Inverness is a woody fragrance that launched in 2023. Its very name is intriguing and languorous. It is a land of peat, heather and golden rain, beyond the senses, aptly known as the capital of the Highlands, the largest region in Scotland. Nature reigns free, unspoiled, extraordinary, and the River Ness forges its curves and mysteries. The odors of different varieties of wood rising up from this endless green and bracing empire, each more captivating and fragrant than the last. It features top notes of iris butter and mate absolute; middle notes of sandalwood and amyris; and base notes of cedarwood and guaiacwood. Inverness is an eau de parfum, edp.
Fragrantica: "Green, rich and happy. This is no melancholy moor. The opening evolves rapidly. It opens with a very damp, foggy mossy note which quickly turns to a fresh woodiness ranging from the citrusy, pine resiny amyris to perfumey sandalwood to just-ripped bark. This is prevented from smelling like car freshener by the tempering peaty effect of mate, finally used in the correct place (see The Moon and I by Floraiku for the incorrect place). The overall effect is William Tell, the cartoon."
Fragrantica: "Haunting perfume. Absolute perfection. I’ve never been to Inverness, but this takes me straight to the fog-covered northwest coast of California. I smell the cedar groves behind me as I look out on the dark ocean. I sense the smell of a smoky campfire in the distance. Absolute stunner."
Fragrantica: "I tested this in a department store and bought it a few hours later. It is one of the most expensive perfumes I have ever bought, on a per ml basis! But it’s amazing and worth it, like being wrapped in luxurious cashmere or silk (works for both winter and summer). On first spritz there is a definite cool, dark green, dewy mossiness to the composition which does conjure up the Highlands. The iris adds an elegance and touch of sweetness before the scent settles, to my nose anyway, down to something very close to actual mysore sandalwood oil. Which makes this quite a bargain. Husband loves it too. Sillage is probably intimate, staying power moderate."
Fragrantica: "Amazing! Starts like it will be a weak scent but it develops beautifully in this creamy, slightly sweet warmth sandalwood, that I can smell projecting no me 6+ hours, close to the skin like 10+ and I can still get a hint from my hair the next morning at the shower… dry down it’s almost like salted vanilla, super pretty and unisex. I have a sample from gris charnel but I’m glad I didn’t get it, it’s a good scent but it has something that I find not smooth enough, it’s too strong, it gave me headaches and this is what I was hoping GCh to be like. Lovely, signature scent worthy and currently my autumn fragrance 10/10"
Fragrantica: "OH. MY. GOODNESS. If my early blind-buy purchases this month are any indication of how the rest of 2024 will be, then I will be the luckiest person in the world!!! Inverness...this is THE sandalwood fragrance for me! Yes, it somewhat resembles Gris Charnel, BUT, if you replaced the fig with a heaping dose of Iris (and a well-done one at that), and eliminated the cardamom and dialed up the sandalwood, then you would have Inverness. There's a very soft, powdery floral aspect that runs through this fragrance, too. Sorry Sherwood, but Inverness is the star of this sandalwood show! This fragrance has one of the most alluring sillages' that I've had the pleasure of smelling. And the longevity is out of this world ---to the point that even after I showered, I could still smell it on my skin. The bottle is stunning as well. An amazing blind-buy success!!!!"
