But Not Today

For something inspired by Hannibal Lecter, I expected stronger notes of copper and iron (blood), perhaps some more culinary spices, and a dash of wine to in creation of a savoury feast fit for our cannibal muse. Instead the florals are overpowered by a generic metallic scent - so pungent a fragrance that I cannot find someone to offload it to.

I find it very hard to like, but it's definitely not awful. Too spicy/bitter upfront for my taste.

I haven’t seen any other reviews mentioning the vinegar smell, but it’s definitely there. Kind of reminds me of a fancy, kinda floral buffalo sauce. It’s not bad, but it definitely has a rusty metallic sourness and spiciness that pushes it into the vinegar territory for me. It’s incredibly interesting. It’s strong and lingers for a very long time and while the dry down is a little bit more herbaceous and floral, the sharp vinegar note lingers. I wear it when I don’t want people to talk to me.

This made me feel extremely uneasy. I guess thats the point. Definitely held up to the things said about it.

I admittedly only ordered a sample because of the Silence Of The Lambs inspo, but it straight up smells like cat litter 😭

Metallic and fruity. Very strong and unique. I’ve never smelled anything like it.

This fragrance is a complex blend notes, each easily identifiable in the mosaic of the fragrance and not a one muddied into the background. This is the fragrance to wear to make a statement- it grabs your attention, it is captivating, it is strong willed, with the kiss of L’ Aire du Temps to temper the sharp, metallic animalistic energy of the fragrance. It’s incredible, commanding, suggestive of danger. I love this scent for it’s singular uniqueness, nothing smells like this one.

Old Italian gentleman drinking Campari outside a café in Florence (complimentary).

I thinks it’s a great fragrance not because of how good it smells but the uniqueness of it and it’s exactly what I expected. not too good, not too bad but a highly mysterious smell that I was expecting. You can’t tell if it smells good or bad and that’s the whole point however it’s more on the good side ;)

First you laugh because you realize you've been tricked into spraying yourself with tiger urine. Next it smells like something is growing on you, on your rotting flesh that just started rotting where you just sprayed. Then you smell like the jungle floor after the battle of the apes and the snakes for a while. It really reeks. But you stick your nose in it because it reeks so good.

My instant reaction was strong disgust but with good humor. "Oh! Why would people smell this on purpose?" I think it's bad and I hate it and everyone should hate this perfume. And find it comically funny at the same time.

The name "But Not Today" describes the signal this scent sends: yes, let's do it, but I need to be disinfected first.

I'm smelling it on myself, hunting for what I hate about it, and everything that I can find is something I like. I'm disappointed when I can't find a single thing I don't like. It's just too many things clashing, harmonies interrupted by dissonant yet beautiful notes. This perfume dries in so many stages, the waxing and waning notes making a chord progression through alternating phases of tension and release, it's a rhapsody.

I need more time with this one. "But Not Today" is a hint that there is more to this fragrance than can be grasped in one day.