Description
Cool eroticism. White, no trace of innocence.
head: seductive flower note, like a freshly cut bouquet of gardenias. Bergamot, mimosa, black currant.
heart: exotic depth. Tuberose, gardenia, champaca absolue, jasmine.
base: very erogenous harmony of ambergris, musk, sandal wood.
It all started with the idea of winning a TV contest by identifying fragrances while blindfolded. The wager was lost, but a talent was discovered – Mark Buxton received and accepted an offer from the Haarmann & Reimer perfume company to be trained as a perfumer.
A few years later, he had already reached Paris, world capital of perfume. He has lived and worked there to this day, an exceptional phenomenon. Every nose can distinguish between around 10,000 fragrances, but only a handful of people like Mark Buxton can also name several thousand of them. The only way to train the art of smelling, he contends, is to discuss it.
His style is notable for the ultimate in precision coupled with maximum dedication. His fragrances are mystical, provocative and unmistakably urbane. A perfumer will never be a star, he asserts, yet proves the contrary with his creations.
For Thorsten Biehl, Marc Buxton has created three perfumes in the biehl. parfumkunstwerke gallery: cool, erotic mb01, relaxed, sophisticated mb02 and profound mb03. mb01 was launched in 2007.
vateran – :
love at first sniff… but not longer, after 30min it’s gone… leaves not trace :-/ at least 3 sprays from my little tester, wrists, neck, shawl…
bergamotty, mandariny, fruity ( i cannot say black currant particularly) yes some white flower notes, no wood, no musk in my nose.
I’ll give it a try in spring time and in summer. maybe my nose is frozen….
edit: next day i recognized a little bit of incense on my clothes. light, warm, interesting.
shandares – :
This starts out with a berry accord that has me wondering if it will veer too far off into sweet land. Fortunately, it is soon rescued by a unique take on tuberose–the addition of champaca. Normally, I’m not a huge fan of that note, however, it is a lovely foil to tuberose. Not too long afterwards, gardenia is the star of the show. There is an underpinning of ambergris that adds a cooling, nearly medicinal edginess that is particularly unexpected and enjoyable,
Already a fan of mb03, now that I’ve tried mb01, I find myself wanting to explore more of Mark Buxton’s work.
Deroxylkfn – :
Starts off a bit nutty, fruity and almost edible. The bergamot is very strong, but the opening is not very light. It is almost dark, even. The champaca is heady and as the scent progresses more white florals join in and the tuberose becomes more prominent. The scent becomes less in sillage and more musky, almost a skin scent. The base is still nutty and a bit dark from the champaca. There seems to be a soft floral note in here, that is not from white florals, something like violets. The drydown contains more gardenia notes on a musky slightly powdery dark base. The gardenia is quite strong, almost stronger than the opening.
Sillage is soft to moderate, longevity moderate.
A strange combination of notes that appeal to me, but there’s something in the mix that just quite doesn’t do it for me. The iso e super maybe? Not sure. I like the dark champaca, the creamy tuberose and gardenia, maybe the musk is too much? Interesting is how the gardenia in the drydown actually becomes stronger than the opening notes.
SILY – :
For me “mb01” wasn’t all that much about gardenia, yes it was there and it was very prominent, but what surprised me the most in “mb01” was the tart, almost buttery and nut-like champaca which together with sandalwood made almost a gourmandish impression.
“mb01” indeed is a very feminine perfume, but I have to say that I can imagine this on a male, the champaca and fruity notes (which are cold and sour, not sweet) together makes this wonderful mesh of notes that appear not only gourmand as I’ve mentioned before, but almost a bit smoky and mysterious, a bit burnt and bitter.
All in all I must say I’m impressed. I expected an easy-to-wear gardenia similar to others that have flooded the market, but I was left with a really unique and complex scent perfect for both sexes.
Longevity was also very good, 7 hours and more.
replicaw49757 – :
So…Mark Buxton’s career began from a TV contest identifying fragrances while blindfolded. If I was a blindfolded contestant and Mb01 was the fragrance in question, I would probably guess this would be a product from Jo Malone. The best way to describe this fragrance is pleasant or inoffensive. For a woman, this could be blind bought; for a man, you’re better off blind sampling haha! With that being said, this scent puts me in the mindframe of a pretty woman’s natural body odor. This fragrance captures the best aroma from both white and yellow flower. Hey, do you remember that black lady in the Police Academy movies with the soft personality albeit a BIG voice when angered? Yeah, that’s Mb01 when it comes to its subtle nature but beastly longevity. I enjoyed this very much. Good option for the spring time.
Laykon – :
I agree with Alfarom. If you are into heady white florals, this is not for you. It is a very wispy white floral bouquet with a prominent blackcurrant note. When you take into consideration its lack of longevity and character, it is not worth bothering, in my opinion.
ppzaika – :
First of all I wanna say thank you to Mark Baxton to made such a beautiful creation.
One of amazing and erotic set of flowers in base of warm and sweet notes of amber and musk.
Very soft and natural. Everything Smoothly playing their own role on your skin.
Gardenia and black currant playing main role in this beautiful harmony.
It start whit fresh and cool bergamot scent whit mimosa and black currant.
Then we have sweet and soft scents of white flowers combine whit black currant.
And finally seductive combination of amber and musk whit creamy sandalwood. warm and sensual.
Such a pleasant and luminous aroma.
And I know it’s VERY feminine But I really wanna smell like this!!
longevity and sillage are moderate.
اول از همه از مارک بکستون به خاطر به وجود اوردن این اثر زیبا واقعا ممنونم.
یه عطر محرک و جذاب بر پایه ی گل های سفید و نت های میوه ای.
اولش بوی خنک تازه ی بهار نارنج رو به همراه رایحه ی شیرین بلک کورنت داریم.
اما چند دقیقه بعد رایحه یگل ها شروع به تاخت و تاز میکنن.
رایحه ی گل مریم و یاس اینجا یه رایحه ی اروم و طبیعیه که به همراه گل گاردنیا و چامپاکا یه هارمونی محرک رو راه انداختن.
و در اخر هم یه ترکیب گرم و جذاب از مشک و عنبر به همراه چوب صندل داریم.
البته این عطر خیلی زنانه هستش اما من واقعا بوش رو دوست دارم.
واسه کسایی که دنبال ارامش هستن خوبه.
پخش بو و مانگاریش هم متوسط بود.
Dexyshorgesee – :
A transparent, smooth and extremely light (yet long lasting) white floral for people who are afraid of everything.
Rating: 4/10
Tytorftor – :
Too much blackcurrant for me, far too much. I can’t get past that to the other notes. It’s not an unpleasant scent but I can’t help wanting to scrub this off. Does that make sense?! The blackcurrant combined with the creamy florals overwhelm me.
Very feminine, a great summer scent I think.
ShaluniyInga – :
The softest Gardenia and Tuberose fragrance I know, smelling totally natural to me. A wonderful composition dripping of high quality ingredients ..I also sense the blackcurrant and a little jasmine and strangely they seem to soften the Gardenia and Tuberose. INdeed VERY feminine fragrance, I cannot imagine any man wearing it:) An absolute summer topper for me!
mlozai – :
Biehl parfumkunstwerke mb01 opens with the same bizarre minty-fresh Dentyne-like note that I detected in Bond no 9 WESTSIDE–unacknowledged there as well, I might add. That little mystery note really served as a red herring, as I had no idea what to expect next, least of all what the fragrance shortly thereafter became: a Big White Floral (BWF) of the Gargantuan Gardenia (GG) variety.
Lots of gardenia here, watch out: the composition seems so tame initially that you may be tempted to spritz a little extra on. Resist, I repeat, RESIST that temptation, else you and those around you may find yourselves literally suffocating in gardenias! This is an expansive gardenia, the kind that grows and grows like the blob, seeping into all available crevices and cracks.
Although I like gardenia, here it is too much for me. I’ll stick with MARC JACOBS, which offers a softer, subtler take on this flower. Schade!
vovan7733 – :
Mb01 is like smelling Eclat d’Arpege,it doesn’t have anything unique!
Агент 007 – :
I really love the biehl line, and this unashamedly feminine creation by MB is no exception. I usually dont like florals, but this has a divine fresh balance of tangy blackcurrant and come hither appeal of the jasmine, bergamot and base notes, its really pretty and while probably not 100% unique I still love it.