b is right; you need to give this one a bit of time to develop on the skin before making a judgment.
The first 10 minutes are quite something if you’re not used to grassy vetiver, combined with sharp gooseberries. My initial reaction was “Ermahgerd” but after a while, the floral notes emerge and Emotional Rescue becomes a typical Mark Buxton. Understated but eccentric, woody and with some subtle florals and resins in the mix.
There were some strong similarities between this and mb02, which Buxton composed for Biehl Parfumkunstwerke. The iris and violet are hiding behind a woody or herbal top note initially, but eventually take centre stage. I wouldn’t say this one is a classic either, but it’s rather pleasant and interesting when the vetiver calms down.
Edit: this makes a good layering scent. Citrus/berries/iris/violet dominant scents work well.
vladialav – :
Do not be put off by other reviewers’ hyperbole.
This is an extremely clean and sharp green herbal fragrance, with an abundance of green, unripe fruit, bitter plant stems and pepper. I have just applied one spritz of this to my forearm and let it settle for about 30 minutes. It is crisp and enjoyable.
This is the perfect fragrance for giving a lift to a flagging mood (emotional rescue!) or to survive heat/humidity. This fragrance is completely unisex, although it would suit a younger person, probably under 35, who will enjoy its freshness. This is certainly not a classic fragrance but it is nonetheless well-conceived.
asterix696 – :
Quite a nice vetiver (I have to admit I have a soft spot for vetiver in general), paired with barely discernible floral notes, more to give it a teist than anything else. Luckily I don’t feel any berries on my skin 🙂 Unfortunately I don’t detect any fir either and I was rather hoping I would 😉
jordon9090 – :
Horrible. From a distance the vetiver (an ingredient I despise) and gooseberry are fresh, soapy, and peppery, but close up it just smells like a burning tyre, at least for the first few hours, before becoming an insecticide. I personally find all the fragrances in his eponymous range flaccid, thin, uninspired, similar, and unpleasant; if they were art they’d all be sketched in a palette the colors of snot. Their saving grace is that they don’t last. To each their own, but IMHO this belongs on a nursing home floor, or inside an industrial machine, or in the bin.