Dirty. Gorilla perfume.

"Dirty" is an unisex aromatic fragrance tending to the masculine side to my nose.
It's linear, clean fragrance despite its name and notes.

This time you can find the perfume in the same "Gorilla" black, minimal 50ml glass bottle or get the body spray with a distinctive design that share similarities with any window cleaner spray bottle.

"Dirty" is a deep unusal fragrance that hits you with intensely with the crisp, herbal notes. For me, is like a olfatory image of a warm, yet damp spring afternoon at a herb garden growing just next to the sea.
I can smell the thyme and the tarragon, but, a juicy raw mint is the primary note althrough the perfume.

"Dirty" is a rather linear fragrance but gradually changes a little when a salty-like airy accord appears accompained with the mint and some light sandalwood.

"Dirty" is a delightfully weird, compelling perfume. Let's say that could be my "guilty pleasure" (as "Lust" from the same brand).
You'll get a fresh, slightly sweet staleish mint, tarragon towards bitter unknown marine notes melting with whispers of sandalwood.

To my surprise, "Dirty" has a very good staying power for a “fresh” fragrance made of natural ingredients.
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Smell of weather turning. Gorilla perfume

One word!: wow!
"Smell of Weather Turning" tries to recreate the smells after a thunderstorm.

Perfumers: Mark and Simon Constantine.
It countains notes of rain on grass, hay, smoky notes, mint, hay, chamomile, nettle, beewax, oakwood.

This stuff is delightfuly weird and evocative!

"SWT" opens with undefined accords and I can only describe it as a estrambotic olfatory image of leaves and tires burning on a bonfire mixed with the ethereal scent of a gloomy storm in the air.
There's definitively a "tar" or "burnt tyre" smell going on (indol?) during the opening that strechs a while through the fragrance's life.

Then, "SWT" turns slowly into a simple, calm, smoked mint-tea juice.
I can't detect much other notes unfortunately. The smell of rain on greenery and the storm scent passes and the smell of mint and smoky woods undertakes all.
Sometimes, it transport me into a moist forest, during a summer night, nettles all around it but it also reminds me the "CDG Series leave Tea".
Whatever. It's naturally and greatly weird.

"Smell of turn weather" is what you expect in a "avant garde" perfume without being "avant garde" if you know what I mean.
It's strong without being overpowering. It creates a lovely aura around you and it definiticely has the turn heads factor.
It's a highly interesting, vivid and impressive fragrance, but I still wondering while I sniff out my wrist if it is really wearable or not.
Maybe as a room perfume...
I highly recommend you to try this and decide for yourself.
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Karma. Gorilla perfume

"Karma" is an unconventional fragrance launched by a funky company called "Lush" (I recently dicovered it since I moved to the UK) which has an interesting range of handmade perfumes branded as " Gorilla perfume".

Karma is an unisex fragrance and it's described by "Lush" as an addictive pine, orange and patchouli scent.
The bottle is black with a simple (even cheap) minimal design.

Perfumers: Mark and Simon Constantine.
"Karma" has notes of orange, lemon, lavender, lemongrass, pine needles, cinnamom, patchouli and elemi.

It starts with a shy citric rind top note that rapidly give way to the spices and develops into a gorgeus spicy-oriental arrangement of cinnamon, a resinous pine accord and patchouli blending all together creating a cardamom/cilantro-like scent with the fresh-spicy lemongrass and lavender notes in the background. But there's more: here it comes the frankincense?. Yes, I do smell a little hint of incense even is not listed in the formula and stays, for ages...

"Karma" is is a a dense, linear, deep, evocative perfume. You will love it or you will really loathe it!. It is an "in your face" spicy lemongrass/pine/patchouli/incense perfume.
It hangs around for hours and it has a lovely projection. Some other reviewers described it as “generic oriental” but I wouldn't labeled as generic. It's rather unusual, with its own character, it's pleasant, well-made, and the good news is its price: £20 per 50ml.
Finally cheap is chic comes together succesfully!
Thumbs up for "Lush"!
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