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golp – :
although all of the notes are smooth and well-blended into a completely unique fragrance, what is prominent to my nose is the chamomile. This is an earthy, green, tea fragrance with some oakmoss and hay. The green growing tobacco and mixed fruit were more prominent in the top but lend a touch of sweetness to the mix so that it isn’t completely herbal and grassy. When it completely dries down, it is chamomile and oakmoss. Very dry.
Cicyirord – :
Mown opens with dry blonde hay, fresh tobacco, and chamomile with just a hint of malty sweetness. The savory florals of the chamomile and champaca resonate with the earthier notes—it almost reminds me of a sea of wheat, shimmering warm and slow in the sun at the end of harvest; yellow and brown grasses rather than green. It’s a pretty linear (and somewhat subdued) composition, but it gets a little mossier as it ages on the skin (and it sticks around for quite a while).
Fragrances are tied to time and place for me—I first sampled this in the summer and could immediately just feel it was off. I’ve waited for the weather to cool to brisk fall temperatures, and Mown finally feels right. It’s lovely. As I write this in October 2018, it’s been out of stock for a few months on Hendley’s website, but here’s hoping it comes back soon. (8/10)
Uncnoun – :
Szénaboglya tánc az avaron – a folyékony nyári napfény illata…
Egy rituális szellemi és testi egyesülés a frissen kaszált szénával borított réten, ahova a szél befújja a nedves faleveleket a szomszédos erdőből, kamillás, dohányos klorofill-bombaként feltoluló olfaktorikus, kinesztetikus, már-már gusztatorikus orgazmus.
Messze a nagyváros zajától, gyermekkori emlékek tolulnak fel, a nyári szünet utolsó fékevesztett napjai a nagyszülők házában, az őszt előrevetítő utolsó kergetőző hempergőzések a kaszált mezőn, mikor a bágyadt, sárgás-vörösen izzó lemenő nap sugarai zizegtetik a szalmabálákat.
A széna abszolút illatos testvérével, a dohánylevéllel ölelkezik champaca szirmokkal borított plüss mohaágyon, verejtékes napsütötte bőrük pólusain keresztül aszalt gyümölcsök selymesen mézes cseppjei türemkednek a felszínre…édesen odaadó megkönnyebbülés.
aaarrrsss – :
Fluffy sweet yet humid tobacco.
Champaca on dried fruits is the humid effect, while adding tobacco is like adding a sour note to it, then comes the oakmoss, and fluffy hay. The tobacco is blended in with musk mellow and made it kind of harsh but soft.
In general, the blend is tobaccoish, fluffy greenish, and slightly sweet… all is balanced and blended well like Hendley’s creations. I still believe this guy requires more visits to different parts of the world in order to examine the hidden treasures that he could find and the gems that he will come up with from witnessing such cultures, & places. Hendley have the potential of being one of the leading perfumers, if he remained this creative & explored the world, then he will be a national treasure.
atf891Unlogrere – :
Testing this for the first time. Goes on a bit sweet and smells like a dark, damp tobacco. I’m sensing some dirt which also smells vaguely chocolatey. The hay hovers above some of the denser notes and as it lightens up a bit, it’s reminding me of the brilliant Oriza L Legrand Chypre Mousse in all its damp forest floor, mushroomy glory. This is definitely an autumnal scent and I’m finding it wistful and a bit melancholic, but not disquieting. More-so than a similar themed perfume I love called Eau de Polder by L’Essence de Mastenbroek which is the hay theme but has more of a summer’s eve, pastoral feel and is less melancholy and more comforting.
Mown is more of a mood and an ambience than a perfume to me. I’d probably treat it the way I treat my few mls of Chypre Mousse- occasionally I like to put a dab on my hand and just contemplate life until I’m forced to leave my little fairy lair in the woods because I’ve run out of half-&-half.
filmviewer – :
Beautiful perfume! Soft, mild and natural smelling. My favorites are natural perfumes and this one has a similar feel, no screechy contemporary popular aromachemicals that I can detect.
Very smooth and comforting, happy. I would not describe it as sweet at all, the “sweet” in top of the description is what kept me from blind buying this, but when I got to try it yesterday, it went on top of my want list.
kinoh.ru – :
I’m glad to be finally sampling the latest from Hans Hendley, Mown, and it’s quite intriguing.
The most obvious component is a heavy use of hay, followed by some tobacco, and dried fruits for most of the sweetness, with some of the champaca flower to add its floral sweetness.
Overall, it has the earthy, plant-like quality of the hay, but is also earthy, sweet, and even a bit green. It feels relatively inviting and easy to wear, but I’m assuming it’s nonetheless unorthodox enough for some to be turned off by it.
Certainly unisex, it’s a pretty good performer but probably not as strong as most of Hans’ other offerings that I’ve tried (i.e. Rosenthal, Amora, Fume, etc.). Still, it does well enough for what type of fragrance it is.
I quite like it but I’m not sure if it’s a “love” but I do want to try it some more. I’m not sure if I’m more intrigued by it or if it’s actually something I want to wear a lot.
Priced at $150 for 50ml or $28 for a 9ml travel size, it’s not unaffordable but given that it’s not a beastly performer, it more or less needs to be one you love in order to buy it.
7 out of 10
s443917 – :
This is so poetic. It really brings this hay and autumnal golden sun vibe across. It is verdant and outdoorsy. I especially like the camomile, there are not enough perfumes featuring camomile, in my opinion.
If you like Après l’Ondée, I wouldn’t be surprised if you like Mown as well. Also, it happens to share the elegant dry silvery-green sparkle of Calandre and pre-reformulation Rive Gauche.