Six Scents No. 4

Notes: dill, black pepper, nutmeg, palisander, black tea, amyris, white amber, musk

I'm fascinated by English designer Gareth Pugh. Why? Because he designs stuff like this:
Yes, that cape is made from rats. So when I read that he had a hand in designing a scent, I had to smell it. I imagined it to be bizarre, metallic, rubbery. (Or smelling like rats.) Here's what LuckyScent has to say about it:

We will tell you right up front – this is a very unusual scent. Dill and black pepper and strong black tea and majestic palissander and something we can’t properly identify that reminds us of rubber. This is a startling bundle of contradictions – dark and light, harsh and smooth, sour and spicy, natural and synthetic. It is an exploration of contrast. The drydown is mostly wood, but with a hint of unsettling bitterness. It’s not for everyone – which is perfectly appropriate for Gareth Pugh, whose idiosyncratic fashions and exaggerated silhouettes bring to mind expressionist harlequin robots. Fabulous and bizarre, Gareth Pugh’s fashion is for those with a gothic sense of high drama. And this fragrance is for those who are looking for something unique. Endlessly intriguing.

“Contrast, ambiguity, duality. Gareth Pugh said about his style: “it’s a struggle between lightness and darkness;” this is what I tried to translate in this perfume. The contrast between different raw materials, masculine and feminine, rough and smooth, dark and light, fresh and sensual.” – Emilie Coppermann, Perfumer

Well, I don't buy any of it. No. 4 is a light, woodsy scent. There may be some tea and amber and musk in the drydown, but I don't get any dill or nutmeg. It's like something that Comme des Garcons would put out - unusual, but not freaky. Different, but not really weird. And it doesn't smell like rats.

I love it.