After the Flood

Not what i expected

I was expecting earthy with some fruits. Instead this is as if youve done a cyber punk version of what you think dirt might smell like. It smells like the creator never met a tree before and was working off descriptions.

Unique, earthy, elegant. A calming blend of wet soil, rock moss and a very faint hint of patchouli that smells like a hike through a forest moments after a storm. 8.4/10

A journey!

The opening is definitely where all the funk is – wet soil and decay. Very vegetal and realistic, like laying face down in the woods towards the end of spring when everything is damp and green and the plant matter is recycling itself back into the earth. Within the first few minutes the aquatic notes start to come through and, when combined with the wet decay scent, create this almost fruity note. It reminds me personally of how durian smells– kind of sweet and fruity, but in a way that’s rotten or overripe. That being said, if you hate the sound of this opening, just give the perfume a bit of time. Over the course of the first hour everything evens out into a more traditional aquatic fragrance. The water lily and violet leaf mix very pleasantly to the point where the scent becomes almost clean. Projection also goes WAY down in this time and the scent settles close to the skin. I’d say longevity on me is average but it’s hard to say for sure when the projection is so low. I went noseblind for a few hours before I could finally catch a whiff again. I tend to like challenging fragrances (especially wet, earthy ones) but given how tame the dry down is, I wouldn’t necessarily consider After the Flood to be challenging. I did really like this fragrance; but I wish that the opening lasted a bit longer or that the patchouli was strong enough to give the dry down a bit more earthiness. Overall though, I really enjoyed this fragrance!