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aisman – :
I haven’t visited the giant redwood forests, but do they really smell sweet like this? To me it smells more like “forest berries” or “forest berry jam”. It’s a smooth and pleasant perfume, not as jammy sweet as the Vagabond Prince’s Enchanted Forest, but the name led me to expect something else.
I am more familiar with pine and fir forests, and when it comes to that deep, dark forest smell (without sweetness), nothing beats Switch. Perfumes and More’s No 4.
dmitro_k – :
“The woods are lovely, dark, and deep…” If you’ve ever visited the giant redwoods that stretch down the Pacific coast, and had the good fortune to be there in autumn just before dusk as the fog settles in, you know it to be a solemn, sacred experience – almost otherworldly. This might be the fever dream scent of such a place. It opens richly with conifer branches and sap – spruce, fir, hemlock, cedars – plus a deeply powerful labdanum that is your traveling companion for the duration. This scent resonates with resins, warm and enveloping, the unburned incense welcoming you to the temple of the forest. Dusky clove and a well-blended patchouli add depth and fullness to the woods and resins. Several hours in, autumnal amber and powdery oakmoss emerge, and the faint whiff of smoke lets you know the incense has been offered. It’s a gorgeous, contemplative scent; the olfactory equivalent of meditation. Once you’ve been to “Pacific Forest”, it will always inhabit a part of you.
As a side note, I’ve tried nearly every offering from Sonoma Scent Studio. I have great respect for masterful perfumer Laurie Erickson – the thought and devotion she puts into developing each perfume is evident. I find that several perfumes in her line share some DNA, and I believe it’s due to slightly different combinations of labdanum, resins (esp. frankincense and benzoin, sometimes myrrh), woods (esp. sandalwoods, cedars, and vetiver), patchouli, and oakmoss. These combos often yield an amber accord in the base. Pacific Forest is in the family photo album with Forest Walk, Incense Pure, Winter Woods, Amber Incense, and Amber Noir. Sometimes distant cousins Champagne de Bois and Tabac Aurea get mentioned at the dinner table. If you like any of these unique scents, I highly encourage you to try its kin.
I have not yet tried Slumberhouse’s creations, but based on descriptions of Vikt and Jeke, this scent would fit in that milieu.
Until the database gets updated, here is a complete list of notes from the SSS website:
Fir balsam, hemlock spruce, clove, western red cedar, Virginia cedar, Texas cedar, pine, New Caledonia sandalwood, frankincense, labdanum, oakmoss, oak, patchouli, earthy notes, heliotrope, violet ionone, benzoin, cocoa, vanilla
V__I__P – :
It’s hard to vote on the notes section since some of the most important ones are missing.. (I just know whoever thought it predominantly smelled of cocoa probably hasn’t smelled it yet)
“I wanted to create an all-natural version of the Forest Walk scent…using similar natural wood notes but grounding them with a mellow all-natural amber base” yet something else entirely came out with the second aspect missing.
“This scent features prominent fir and hemlock spruce notes along with three kinds of cedar, pine, oakwood, oakmoss, and sandalwood” making the woods much “livelier” than Forest Walk, meaning I don’t see just woods and tree trunks, instead with leafs fully intact, making the scent very green, sour, and even juicy! (essentially a dark, intensified Christmas tree)
*There’s no actual soil tincture in this fragrance, instead a molecule called geosmin, making it only 99% natural.