Description
Moon Dust 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
Mega_Bastard – :
هفته پیش پنج تا کار از شقایق گرفتم غالبا از برند میلر هریس و در کنار اونا این کتر و همراه آیریس نازارینا(نازارینای نازنین رو برای بار دوم از شقایق و بار سوم درکل)! الان نگاش میکنم میبینم مون داست که قراره یادآور گردوغبار ماه باشه جااینکه بپی خاک بده تنها ذهن منو سمت کارای بیوفورت لندن میبره اگرچه قدرت و پرفورمنس وحشتناک هرکدوم از کارای بوفورت لندن سبب میشه مون داست مثل غباری تو هوا محو بشه اما بازم تنها چیزی که ردشو برای ذهن من میذاره بیوفورت لندن و خاصه ایرون دیوک
wise_vadim – :
Moon Dust is a hardcore patchouli scent. Earthy-dusty, a little smoky, non-sweet patchouli . Very manly imo it leans clearly towards masculine fragrances. Suitable for spring/fall and early summer, day & night.
The best part of this scent is the dry down. The opening isn’t so pleasant to be honest except if you like this type of smoky-dusty earthiness.
The one and only boss here is a smoky & earthy patchouli, very earthy with traces of vetiver & incense. This dusty earthiness embrace the rest notes. Other noticeable notes are tobacco, benzoin, very mild musk and tiny traces of some vegetable. There is also a familiar smell at the background for the whole life of Moon Dust which becomes more vivid as time passes. One of my hobbies is gemology. I’ve spent thousands of hours searching for minerals and raw gems in caves, in beaches and general in nature. I get this special smell as many minerals I’ve collected. It’s nice smell, I like it, but I don’t want to smell like a rock lol!
Performance is moderate but above the average. Long lasting. Try it only if you like that kind of strange smell!
madonna – :
Very class elegant perfume I like too much I got a shower of compliments. Moreover it’s long lasting it last for six hours and it’s good for espicial occasion and it’s close to Byerley by perfume de Marly.
10/10
sipatiy – :
I have literally gone through 3 BOTTLES of nasomatto black afghano and Moon Dust is my new scent- I have FINALLY found something that speaks to me at such a profound level. It affected me the same way that black afghano did a few years ago- but this one is SO MUCH BETTER! It’s dark, futuristic, intense and completely unapologetic- which is exactly what I always hope to be. 😉
aliscuper – :
scent : 6/10
sillage : 9/10
longevity :9/10
100% night fragrance
smoky scent
uapartyRotTypesuesee – :
I don’t smoke.. but OMG, this scent had me at hello!
Tabacco, Musk & Powdery Incence .. I tried the tester on my hand the first time and kept sniffing at it for hours.
Used 3 sprays the next day to try it during the day .. Loved it even more!
Planning on getting the 50ml bottle.
diselivanoff – :
This is a marvellous fragrance; the ultimate comfort-scent.
It has unintentionally captured a smell that I love. In the 90s, I used to burn Indian incense cones in a brass vessel with pierced holes which let the perfumed smoke escape. When the vessel was cold and unused, if you opened it, it smelled of incense, benzoin and an earthy, tarry resin odour, which was the scent of congealed smoke which had collected on the inside of the brasswork. Incredible!
Wear this scent if you want to be gently cradled in a mood of calm and smoky warmth. Best suited to those who like their fragrances a bit left-of-centre.
maliy228 – :
Ooof…thought this was awful. The initial effect is just so unpleasant I admit I couldn’t wait around to see what the final drydown was like. Too much ozone. Chemical cloud. I like creative fragrances that are a bit cold, metallic, and industrial, but this was simply not a success. Made me recoil from the start.
Дим788 – :
Moon Dust smells like something Rasquinet could have come up with. The dark earthy-resiny-smoky vibe already experienced in, say, Bois D’Ascese with a more pronounced amber facet. It also brings to mind of a *mineral* version (as opposed to *vegetal*) of Andrea Maack’s Coven with which it shares the same earthy vibe. Minimalistic, urban and pleasant to wear if you’re drawn to avant-garde-ish fragrances.
Very nice but I find it overpriced for what it delivers.
Rating: 7/10
BretAmeri – :
I miss fragrances like Moon Dust in the big collections that constantly show up in the launches, This type of fragrance may cause a little bit of a estrangement at first, but a thing that i have learned is that we only grew in knowledge and appreciation getting out of the comfort zone, but that is possible to get out of it connecting the exotic to the wearable. Inspired in the astronaut descriptions of what would be the Moon aroma, Moond Ust is a mixture of smells that refer to spent gunpowder, coal and mineral/ozonic tones. If this seems like a perfect inspiration for a Comme des Garcons perfume, it seems that MiN antecipated that and created something that would be a perfect member of the Odeur collection, something familiarly strange and at the same time cozy and wearable. In my view, Moon Dust makes me think of earth, burnt rubber, smoky tobacco and i’d also add a very dark vegetal aura,which reminds me of the oregano aroma, one of the most dingy herbal smells i have seen so far. At firs, Moon Dust has this explosion of dark and dusty tones, that bit by bit acquire lightness and show their little mineral side, that for me reminds me the smell of a heated lamp. At the background, i see something of subtle sweet aroma which gives me a cozy impression, something that has a almondy and sweet nuance that works very well here in softening the hard edges of the composition with a musk that completes the cozy aura being neither clean nor dirty. I don’t know if it was possible to wear nitro-musks in this one (they would fit like a glove the project, considering they were discovered from experiments with nitro compounds related to powder fabrication), but if they are use it’s just a touch, due the restrictions, to close the concept proposed. This is for me so far the standout of this collection for a person like me that has tried so many new things with a impression that even in niche what has been delivered to the final consumer is more of the same
stasmasla – :
Ok so here’s what I get from moon dust. .
It starts out almost like if you gargled with mint mouthwash and spit it in the sink that minty smell..even though there isn’t any mint notes listed then it goes to a very cold smelling stone smell like cement it smells gritty and smokey like interlude man but not as potent I think it’s really great. ..very ashy smelling after 1hr
8/10!
hgf633Negeltzex – :
I’m sorry…I hate to do the arrogant thing and flippantly scoff at the other reviews here but -heck, who am I kidding, I don’t really care- this scent is DISGUSTING.
Potently medicinal and coldly industrial, it has absolutely zero pulling power. I can’t decide what it reminds me more of: A dentist’s surgery? Cough syrup? TCP pastilles? Asphalt? F**k its a mixture of all five.
Seriously, you will not impress anybody wearing this. No woman, no work colleague, no potential employer.
But if you’re a fan of similarly weird clinical scents such as “La Fin du Monde” or “Secretions Magnifique” then “Moon Dust” is probably something for you to enjoy sniffing alone, in private, where nobody else can be offended. Although, if it were me, I’d be happier sniffing glue. It’s cheaper.
olegych5 – :
I have many fragrances and have never been inspired to write a review until now. I was researching different scents based upon the notes I tend to lean towards, when I stumbled upon Min New Yorks line of fragrances. After reading about the notes, and composition I knew I had to try this stuff. I received my sample in the mail today, and Im going to give you my first impressions.
I was very excited to try this stuff because it seemed so perfect for me. But once I was holding the sample in my hand I began to get nervous. “what if this scent that seems like it could be so perfect, goes horribly wrong.” “What if its not what I expected it to be.”
Anyway I sprayed it on my arm, and waited a bit. Once I inhaled, I knew this was something special. Initially it reminds you of Aventus because of the strong smokiness, but Aventus has the fruity notes which brings in a sweetness. Moon Dust is unapolegeticly dark, dirty, and smokey. I gathered a cedar note, but as if the cedar was burning in a fire, and a light dirt note with benzoin.
This is really special for me and I will be ordering a bottle. But I must say this is not for everyone it is definitely a try before you buy. And it is most certainly masculine to the max. I can’t see any woman wearing this.
Edit: As much as I LOVE this fragrance, it seems from the sampler that its longevity is lacking a bit and faded on me rather quickly. I will test out more from my bottle and review.
vladxxx2 – :
To me this is smoke at its best…just enough that its speaks to me slow burning wood fire in my log cabin smokin a nice bowl of English tobacco as apposed to crazed boy scout bonfire. Excellent *****/5
Jhenny – :
This is hands-down the standout of the line for me. It’s a stripped down and minimal béton brut affair, yet its complexity arises through evocation of totemic structures and cold stone. There’s a balsamic touch to keep the dominant wet cement effect from dragging it down, but the fragrance is centered upon a truly beautiful flint / ink chord akin to what Bruno Fazzolari recently captured in Lampblack. On the one hand, Moon Dust smells crude, but on the other, you can grasp the dimentionality by meditating on the components. It smells as though it’s structured upon vetiver and patchouli, but it’s really too gravely to be either one. Spices are present, but subdued, and I suspect that cinnamon and cardamom are doing much of the labor in this department. Despite the rain-on-concrete impression, the scent is dry as a bone. It conjures up a disaffected Ballardian landscape in a manner that lines such as Comme des Garçons and Nu_Be have favored, achieving a similar effect with aplomb.
alex4107 – :
This is a wonderful smokey amber on me with a slight dirtiness, my skin pulls no sweetness. When I have this on my skin, I see a cabin covered in snow with a warm glowing fire burning in the fireplace inside. It also reminds me a little of the 777 Black Gemstone another masterpiece imo.