Gatsby / ギャツビー
Gatsby / ギャツビー
101 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Bright lemon oil cuts through with aggressive zest, immediately supported by warming ginger spice and pepper's bite—a bracing, almost mentholic freshness. That peculiar "pollution" note surfaces as an indefinable metallic-aquatic static, preventing this from ever settling into simple citrus comfort.
The synthetic framework becomes unmistakable as juniper's herbaceous gin-note emerges alongside peppermint's cool, slightly medicinal presence. Geranium adds a dusty green-floral dimension, whilst the composition grows notably soapy and refined—almost cosmetic in its cleanliness.
Frankincense and cedarwood establish a sparse, resinous base, but that sulfur note transforms the finish into something genuinely disconcerting—a burnt, mineral dryness that lingers like smoke in an empty room, neither warm nor inviting, simply present.
Gatsby Floral Savon arrives as a deliberately fractured proposition—a fragrance that embraces contradictions rather than resolving them. The opening salvo of lemon and ginger collides with something genuinely unusual: listed as "pollution," suggesting either a labelling quirk or a deliberate nod to urban atmospheric grit. This creates an immediately disconcerting character, neither quite fresh nor quite clean, but rather a scent caught mid-transformation. The heart pivots toward something more herbaceous and medicated, where juniper berry's gin-like earthiness meets peppermint's sharp eucalyptol bite, anchored by geranium's slightly peppery green florality. That synthetic accord (76%) dominates the composition's DNA, lending everything a slightly detached, almost soapy quality—appropriate given this is positioned as a hair and body fragrance rather than a traditional eau de cologne.
This is not a comfort scent. It's rather austere, favouring cleanliness with an edge over plushness. The base emerges to complicate matters further: frankincense's bitter-resinous smoke mingles with cedarwood's dry pencil shavings, whilst that sulfur note (an exceptionally rare choice) introduces something distinctly unsettling—a mineral, almost burnt quality that prevents the composition from ever becoming conventionally pretty. For the wearer unafraid of olfactory friction, Gatsby presents itself as a studied, intellectual fragrance; suited to those who value clarity and strangeness over immediate pleasure. It's most likely worn by Japanese fragrance enthusiasts exploring the margins of beauty, or those seeking something radically different from the mainstream's saccharine florals.
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