Although asphalt may seem like a strange thing to search out in a perfume, it does bring back good memories for a lot of people and there are those of us who really enjoy the smell. Asphalt, bitumen, macadam or blacktop can bring a flood of wonderful memories from when you were a kid. Lots of activities can be associated with hot asphalt including carnivals, amusement parks, auto racing, skateboarding, etc.
You will receive a 1/2ml sample (1ml sample vial filled half full) of each of the fragrances in this sampler. You also have the option of choosing a 1ml sampler.
- 4160 Tuesdays Freeway EDP - Sarah McCartney visited Scent Bar in Los Angeles one Summer’s day and stepped out onto the hot asphalt outside. A friend was just driving away, and the smell of his Maserati’s exhaust mixed with the scent of the orange blossom in the air and the tang of hot, melting asphalt inspired Sarah to create an urban take on orange blossom exclusively for Luckyscent, to help celebrate their 15th anniversary. The idea was to take the fresh, sugary brightness of orange blossom and sully it with a host of gritty, determinedly non-floral smells from an urban environment. Sarah used mandarin petigrain oil for its plummy citrus aroma but also for its fuel-like facet and the result is sweet orange blossom water spilled on hot tar. Dry woods, tobacco, and grassy cannabis notes dry out the tarry orange blossom until it smells more like old paper and less like a flower. A light, foamy vanilla froths around the dry, papery notes for a result that smells like eating a thimbleful of insanely rich, perfumery orange blossom gelato in an antique book store. Freeway features notes of mandarin, petitgrain, orange blossom, tobacco, rum, brandy, cannabis, woods and vanilla.
- Blackbird Universal Supreme EDP - The absolute freedom of summer. From their website: Inescapable heat, cherry ice pops, absolutely nothing to do (yet so much to do), laying in warm grass watching the stars, hot asphalt, riding bikes, scraped up knees and elbows, screaming without a care in the world and having no idea what time it is. With notes of cherry, frankincense, cedar, heliotrope, rose, iris, dry grass, oud, sandalwood, swimming pool and strawberry.
- Smell Bent Frankensmellie The Fall EDP - Inspired by a bicycle accident that Brent Leonesio had. His only scent memory of the day was the smell of the hot, smoky asphalt he landed on. The Fall is about fire and transformation – the change of wood into smoke and of Summer into Fall.
- Kyse Perfumes Ame Sauvage EDP - A study in leather with animalic notes, a small nuance of smoky vanilla, immortelle and a bit of asphalt.
- Xyrena Perfumes Neon Sunset Extrait de Parfum - Neon Sunset is named after bright aromatics and cityscapes set amidst a backdrop of apocalyptic orange clouds caused by a preceding storm and metropolitan air pollutants. It is the definitive urban rain fragrance and was inspired by Xyrena perfumer Killian Wells’ bicoastal love of moody evening storms in New York City and Los Angeles. Designed to be as linear as possible, Neon Sunset is a dense, sweet and intoxicating fragrance featuring notes of ozone, phenolic tar and asphalt, earthy borneol, leather, and musk and a floral accord of gardenia, heliotrope, acacia, ylang-ylang, and indole, topped with a refreshing cucumber and red apple fruit accord, all polished with a finishing touch of aromatic Hedione.
