Description
Like blood, sweat, sperm, saliva, Sécrétions Magnifiques is as real as an olfactory coitus that sends one into raptures, to the pinnacle of sensual pleasure, that extraordinary and unique moment when desire triumphs over reason. Masculine tenseness frees a rush of adrenalin in a cascade of high-pitched aldehydic notes. The sensation of freshness is gripping. Then the fragrance reveals a metallic side, precise and as sharp as unappeased desire. We are on a razor-edge… skin and sweat mingle, and tastes of musk and sandalwood. The slightly salt marine effect stirs, arouses, and sets your mouth watering. Tongues and sexes find one another, pleasure explodes and all goes wild. Confusion reigns supreme. A subversive, disturbing perfume. It’s love or hate at first sight. Sensuous jousting is rarely satisfied with half-measures…In between Don Juan and the Woman who offers herself, arms are laid down…who will be the first to surrender?
Composition: Lodized accord (fucus, azurone), adrenalin accord, blood accord, milk accord, iris, coconut, sandalwood, opoponax…
Nose for this fragrance is Antoine Lie. Secretions Magnifiques was launched in 2006.
skif-78 – :
Right, I see what’s the idea behind it, but who really wants to fragrance him/herself like this? I guess, if it has been created obviously there are people who will fragrance themselves with it, but to my nose this is really unpleasant. Sorry, not my cup of tea.
sjava.d – :
A dear friend of mine sent me an unlabeled sample and asked me to wear it several times without telling me what it was. Each time I smelled the Atlantic Ocean, a scent of my childhood. And on my skin this unlabeled sample read as a beautiful seaweed /oceanic/marine fragrance with a bit of creaminess. After my third wearing she wanted to know if I thought it was full bottle worthy. I reported back YES, as it reminded me of a more subdued version of an old love, Aramis New West for Women (which did not hold up well over the years). It was only after I answered YES that she told me she had sent me Secretions Magnifique. Which just goes to show how our biases can affect our sense of smell.
Cheerseperm – :
Two Zombies making love on dormant kitchen sink full of unwashed dishes.
just in case you wonder what this liquid smells like.
Cheers!!!
hys668intitytek – :
So this is what semen is supposed to smell like (absolutely no experience in this area at all LOL):
“Because of its slightly alkaline pH, Fosnight said healthy semen should have an “ammonia or bleach-like kind of a smell,” and will taste a bit sweet (because of the fructose) and salt.”–Cosmo magazine article
vandes – :
@Chrisarcarola75
I have not smelled it, but I could imagine the fuss to likely revolve around the profanity that this fragrance has been marketed with. I personally have no issue with more demanding fragrances but I do have an issue not only with senseless profanity but senseless profanity marketed as liberation.
Dimastih – :
Like french kissing an attractive corpse…
Joker. – :
After smelling this single release, I kind of dont like the entire house of Etat Libre d’Orange. Not because the other scents are bad but because this is some weirdo stuff right here…
damgarten32 – :
I don’t see what all the fuss is about. I think the majority here either haven’t smelled this or just like to here themselves talk. The use of powerful words gets some of you weirdos off. This isn’t death, blood or semen. Wtf does semen smell like? This is rusted metal 100%. Not my thing but whatever floats your boat. By the way these are fragrance reviews not a spoken word contest. Funny shit
ryamow – :
So, no way. Just no. I’ll be waiting outside.
Andreika28 – :
I don’t know what the fuss is all about…. After reading the reviews and watching many people’s youtube channel, just like Cloudburst2000 and HHelle, I was expecting something much worse, an olfactive catastrophe… Yeah, and Im totally bummed…. It is such a let down, I bought this thinking to play some trick on my friends, a punishment for losing a game…. but what I actually get is an utter disappointment.
Maybe it’s the hype..???
And I agree Secretions Magnifique doesn’t smell all that bad… After the first few minutes, it really smell like a rusty patio after the rain, the smell of rusty smell…. And then it smells like sweat, as in, when you are a salesman and you have to walk miles in suits selling some products in the mid of day… and then you take shelter because of the heat but you’re so sweaty so you take off your suit…. And the base note for me feels like the ocean, as in when you smell an algae or seaweed that is stuck on a rock that’s been washed over and over again by the seawaves, it’s salty, sunny, organic…. but nothing disgusting….
I was expecting dead animal’s odour, or the base of a trash bin odour…. HAHAHAHA…. nothing of the above… It’s a decent scent……
enunu1 – :
I immediately smell metal with a bit of a cold but organic undertone, like a surgical instrument with blood still on it. A keen seller who let me smell this described it as being reminiscent of a surgical operating theater and I totally agree. There’s something deeply disturbing and death-like about it in that regard.
I didn’t dare put this on my skin, that’s perhaps why I don’t smell any of the rotting or rich smells that make up the base notes.
I find Breydo M/Mink more overtly offensive, but I did actually test that one on my skin, not this one. I will have to one day, if I can conjure up the will…
desperadoss – :
These are the lengths I went to to write a review of this:
I hadn’t logged in since October 2016, I had to sent a link for “forgotten password” to an unused email address, spend a long time trying to remember the password for the email account, I finally typed up my review last night and my phone died. When I’d charged it my review was gone so I’ll try again.
This is shocking. It hits the part of your brain, the subconscious one, that screams “DANGER!!”. The first word I used to describe it is horrifying. It’s wrong. It’s not *just* disgusting, there is something primal about it, something that you know you shouldn’t be smelling.
The first blast smelled like fish. And after that, well it was just disgusting…. fishy blood, old blood, rotting things, maybe a smell of death I don’t know but it made me want to vomit and I have a VERY strong stomach. I can smell most things and appreciate that they’re disgusting smells but this one was a different kettle of fish (no pun intended).
In the background I could smell a strong white musk sort of smell, but as soon as I got too close, it was that awful death smell.
I would however recommend everyone to try this. I got a free sample sent to me as a surprise.
I’d sprayed it on my lounge cushion. By the next morning, it was mainly the white musk smell with a hint of death, by the afternoon the drydown was actually very nice! BUT it would not be worth the 12+ hours of smelling like a fishy old tampon before hand.
My partner smelled it and didn’t seem to see what all the fuss was about?!
defffo – :
I once opened a multi vitamin can and smelled it with high hopes and the repulsive zinc smell shocked me.
when a friend gave me secretions magnifiques I already knew about the reputation and smelled it with an awful prejudice and still I was shocked the same way.
the end
aliona_ – :
Haha, what the F?!
I don’t know what I enjoyed the most, actually getting to try on this monstrosity or reading the comments below.
It’s horrible, so horrible and disgusting, yet Etat Libre d’Orange thought “Let’s make it gut wrenching. Let’s make it nasty. And let’s finally troll those demanding, f***ing perfume snobs by making it last forever”. I had to bring my sample to work and see their horrified reactions. Much fun was had by everyone involved as we compared it to various bodiy fluids.
No matter the intent behind this perfume (Trolling? A reminder to big companies about something… about integrity, maybe? Idk?). I’ve been so busy trying on new perfumes, learning to distinguish notes and taking care of my growing collection that I almost forgot how a simple scent can affect people.
Don’t eat before you try it for the first time.
besprizornik – :
Picture a soft, sweet, creamy top with an amalgating raw-hamburger-meat base. It strikes me as a pheremonal odour with similarities to androstenone. I own a bottle of Boar Spray, which I purchased years ago as a hare-brained attempt to seduce women. Both have a saliva and sweat nuance that is uncannily attractive in tiny doses.
I find that Secretions Magnifiques is never revolting like some have complained, but it can get rather annoying if more than a pin-prick is applied. I would approach this oddity as more of a functional perfume. Much like the civet note in Kouros, the fleshy “body fluid” note could add a sexual edge to something that smells good aesthetically rather than instinctually. This could very well be the Holy Grail of pheromone fragrances. A pin prick is enough. Try layering the potent speck of flesh essence with your favourite fragrance.
medvedev – :
I love this werdo thing and very happy to bay a pice this is gem not for everyone only if you dear to be different
александр – :
The marketing, the mystery, the history, the daring, the chemistry, etc. etc. etc. Everyone finds their way to this perfume at some point. And…
I think it’s gross. The blood and milk smells are strong and real, everything else is “evoked.” But this rots over time and overall, the smell and connotations I get are: dead fish and lipstick.
It progresses in crazy ways, and I respect that it’s a “feat” — but it’s off-putting and unwearable. Try before you buy. Then: don’t buy.
Костя070 – :
Hmmm…I was expecting something much worse. I don’t find this scent horrifying like many people seem to. To me it just smells like wet metal. Not something I would want to smell like so no bottle for me, but I also don’t find it repulsive. The wet metal smell does not make me think of blood it makes me think of my grandmother’s metal outdoor patio set after it rained. It smelled exactly like this fragrance. So would I wear this fragrance? No, because I don’t want to smell like a wet outdoor patio set. Do I find this fragrance repulsive? No, it’s not pleasant but not repulsive either. I have smelled worse fragrances in my time and don’t understand the hoopla over this one. I am a bit disappointed as I was expecting something truly disgusting and got a wet patio set instead.
dagenergodes – :
I am so bummed. This isn’t the catastrophe I was expecting at all. I get the metallic breathy note, and otherwise it’s a light iris and sandalwood scent on hot, moist, sunburned skin, in an ocean breeze. It’s fine. Probably not something I would wear, but nothing that makes me want to hurl. I have worked as a CNA in an intensive care unit, and have seen and smelled it all. I don’t smell blood, vomit, feces, puss, or mucus. It doesn’t smell like menses or bleachy semen either. I mean I kind of like it a bit. If that metallic breathy note were gone, it wouldn’t be half bad. It did make my heart race though, but maybe that’s just the massive let down. Dang it, I was looking for a fun party trick …
iraq_21 – :
Challenging, are you not? You smell of bad mucus, used coins, failed experiment. Not a very pleasing odour. Your breath also transmits a marine note, but Iodine is not for drinking, is it?
Thank God you don’t swallow.
And i am glad i have the patience to wait more than two hours for your mood to change. As once it does you become a beautiful, if still grumpy, creature of the sea with flowers in your wet hair.
I am not jumping on the hate train, and actually i’m not joining the few adorers either, but do i take delight in owning this one, and spraying it once a month? O yes,
I do.
****(*)
nikita95 – :
I sprayed it on my arm.
What? it’s like cheap synthetic women’s perfume
wait a minute, it became nasty metallic. Such a waste! How can a perfume smell like this?
and then it became like the smell of fresh sweat on neck of a lady. Not the stinky type of sweat of course. Imagine in a hot days of summer, you are walking beside a young woman. A young, bright, energetic type of girl that you can read hope on her eyes. She’s in a cotton dress, wearing a light floral fragrance. Maybe not the most expensive fragrance, since she couldn’t afford it. It’s very hot out there and her sweat quashes the fragrance. You and her walking side by side, speaking and smiling and silently thinking about each other. Since you are close enough, you can smell her breath. No one knows the end of story, imagination can bring it everywhere …..
Love the fragrance but don’t wear it everyday
SKAlalaSKA – :
Sniffed this out at Twisted Lily over the weekend. Indeed a very odd smell. Cant really call it a perfume, nor can I say it made me think of anything in particular other than the fact that I found it sufficiently unpleasant. I could see this is being revolting in large enough doses.
gerasimow77 – :
Apparently, this smells like various bodily secretions, not just semen, the blood metallic note with seaweed is like a woman’s period and human sweat, the milk and oppomax like feces and mucus, the iris is carrot like maybe flesh, sandalwood like old BO. It’s not only male semen, but sweat, female discharge, feces, a combination of many scents. The marketing artwork is misleading as many other scents besides semen going on. I am not sure why anyone would want wear this, but people with fetishes and unconventional ideas, people with curiosity and eccentricities. Semen smells astringent, somewhat lactonic, sour yet sweet like grapes and sometimes smells like cookie dough and indoles, mushrooms, after ejaculated, it’s not bad at all, this is not it. Cumin is like sweat, there are cumin fragrances that combined with florals execute somethīng nice, there is a better way to execute some niche scents. This fragrance is careless and is basically a biological human waste bin you would find in a hospital, blood, sweat, saliva, feces, semen, flem, etc. This with an adrenaline note you get when having unprotected sex and awaiting hiv test results. Maybe the designer intends sexual coitus with a virgin being deflowered and bleeding, intense sex in a very long, filthy, sweaty way, and even anal sex. Maybe the intent was to bring to mind all the biological scents when a baby is desired and created, the female in her period, the sweat, the blood pressure and sexual anxiety, the smell of a human, biological, creative moment. The blood accord is what I feel creates fear and anxiety in many, and rightly so, our senses detect it and our fear-fight or flight triggers are activated. I know there is an adrenaline note in there too. If you want semen, try Demeter milk and layer it with a sea note perfume, and to add a little more human, male touch, layer musk, cumin or ginger, add the male musk and whatever you feel your guy smells like!
uip670JeomiWogkig – :
Woo! Nope, nope, nope… this revolting thing infected me with a nearly fatal case of “the nopes.”
We’re talking BAD. Like, one spray and I boarded the train in Nopesland with a one way ticket to fuckthatshitsville. I knew to be prepared for something potentially unpleasant, but I didn’t expect it to actually give me the heebie-jeebies. This stuff is creepy. It smells like I just strolled up on site of a horrendous crime scene or something. It just reeks of blood, sweat, excrement, struggle, fear, rotting bandages, & unconsensual sex. Seriously… like some synthetic adrenaline notes are tossed in there somehow too. It’s wild, you guys. And I mean that in the worst way I can possibly convey via the limitations of written language.
I tried it out of sheer curiousity and since I actually like the smell of some bodily fluids, and my job frequently finds me covered in Amniotic fluid, blood, meconium, Breast milk, and an array of other foreign bodily fluids without me even batting an eye, I guess I thought I was more adept to tolerate this fragrance than your average person. Another NOPE. I absolutely did not prepare myself well enough for the level of nope I was approaching with this monstrosity. This is like liquified PTSD. This smells like brutal violence or the olfactory equivilant of a TOOL music video. It’s bizarre, creepy, startling and repulsive. Yet somehow brilliant and intriguing. Just please don’t wear it… like… ever. This was perhaps intended to be artful or thought provoking but I can’t imagine it was intended for actual wear. Nope.
On the bright side, I probably made the Guinness Book of World Records for the Review containing the most frequent repetition of the word “NOPE” in Internet history. lol
alena_mts – :
I had read some reviews prior to testing, and was of course ready to be shocked and horrified by this strange creation. Instead, i was genuinely, pleasantly surprised.
There is a sweetness, that I assume is supposed to be the breast milk, a slight metallic tinge, and the rest is just extremely, overwhelmingly sexual. Not quite sure if i am a brave enough person to wear this out in public, but to bed? Absolutely.
JGasutmips – :
It’s twice as disgusting as everyone says it is. What a gimmick. If you seriously want to smell like this you should get your head checked. Also, that was NOT a pun. Haha
liohacom – :
I’m going to start with an old,local story.no offense to anyone.honestly it was the first thing that came to my mind when testing this fragrance.read this with salt of humor
A man went to see a wise man and told him:”I have a normal life but my biggest dream of life is to be famous.I know there are several ways to be famous but I don’t have any talent”.wise man told him:”if you don’t have any special skill,then you have to work hard”.The man said:”but I’m not patient,I don’t want to work hard”.the wise man said:”so you have to be brave and do something different.something no other man would do”.he said:”I’m not brave enough to fight in a war or to kill dragons and rescue damsels” wise man asked:”are you brave enough to not give a shit about what other people think about you?” The man said:”yes.I want other people to know me but I don’t care about their thoughts”.wise man said:”everyday you have to do your defecation in public,right in front of other people in the city center”The man said:”but people are going to think I’m crazy.they’re going to hate me”.wise man said:”ofcourse!but make them think you’re an artist.then some will respect you for your creativity,even love you!”
The man did the same.everytime someone asked him what the hell are you doing?!he said:”I’m building a statue of shit!it’s a modern art and I’m it’s pioneer!” People hated him but they also learned his name.not long after,everyone in town knewed him.there was a minority of people who wanted to seem special by hating whatever was crowd-pleaser and loving whatever normal people hated.some people found him fun.others were curious to see what’s really going on.so people started to observe his art closely.some of them even found an interesting symmetry in his pieces!some appreciated harmony of colors in them!some tried to mimic his statues!but didn’t succeed.his pieces were so different and he claimed to create them after eating rare,exotic foods and a lot of focus and meditation!after a while he stopped doing it for free in streets,built a gallery and sold them.foreigners traveled to that city,were shocked at first but some of them thought that it’s costume of that city and even some bought couple of pieces as souvenirs!
When the man was dying he told his secret to his son and told him:”what made me rich and famous was lack of creativity in our time”
I was eager to test secretions magnifiques.I knew that I’d never use it in daily life.still I’d love to try anything revolutionary and creative.I expected something a bit dirty but also very sexy.I was so disappointed when I tried it.not because it’s not wearable,just that I see nothing interesting,beautiful or artistic in it.I couldn’t try to detect it’s notes.Just a second of sniffing it was making me gag and I effortlessly wanted to throw it out of my nostrils but I felt It’s stubborn molecules are attached to my brain cells.
What I smell the most is blood.as a medicine student I don’t have any problem with real blood.I’d rather spray real blood on myself.this one smells like infectious blood.it’s simply horrible.smells like fear.like death.like murdering an ill person and trying to wash it’s blood and cover the crime with detergent
I’ll definitely buy a bottle if someday I turn to a zumbi
andrey3229 – :
One month later… I courageously tested Secretions Magnifiques a couple of more times and eventually it revealed a dark side that was beyond gross! On that occasion, the metallic note was very prominent along with the marine effect. The problem was not with those two, but with something much more horrible, which is hidden underneath and which will awake your gag reflex for sure. This can easily compete with a sci-fi horror movie! If there is saliva, that must be monster’s saliva dripping over a half-eaten body that is disintegrating in a pool of contaminated blood. Well, this time I had to scrub the “perfume”, because it was simply unbearable. This was the first time ever I did so with a fragrance. How Secretions Magnifiques was created remains a true mystery to me. It is an experience beyond words. In the right conditions it really ”blooms” on the skin in its monstrosity.
Ru Nik – :
I was so excited to find this in a shop in Rome and finally try it! I love screwed up and erotic scents, laundry musk is nice but sometimes you have to unleash your inner beast…
Just not with this. It made myself and my partner gag in horror! It is a metallic zinc like smell that just lasts and lasts! Yes, it’s amazing they released it but on my skin it’s a thing of horror that I just cannot bear. Ok, if I found it for £20 I’d buy it but I think I’d keep it for aversion therapy, it’s not going to be quietly joining me out on a date night for sure.
dnn61727 – :
kudos to etat libre d’ orange for having guts to actually launch this perfume – yes, it ain’t pleasant, it does smell of metallic fish, it stinks, it makes me gag.
it also makes me dig deeper in my olfactive memory and find all the associations with this incredible perfume which are too many.
i don’t think that the only purpose of this or any other perfume is to create an ‘aura’ and be worn in order to create a certain atmosphere – this perfume is so revolutionary, i still don’t know what is its ultimate purpose but i’m sure it is not just to sniff it or wear it. there must be something else behind it.
nikityxa – :
Ok so In short , I imagine *Hannibal Lecter* wearing this fragrance while cutting and cooking human meat in a cold blooded manner. This is how he would smell while murdering men and slicing them apart to make them food. This is a nightmarish scent of which the sample I have thrown away just after a simple 1-time use . This thing induces me to puke, it’s so bad. My wife refused to sit with me while I had this on. I was in the mood to have some fun but this fragrance destroyed the mood.
I’ll give this Scent a solid 1/10 if I must . Simply disgusting .
TAG2011 – :
A perfume, any perfume, is made to smell good, and I guess that everybody agree with this.
With all the respect that I have for the fragrance community, especially for those who are talking about creativity and originality, this perfume has a bad reputation in term of olfactive result.
Personally, I didn’t smelled (yet) this one, but by looking at the composition notes, I can imagine the result.
I can make here a comparison with a fashion show, where you can see strange and awful creations that nobody will wear, all this by the name of creativity.
Bottom line, IMHO, I can understand the difference in taste around a certain scents (good or bad, depends on taste), but to see a huge part of the community judge this one as a “cirme scene” smell, no need any more to talk about creativity.
Peace
miolasa – :
We all know the story of Sécrétions Magnifiques – blood, sweat, sperm, saliva. So let’s dive into my experience with it. Sécrétions Magnifiques starts with a soft sweet floral accord, which is very nice and may tempt you into thinking you got the wrong sample. Shortly after, you are embraced by the smell of the ocean – the way whales know it. This part is also very nice, but then… Sharp metallic madness cuts through your holiday daydreaming at sea. This stage may be a bit off-putting, but it doesn’t last long. Then there is soft stale milkiness and saltiness, which is closer to the sensation of a sweating body and goose bumps. The final post-coital stage brings you back to daydreaming under the sun, somewhere on a yacht. What an interesting journey, indeed!
pvi300Negeltzex – :
Marine – floral – metallic
Color impression: pale green yellow
Sécrétions Magnifiques; very intriguing title for such a deranged perfume that pushed margins to off-boundary extent. It is an eccentric olfactory experience that draws an instant abhorrence impression on your face but simultaneously you can’t easily refuse cause otherwise you die by curiosity of what comes next.
In term of smell it is literally annoying when it unleashes with hefty amount of marine, metallic, glue-like smell that registers for something quite repulsive. But it is, on the other side, the very example of artistic face of perfumery without being afraid of public feedback. Pure innovation. It takes balls to invest on such marginal delivery in the era mercenary preferences is motto of everyone in the industry. In terms of wearability it gains ★ but coming to innovation I humbly nail ★★★★★
vladimix1951 – :
It is better not to know what this smells like…
nitro_drumer – :
After such a big buildup about “the worst smelling perfume in the world”, and all the funny Youtube video’s trying to outdo each other with their reactions, I had to try this. I dont think it smells bad at all, mind you, I have worked in labs and hospitals all my life. I do not get any notes of semen, blood, saliva, etc.
What it smells like to me is used bandages, smells I get walking through a pathology lab.
They dry down isnt at all bad, not on my skin anyway.
It smell much different when i spray it on a test strip.
So, I am left with a powdery, bandaid, pathology drydown.
I am not going to buy a bottle, and would not wear this on a date, maybe the office, since it does not project very well.
I will enjoy my 5ml sample but when it’s gone, dont feel the need to get more, unless I start to really like it over time, as it is really too early to say for sure.
I say, give it a try. It’s not THAT bad. Cheap drugstore frags smell way worse.
agent79 – :
I was visiting my local scent shop and asked for something “animalic.” I have ELd’O’s Eloge du Traitre, which I love. But I had never heard of this scent.
I sniffed it on the card. Immediate, intense disgust. I sniffed it a few more times. Utterly bizarre. Not even beguiling, like some animalic scents.
I had no knowledge of this going in. My reaction was unbiased.
Is this the worst perfume ever made? Not by a mile. Think of all the dept store monstrosities.
But is it the most peculiar? Probably.
zedgreenfox – :
Okay. All right.
I got a sample, because I felt like challenging myself, and really, how bad can it be?
It’s not a terrible, awful assault on my nose, but it is not at all pleasant—and I couldn’t seem to figure this bizarre fragrance out.
Yeah, it’s metallic, a bit lactonic in an unsettling way, and not completely unfamiliar, like I smelled it in a fever dream.
I decided, if I had to describe it, it smells like an unwashed person who has been very ill recently in a butcher shop and a hamper of moldy old kitchen towels. There’s a weird rotten vegetable vibe going on, too—the seaweed?
I did not hurl, thankfully, but I made some strange faces and exclaimed “gah” and “oh my, what?” a couple times. I kept compulsively sniffing, though.
It’s interesting to experience, but I feel no immediate need to smell it again. I admire those brave enough to resist scrubbing before the dry-down; I’m told it’s surprisingly mild & woody.
barbrinelzo – :
I’m wearing this right now at work, for the first time (got my luckyscent sample in the mail yesterday). This is a fragrance that attracts and repels at the same time. The hint of sandalwood tempered by the more dominant iris piques the senses, while the flirty coconut and marine notes draw you in… then the hidden undertones of blood and sweat and a concealed switchblade strike. It dares you to get closer, but *not too close*. There’s a definite tone of arousal, but it’s a sinister kind of sexiness. A sunbathing siren. A sociopath with a hard-on. This is a perfume for perverts. I’m enjoying it immensely.
zero1631 – :
Terribly salty, metallic, and one note when I wear it–fantastic and multifaceted when my partner does! On him, it settles into a very sandalwoody (lightly musky) scent with subtle coconut waves. The seaweed and milk notes follow the sandalwood, which is what makes this perfume vaguely semen-y. Bathhouses, glory-holes, and beach sex: this is a very gay, loud, and great perfume. Sadly, I can’t wear it because my body chemistry turns this into a pure metal smell. Perhaps Etat could make a very gay women’s perfume, riffing on Bandit and Fracas. That I would wear in a heartbeat. Until then I will occasionally smother my partner in this and huff.
serghs – :
Everyone should smell this perfume at least once in their lifetime…oh it’s absolutely horrid – I get the milk…and a very strong unpleasant iron/mineral smell (is that the blood? fish?)…I get absolutely no florals at all…could be used as a room spray when you want the party to end, but that’s about all…
tutinka – :
Really isn’t that bad. It’s like a mix between Imaginary Authors Bull’s Blood and Tom Ford Oud Minerale. And it’s not just some joke. There’s an underlying floral note that tells people that you’re wearing a sophisticated and completely avant garde fragrance. I’ve smelled oud fragrances that smell worse than this one, for sure. And at least it doesn’t smell like an old man with hemorrhoids sitting at a Cracker Barrel like Chanel Egoiste does. Or like a urinal full of warm pee like Kouros does. And it doesn’t smell as depressing and dated as Narciso Rodriguez for Him. This one definitely has a market. If you’ve ever seen American Psycho and remember the goths in the restaurant near the beginning of the movie, I picture this being their signature scent. Would i ever wear it? Only if i was playing a role on a stage, and that’s what makes this fragrance such a masterpiece. It is only for those who live outside of the norm.
rlj981InsuffBooni – :
Truly Madly Ghastly.
Possibly a Situationist-style prank rather than an actual perfume, but at the same time, just possibly a masterpiece of the chemist’s art. But if only these particular mad scientists had used their extraordinary powers for good!
In 1961 an Italian artist called Piero Manzoni had a bit of a laugh with the art world by releasing onto the market a work called “Merda d’Artista”, which was exactly what it sounds like – a limited run of ninety sealed tins, each containing exactly 30g of … his own poop. It was satire, you see: making outrageous fun of artist-worship (“everything this genius touches is sacred!”) and the money-grubbing industry of the art biz (“everything this genius does can and must be priced and sold!”). Secretions Magnifiques is the exact analogue in perfume, for these guys managed to capture and bottle the smell of unwashed people, then sell it back to perfume users for $$$ while also winning acclaim for being so edgy.
Yes, this is a disturbing, ‘ugly’, sarcastic scent playing with all of your most deep-seated mammalian reactions to smell. There are definitely undertones of sheer animal fleshiness (hair, sweat, blood, groin, armpit, urine, snot, earwax and spunk) all the way through. It’s certainly amazingly …um…. “realistic”. I sniffed this blind, for the first time, at the Somerset House ‘Perfume’ exhibition, where it was sprayed all over white cotton bedlinen (thankfully unstained) … and recognised it by reputation alone. Noted down immediately: “old funky damp laundry; cheesy feet; locker rooms; stale human”.
Definitely no coconut or sandalwood or ANYTHING nice, but recognisably the smell of not-very-clean people. But it didn’t utterly gross me out like some of the more extreme reactions on here – the blood/metallic element was there, but mild, and I definitely didn’t get any vomit or disease or decay … or vomit myself. Then again, it didn’t actually make contact with my skin at any point, so obviously I got off lightly. Though judging by other comments, maybe this really does, magically, combine into something lovely on maybe 5% of human skins, most of them apparently male?
So: it is in fact a perfect publicity stunt for a company looking to make a name for itself, and quite a feat of chemical engineering. But do I want to smell of it? Not a chance, ELDO. You can keep your secretions to yourselves, thank you – I don’t want them on me!
ETA: A perfume subscription sent me a sampler vial of this