Bête Humaine
Bête Humaine by Liquides Imaginaires is an unisex eau de parfum in the niche price tier. It opens with chestnut, cumin, violet leaf and mastic, moves into labdanum, cedarwood and sandalwood and dries down to haitian vetiver, pine, cypriol and guaiac wood. Expect around 8 hours of wear, and it projects at a moderate level.
Notes, explained
Opening
- Chestnut Roasted, starchy and faintly sweet. Autumnal and comforting.
- Cumin Warm, spicy and unmistakably sweaty. Divides rooms.
- Violet Leaf Crisp, watery green with a metallic edge. Cool rather than fresh.
- Mastic Resinous pine-and-lemon. The chew of Greek gum.
Heart
- Labdanum Sticky, leathery resin. Dark honey and old books.
- Cedarwood Dry, pencil-shaving woodiness. Clean and structural.
- Sandalwood Creamy, milky wood. Soft and almost edible.
Dry-down
- Haitian Vetiver Cleaner, smokier vetiver with a grapefruit lift. Less earthy than Javan.
- Pine Sappy and bracing. Straightforwardly outdoorsy.
- Cypriol Also called nagarmotha. Smoky, leathery, earthy — a vetiver relative.
- Guaiac Wood Smoky, tarry and slightly sweet. Like a bonfire and roses.
Smells like this
- Escentric Molecules Molecule 03
- Goldfield & Banks Island Lush
- Heretic Parfum Blood Cedar
- Aesop Above Us, Steorra
- Electimuss Summanus
- Liis Bo
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