I have tried a few book scents but none have really given me the tactile pleasure associated with the real thing. This quickly setteles into a very subtle warm damp ceder wood, like being in a sauna. HATE IT and it is entirely because of the cucumber. Aquatic incense--like dill pickles, spiced, with a bit of wood in the base that makes this smell great and not strange. I get primarily a celery/cucumber and musky/amber out of it. I am not sure how the longevity could be poor on anyone. I tried this today. Sillage is moderate. by Elena Vosnaki, Yi Shang ( ), Stefanie Jhn, John Biebel. I hate to admit it, but my primary impression / first thought after spraying was "sushi restaurant". Can see the Santal 33 resemblance for sure. Nothing synthetic to my nose (although there probably is) Commodity have managed to make this super high class (niche type) perfume at the low price of just over $100, for 100ml amzing!!! It does remind me of a book, or even a fresh magazine.. but at the same time you can definitely pick out the cucumber note. Yes! Getting mostly the sandalwood on this one, not picking up the cucumber or pickle smell being tossed around. I just realized that the notion of the smell of old books seems to be appealing to a lot of people. Of course, I adore proper old-school chypres, which can strike some noses as mildewy. That, plus the silhouette of the Commodity bottle, reminds me of yet another niche perfume house that's been around for most of the twenty-first century. The brand is working to achieve that mission by changing the language of fragrance to make it more accessible to American consumers and reentering Sephora in the United States, where its slated to roll out to 150 stores in September. Adding a link that I found interesting . Free* Milk 5mls for you and your friends just refer them to our newsletter. size. Oh, for me, its definitely the old book smell. It is not an old, damp library smell but instead expensive, refined, and absolutely unisex. Thats a good point. LOVE IT!!!! Book by Commodity is a Amber Fougere fragrance for men. I tried the Commodity fitting set and was pretty unimpressed. Eau De Parfum strength & you know it & feel it when it radiates from your skin. An Arabian nose palette is different from an American one and this I've come to account for.
I can say this is unique yet inoffensive. I can't prove it, but there are one or two commenters onReddit who would agree that there's a bizarrely strong similarity. Commoditys current bestsellers are the warm gourmand Gold in its expressive version and the creamy, calming Milk in its expressive version. It has a warmness to it but I think this scent is good for any season. I like androgynous scents, but I find Book to be too masculine for me. Not surprisingly, Arslanian is bullish on the niche perfume category. At first whiff the cucumber, sandalwood, and bergamot are what hit you hardest. Filed Under: perfume talk Tagged With: commodity, ketrin leka, wood. Cant remember which. I thought it was so bad Id throw it away rather than give it away as I usually do with samples I dont like; -a scent that bad must be rancid. Im fond of Imaginary Authors too. I love reading more than almost anything else, and I do as much of my reading as possible from actual books, and the Main Reading Room at the New York Public Library's 42nd Street branch is one of my favorite places in the world. The cucumber adds a bit ofcool sourness? So, howdoes Commodity's Book smell? Since the Scent Space system debuted in October last year, Arslanian reports the reaction to it has been extremely positive. Because, all romantic thoughts aside, books do give off a chemical or musty smell, depending on the age. I might try a few others from the line, just to see what I thinkbut its taken me a while even to get around to this one, as you can see! Online, the brands distribution stretches beyond the U.S. to Europe, the United Kingdom and Australia. This is how I picture my stack of student loans smell. This is one of those many fragrances that make you say 'I've smelt this before'. Posted by Jessica on 8 June 2017 27 Comments. The perfumers reference to the fresh air here is really weird, since the windows in the NYPL reading room are never open!! It's very clean and fresh and it doesn't smell like books to me, but it totally DOES smell like the pages of a glossy magazine. It may be the personal library of a wealthy person (which may be scented with potpourri and has other objects that can give off strong odor, such as leather chairs, and many books bound in leather) that people are thinking of when they come to a fragrance with a old book note. My favorite thing about this scent is that as it dries down throughout the day it becomes sweeter and warmer. Not only does Book not smell like a book, but it smells uncannily like another perfume that I detectall-too-frequently on my fellow New Yorkers, on the subway between Manhattan and Brooklyn, in upscale clothing boutiques, in cocktail bars. I wanted to love it as an alternative to Santal 33 or something similar since I've been into that lately but this wasn't for me. Santal 33 but with a cucumber opening.
Which sounds unappealing, but it's what makes this smell like books to me. The people at the Institute for Sustainable Heritage identified it a few years back. I almost like this, except that I can't help but associate the combination of cucumbers with the other notes to pickles. Choosing a selection results in a full page refresh. Just to add, I've found a matching body wash for this. Love it, love it & love this juice. This is Santal 33. Ico Design developed icons and graphics to illustrate the Scent Space classifications. The Sandalwood I could smell. The whole concept is just old hat for perfume-obsessives whove been around for a while. Researchers had analyzed the aromas of books and created a historic book odor wheel to describe the results including notes of grass, vanilla, musty wood, and much more. I read about it in GQ magazine and bought a sample pack. And I suppose its good that Sephora has something minimalist-ish to offeralthough people would be better off seeking out Le Labo, Malle, or any of a dozen brands available at places like Barneys. http://www.compoundchem.com/2014/06/01/newoldbooksmell/. I'm not getting the sour or the pickles at ALL that some other reviewers have mentioned. Once again, I'm just getting cranky when I see ideas being appropriated and recycled for a new audience. Right now there are 2 items on or Many items for sale on, Perfume rating3.92out of5 with332 votes. It's made by Dove. Basically, not much about Book (or Commodity in general) feels new to me, but I suppose I'm not the target consumer. I bet if this was toned down and mixed with wool it would be spot on. I have a scentbird vial of this and it's running out very quickly so I hope to purchase a full size soon. I am a librarian and I do try to check out (ha ha) biblio-scents. We take it for granted in the fragrance industry, but, if you dont explain what a top, middle and base note is, nobody understands it. Seems like a brand for people who are more interested in their minimalist aesthetic than their actual smells. Start your day with Beauty Independents free daily mailing of top headlines in indie beauty, and gain the knowledge to help your business grow. Compared to Santal 33, this is much damper and more sour (though not unpleasant), possibly because it doesn't have the violet or iris to lift it up. Something like that. I have the CBIHP In the Library, which is appropriately quiet. I use it when I am in the office and both Women and Men have commented on it. Its a quite difficult thing to describe in English, but its actually easier in other languages. (!?!?!). At first, it smells like an excellent aftershave, but once the top notes dissipate the warm and more unisex notes arrive. Heaven. The American part is particularly important because I think there are a lot of brands that want to associate with New York or Brooklyn or San Francisco, but I love the fact that other parts of the world have historic significance in perfumery, and I would love America to play a part in that and not just New York or Brooklyn or San Francisco.. One of the admins told me I smelled like Delicious. We will send you an email to reset your password. I agree with other reviewers that say that it smells like the pages of a glossy magazine, perfume combined with fresh glossed paper. I decided to try this on at the beginning of my day when I went to Sephora. There are many librarians in my work life and my personal life. That being said, there is still something oddly addictive about it. Which can give off an interesting sweet and milky vibe too it. Musty, a bit mildewy, even, but also dry and somewhat dusty. It's nothing that a cup of tea and a good book won't fix. Another thing we were looking at is the terminology for top, middle and base notes, says Arslanian. Does it remind me of LE LABO santal 33 this is a 90 percent equivalent at a cheaper yet not cheap smelling. Despite being synthy it does have very recognisable notes of forest and woods. We were fascinated by how people thought they liked one thing, but ended up liking another. The term modern American perfumery is very important to me because it really expresses the three pillars of what I love and what I want to express with Commodity that I hope people gravitate toward, says Arslanian. Fresh, woodsy, not sweet, not too herbal, very unisex. Click here to buy Book from the Commodity website the original guaranteed! This really is a great substitute for Santal 33 and is surprisingly similar. When I opened the box, which contained four fragrance samples, I immediately smelled a dirty scent, putrid and mushroomy. To aid with the elevation of American prominence in perfumery, Commodity teamed up with Ico Design, a London agency the brand tapped prior to Europerfumes involvement for a lifestyle push thats been dropped, to reimagine fragrance vernacular in order to convey fragrances to a wide audience. Thanks for the link, Kanuka! It's not like Demeter in that it does not attempt to create a photorealistic imitation of common scents. It's a unisex scent so would work well on both a man and a woman. I actually think I prefer the smell to Santal 33 because there seems to be an incense accord somewhere in this, but I'd still buy Santal 33 over this because this just doesn't perform at all. The bulk of its composition isa blunt cedar-and-sandalwood duo that stings my nose a bit and lasts for a couple of hours on my skin.
I had a lady walk past me the other day wearing Santal and Book immediately crossed my thoughts. Will update with impressions later (I plan to go to the gym and am curious how my sweat reacts with it!). Fragrantica Trends is a relative value that shows the interest of Fragrantica members in this fragrance over time. I wore it during my whole trip here in New York. Commodity is an interesting line of fragrances. I love so many of their scents from Whiskey, Gold, Velvet, and Book.
Hah, I agree. While the niche category is booming, and its seen great expansion, its still just scratching the surface of where it can go.. Longevity is long. Not sure I'd spring for the full bottle price but the 10ml travel spray works. Fresh, soothing scent, very aromatic. I think theres still a long runway for the niche category to penetrate into the mainstream, he says. But given that this line has widespread release through Sephora, its worth checking out if you cross paths with it. ", Is Commodity Book intended as a Santal 33 dupe? Theres clearly a new cucumber molecule in town as Ive smelled it pop up in about a million new compositions as of late (Land of Warriors by Vagabond Prince was the last sighting). Almost in the tone of fig. Maybe I'd like this better on a man though. . Also see Olivia Fleming, "That Perfume You Smell Everywhere is Santal 33," The New York Times, November 15, 2015. And received many compliments at a party that was held at Atlantic Records.
Im re-interested in trying the Commodity scents to see if any of them float my boat. Actually, thats true for a lot of scents I like. Velvet was similar to Replica By The Fireplace. Many Brands Have Spoken Out In Support Of Abortion Access.
Santal 33 clone! yes, you guessed it:Le Labo Santal 33.1 Looking back atKevin's review of Le Labo Santal 33 (from 2011! I love my scents woodsy and animalistic with hints of sweetness. The Middle East is on the docket for later this year. | Deutsch | Espaol | Franais | etina | Italiano | | Polski | Portugus | | | Nederlands | Srpski | Romn | | | | |, Copyrights 2006-2022 Fragrantica.com perfumes magazine - All Rights Reserved - do not copy anything without prior written permission. Fraction of the price which makes it better to me. If you're a book-lover, you know that books especially old books have a unique smell. Firstly smell like dill pickles, then that starts diminishing and a strong wood smell comes on. It mixes well with Mimosa. Book was launched in 2013. Very interesting scent. ), The Patch Parade: Personal Care And Wellness Brands Offer Lo-Fi Wearables Addressing Health Concerns, 5 Italian Indie Beauty Brands To Put On Your Radar, 5 Exciting Sexual Wellness Launches To See You Through The (Possibly) Impending Economic Slump, A Dozen Indie Beauty Trends Coming To The Fore In The Second Quarter Of 2022, NielsenIQ: Small CPG Brands Are Set To Gain Market Share As Consumers Increasingly Engage With Them, How Raw Sugar Living Became A $100M Brand Without Its Own E-Commerce Website, Indie Beauty Media Group Returns To Live Events With Adit Live, Expands Adit Membership Services. On July 11, Commodity is shifting prices of the Scent Space fragrances to $135 for a 100-ml. It's unobtrusive definitely, but still strong enough to wear a good six to eight hours, and by then it's an all new scent completely consisting mostly of cucumber, vevitiveir, and a soft whisper of lavender, eucalyptus, and amber at its end. If anyone reading this has smelt The Soft Lawn by Imaginary Authors, very identical scents! Thats whats in this, along with some dusty galaxolide balsamic notes.
Yes. I thought that odd dill note was my imagination. It's not oriental to me because I don't smell any spice in this. I bought the sample pack of Commodity colognes when they ran their Kickstarter campaign. From Sephora. Le Labos Patchouli? The classifications are captured as well with dots that show visually whether a fragrance disperses extensively or not.
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I for some reason always get rotting orange whenever I smell this. I could smell this at arms' length for 3-5 hours. They thought they were personal fragrance people, but they were actually bold fragrance people. Thank you for what you do!! Last month, Puig revealed it acquired Byredo for about $1 billion. Any way this has become my new favorite scent. I'm also noticing thatCommodity's website includes black-and-white photographs of all the perfumers who have created its scents. The library stacks I walked through were huge, and there was little ventilation or people there. Within one wearing, a second cause forambivalence dawned on me. Longevity not bad at all. Longevity is really weak--this lasts an hour, maybe an hour and a half on me, even if I douse myself in it. You'd think it's a nation of undiagnosed allergy sufferers but they gave you pecan pie, carrot cakes, and Melissa Mcarthy so you shut up about it. So, I think the more Commodity can express fragrances in a simple way, it will broaden it to a wider audience who will enjoy what it has to offer.. Commodity has 11 fragrances it places in an Archive collection that havent been classified under the Scent Space system. My favorite out of the inoffensive American perfumes category. The door opening often in the small spaces (as occurred in the used books stores) let it much more air as well. Commoditys six fragrances using the Scent Space systemGold, Milk, Book, Paper, Moss and Velvetwill be heading to Sephora with two strength classifications each. And the books were turning over, since they were being sold. It's not quite what I was expected from a fragrance called book. Just picked up a Ten 10ML travel spray when visiting New York. I wanted to love this as well, however I cannot get that cucumber to burn off. Your video channel for behind-the-scenes insights and entertainment. I Like the cucumber, woody, mossy opening so muc!h that I almost bought a full bottle then and there, but the drydown turns very Barbasol-shave gel masculine on me, with the bergamot, lavender and wood dominating. The note pyramid looks pretty accurate, except, like many reviewers, I'm not smelling the lavender either. I want to love it so much, but I just can't because of that scent association! Definitely a unisex fragrance. Opens very cool, like entering a forest at night, but then evolves and becomes much more dynamic. As soon as I got my nose to the sprayer I was extremely intrigued. Don't get this if you want something that smells exactly like an old book, though.
Beautiful fragrance, but very very poor performance. I dont really get much cucumber but a sweet eucalypt medicinal herbal comes in imediatly. And the actual papery smell. Having smelled a number of book-themed perfumes (and as somebody whose line of work involves reading many, many books), Id say that the opening of Book" is one of the more authentic takes on the book theme that Ive come across. I agree: no other experience can rival that of reading an actual book. A great scent to wear on a day where the sky is white with clouds especially if you are going on a hike in a mossy forest. Subscribe to followup comments via email. Much of what makes it stand out drops away fast and the result is a little more nebulous than I would like. Like you, I was unimpressed. The same name, but a bit different scents. People were saying, Wow, what a simple concept that is long overdue, he says. this is an odd one for me; it switches between a green almost herbal and woodsy blend then morphs to a warm woolly aroma. Don't subscribe Each fragrance is available in three different Scent Space strengths: Personal, Expressive and Bold. Agree, the perfect book scent is elusive! it is worth every cent. Literally just like a new book first opened. Ive caught a whiff of it in two other scents and assumed the bottles had gone stale.
Scent Space went a long way in helping people find what they like., In the future, Commodity may continue reimagining the language of fragrance. I'm not sure what happened to this brand, but their final stock is being sold and then it's gone for good. ), I catch certain phrases that could also apply to Book: "some entangled cedar and sandalwood with a dash of turpentinea weird, but not unpleasant, dill-like notean inexpensive-smelling, candied, slightly floral musk aroma. To my nose, Book begins with something unexpected that smells like a freshly sliced cucumber. Oh how I regretted that all day long. 2022 Commodity Inc, & Commodity Fragrances. The dry downis a sweeter, muskier rosewood-and-sandalwood blend with a very light hint of creamy white florals, less masculine than the woods of the heart notes. The salesperson at Sephora touted this as a unisex fragrance and gave me a sample. I don't wear this, but my husband loves it. I even feel that way about tuberose and gardeniaI love them in a vase, but not on my skin. Given my paired bibliophilia and aromaphilia, you'd think I'd fall hard for Book. Indeed even becoming a perfumer started in the main reading room of the New York Public Library."). Not really, for two reasons. The seed for the reimagining was an insight from Arslanian that scent strength occupies a critical role in shaping fragrance purchasing decisions. Commodity Book is available as $105 (100 ml) or $26 (10 ml) Eau de Parfum at Sephora and the Commodity website. Im sure Luca Turin discusses this in one of his reviews. Book has very good lasting power, and its sillage is intense for the first hour but then turns more subdued. All rights reserved. Meh. Cucumber and vetiver with some low-key sweetness. Theres a molecule in decaying book pages thats very similar to vanillin, apparently. "WATCH LIVE: Cleveland Zoo streaming blissfully odorless video of corpse flower blooming", "Take a Look at These Upcoming Olfactory Exhibitions" (perfumerflavorist), "Guerlain raises over 1 million for the protection of bees" (moodiedavitt), "Inter Parfums Reports Record 2022 Second Quarter Net Sales" (perfumerflavorist). As it dries down, there are more musky and woody notes that come into play and the cucumber takes a seat in the back.