Dark Earth is one of my favorite fragrances of Neil’s. It is the note I was looking for when I was looking for, yes, an earthy fragrance, similar to what you get after a rain in your garden. A little green, mostly earth.
I actually purchased one from another house, but it is more strident and bright, more like the notes in the cooler of your florist. I wear it only occasionally. By contrast, Dark Earth is the fragrance I was seeking for when I first dreamed of wanting to smell it. It has the ability to transport you to a place and time.
It is subtle, but long lasting. The notes twine around each other, coming full circle more than once. You sense movement in the fragrance; it isn’t static. Every time you take a deep whiff, you can capture a subtle difference, the development of the idea…or the progress of your walk.
The notes are:
Myrhh, patchouli, sandalwood, musk, earth, frankincense, and green forest note.
He told me he used golden musk, which he said is
lush, gorgeous, resinous, deep and tenacious. It holds to the skin very well, acting as a fixative to the other notes.
He created the earth note —
like a damp-walk-in-the-forest note, like the spring is here (or a deep summer day) after everything has melted, almost like loam.
The green forest note is very specific
like the smell of a broken leaf.
I’d say he captured it very well, as I smelled all of this before he told me the notes. Again, sweet patchouli runs through it, which adds to both the darkness and the earthiness of it all.
I do not smell the musk. I have trouble with some musks turning on me, but not with what he is using for his fragrances.
Remember all of his fragrances are true perfumes, not edp or edt. They are $150 for 2 oz for these particular ones.
Karin
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