Morel Map is a floral fragrance that launched in 2022. Created by Laura Oberwetter, this is reminiscent of hunting mushrooms in Wisconsin (my home state!). The hunt begins in Spring when Wisconsin’s soil grows warm and damp. A damp, green and loamy fragrance with top notes of birch leaf, balsam fir needle, red currant and Wisconsin wood violet; middle notes of violet leaf, galbanum and morel mushrooms; and base notes of oakmoss, dead elm tree and forest floor. Morel Map is an eau de parfum, edp.
Reddit: A fresh, green smell that dries down to a mossy, sophisticated scent. The dry down has a Cosmair-vintage Polo Green scent to it which I go feral for. Think broken stems of fresh, green, herbaceous growth, drying down to a misty, mossy pine forest.
Fragrantica: A non-animalic forest, like a perfect little terrarium of candyfloss moss and fresh mulch. The most straightforward of the Clue quartet for me. Based on the mushroom note, I came searching for a chewy, green umami note, but couldn’t find anything savoury. (Well, not unless I were a bug). However, it’s a truly lovely forest floor scent. Earthen and misty, but not gloomy. There’s dappled sunshine in these woods and, when I inhale deeply, the vegetal notes ring stemmy and alive. Recently returned from a hiking trip through some temperate cloud forests and Morel Map invokes that world perfectly. Hold on tight, spider monkey. Mental Snapshot: You’re a wood elf ranger. Or a gnome druid. You bathe in babbling brooks and dry yourself on curtains of hanging moss. You shapeshift into a potbellied badger and root about the ferns for the choicest truffles. You don’t smell like wet badger, though. (You’re magic, duh).
Fragrantica: Very realistic forest scent. its a fresh forest walk. wood notes bring you there but what sells it for me is the violet. it brings that sweet smell you catch from decomposing plants and things around you. the earthy mushroom notes also really sell this. i will say, if you’re not a mushroom fan this obviously may not be the scent for you. but wow i love it. 5/5
Fragrantica: You're taking a nice walk. As you go, you're picking leaves, pine needles, blades of grass and petals off of various plants and rolling them between your fingers. That's what this smells like. So refreshing. I got a sample of this in an order with a couple other Clue fragrances. Love it. It wasn't even my first pick but wow. Love it.
Fragrantica: You wake up in the deepest, greenest woods you can imagine. A plush blanket of evergreen mulch, fir needles, and sticky ripe current cushion your cheek. When you finally come to, you only turn over to face a clear, cool, autumn sky. The air has never been fresher and the fragrant plant life is invigorating. Such a beautiful, natural, realistic green fragrance. The crispness of that lasting ozonic note is phenomenal. The way it mimics a deep breath of cold forest air. I don't heavily get the mushroom though there is a natural savory leaning that could be attributed to that. Most prominent are the vibrant violet leaves, soft fir, and damp pine bark. For sure my new favorite green and an excellent introduction to Clue.
Fragrantica: I have been searching for the past decade for a perfume that recreates the description of how robin vote smells in djuna barnes' nightwood and this is IT, baby! reminds me of my other favorite wet green chypre, Oriza Legrand Chypre Mousse, but makes much better use of the dark peaty loamy mushroom notes - I'd say this is autumnal whereas Chypre Mousse is vernal, or this has deeper browns in it where Chypre Mousse is almost all green. More(l)ish, evocative, ingenious.
Fragrantica: Went on a hike yesterday to a beautiful lush damp forest in northern Slovakia, sniffed the air, and thought wow morel map really did nail the scent. It is photorealistic asf. It actually smells like a damp wet forest with mushrooms and moss. Cloudy day. Not wearable but amazing to own regardless. But this is once it dries down and settles. Opens cucumbery.
Fragrantica: Gatekeeping this for midwesterners. Wet fall leaves squishy moss. Pure olive green. The violets really come through on me, and the mushroom feels mate-adjacent, providing a slightly woody but overall leveling factor. So nostalgic and beautiful! Full bottle worthy for sure.
Fragrantica: This scent is a journey into the woods. Opens with a bright green crystalizing violet, so green you can almost taste it. Then all of a sudden you’re pulled down from your feet to the earthy wet soil. Traces of the moist dark dirt beneath your finger nails. Dries down to a velvety bed of oakmoss from which you are now resting, looking up at the sky. You’re surrounded by tall green trees and their branches embrace you. I’ve had this sample since the moment it came out, I’ve worn in quite a few times, and I don’t know why as I sprayed it on myself right now after all this time, I was hit with these very vivid images and felt the need to leave it here for posterity. Such a beautiful masterpiece, reminds me of Universal Flowering’s death of a ladies man and Eris’ Green Spell. So lovely and outstanding.
