Description
Long Board 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
zolriba67 – :
This is a lot different from what you are expecting when you see the note pyramide. Long Board is not a happy and bright coconut scent as you can think. It is a slightly smoky and leans towards masculine scents. Deep and sensual, nothing playful here. Usually I don’t like coconut fragrancies but this is something different.
On my skin this is not an aquatic scent. Sea notes are at the background supporting the blend and never become dominant. According to my nose dominant notes are orange blossom, coconut, cardamom and slightly smoky vanilla. There are also mild amber and vetiver.
Sillage and projection are moderate. Longevity is above the average about 6h. It feels better in spring-summer daytime. Versatility is also great.
maksim59 – :
MiN is a strange house and the real issue isn’t the blending so much as it is the performance. Long board of course has a suntan lotion vibe but if that’s all you smell, try it again. This is an aquatic white floral vanilla salt coconut scent.
It misses the brilliance of Naomi Goodsir’s Or Du Serail on this vibe scent wise and definitely on performance but has hints of MFK’s Petit Matin that I really like.
If you had to wear this, you would be smelling good and inoffensive but ultimately generic compared to thetwo other fragrances I just mentioned.
Scent: 5/10 it’s not bad at all just generic and could have used more depth or nuance.
Projection: 3/10 does push a bit at rest to the point of being smellable.
Sillage: 2/10 has some bouyancy when in motion but very little train if any.
Longevity: 5/10 bout five hours before reapplying. Meh.
Would I buy a bottle? No. Nothing truly special even there there is nothing bad per se. For this kind of money, there are better choices.
RXobergH – :
This one uhm ain’t all that. Sun Tan lotion in a bottle.
Andrew Drugov – :
MiN run a great shop, but none of their house fragrances impress me much, and none so far comes close to justifying the price tag. IMHO they still need to prove their skill in perfumery – lots of good ideas, but questionable execution. And their marketing-speak and membership thing just come across as pretentious to me. Life, and perfume shelf-life, are too short for artificial exclusivity.
Weird sunscreen-on-skin accord in this one. I can get that for pennies by rubbing sunscreen on my skin.
374984-1 – :
What would you expect from a fragrance called Long Board? If your answer is a coconut / floral scented tanning lotion with aquatic undertones, then that’s what you get here. If you like the genre it’s ok but remember you can smell like this for 20 bucks.
To me? This was a total scrubber.
Rating: 4/10
Busefull – :
Orange blossom??
I’m mostly just getting a synthetic dose of tuberose sprayed with salt water.
Sharp, fresh, aquatic floral…not particularly exciting. Smells a bit like bath salts and body lotion.
tyaolga – :
Nice fragrance but not something I would wear. I a bit to femme for my personal taste. I would enjoy smelling it on my wife.
arhilion – :
This smells to me like a big, candied tuberose with some white blossoms in the background. The floral notes split the difference between green and powdery, injecting a slight crispness and preventing the scent from becoming too mawkish. The overall effect is a fragrance that nods its head to the lipstick iris genre, but comes at it from a different and much more floral perspective. However, once the opening subsides, the sweetness really hits the gas, smelling more and more candied as the scent develops. Fortunately, this phase also subsides and transforms into a hum of sweet and powdery musks with a distinct shampoo-clean feel.