Tellus

This fragrance is in my wheelhouse - I've sampled a lot of soil tinctures and earth accords since they work so well on my skin. The soil/earth note in Tellus is a good one.. However, to me this perfume is all about the Costus. I have to imagine that Costus has so few votes in the notes list because it's an unfamiliar note. My reference for Costus is Black Sheep by House of Matriarch, which is basically a Costus soliflore. I also see Haxan by Prin Lomos listed as a similar fragrance to Tellus; I agree, and that perfume also features a prominent Costus note. Given their emphassis on Costus, I'd say Tellus and Black Sheep are in direct competition in the same category. If it's a question of price, Tellus is certainly the winner. In terms of quality, Black Sheep is a much fuller and richer composition. Tellus relies on cashmeran and ambroxan to provide that soft, fuzzy texture; Black Sheep does it with an overdose of Costsus combined with wool tincture. If you like one, certainly sample the other when you have the chance. Costus is a beautiful and unusual note, and I'm happy that it's represented well here.

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Smells like wet soil mixed with patchouli. It's like the smell of a garden, really. Unique, yes, but not necessarily good. I feel like a very limited number of people well actually pull Tellus so good, it'd be their signature but the vast majority might not even like it! Like & pass.

Absolute favorite, I'm so happy to have got a bottle before it was discontinued. Strangely I don't think I smell earth at any stage, and don't really get the nature walk comparisons. To me Tellus is about the costus, extremely well-framed filth. The opening is patchouli and coniferous wood sap with a dose of costus: dirty, fecal, repulsive and magnetic. I may be buying too much into the advertised note pyramid, but I think I also perceive cashmeran: the overall effect is like smelling a farm animal, maybe a goat. The drydown loses much of the fecal intensity and you are left with a very attractive musk, skin-like, barely-sweet labdanum, still a little fuzzy and dirty. For being so thoroughly organic and body-like it is at the same time cold and high-pitched, wooly and ethereal. Tellus is generally an interesting one. I obviously love it very much, I've had people compliment it on me, but then also had people call it a boring generic masculine scent. The reviews here are also very contradictory, classy men's scent vs unbearable manure stink, loud vs quiet, all kinds of things. That probably speaks to a pretty interesting composition I think.

خلاقیت در بستر پچولی خاکی ----------- Scent & Quality: 9/10 Longevity: 7/10 Sillage: 6/10 Creativity & Uniqueness: 8/10 Affordability: 4/10 ----------- Overall: 6.8/10