The Botanist is a perfume of fruit and flowers with an earthy finish. All day, everyday - dirt, petals and roots. With top notes of grapefruit, bergamot, pink peppercorn and apple; middle notes of peony, cypress, lily of the valley and rose; and base notes of vetiver, musk and ambergris. The Botanist is an eau de parfum, edp.
Fragrantica: Fantastic review by queerderussie and I pretty much agree with all their reviews of this line. I am nonplussed at the disdain targeted towards the brand. The Botanist is an earthy, green fragrance that is like stepping inside a greenhouse at the start of spring, with a use of vetiver that steers it away from the overtly masculine scents on the market today. It isn't too earthy and it isn't too vetiver smoky. I think the use of bergamot and apple to effect verdancy, and the ambergris to add a mineral element are inspired. I have loved pretty much everything I've tried from the line, and having sniffed most of the niche and designer market, I have to say that I think the MIN team has brought something really interesting to the table.
Parfumo: There is something about the accord of wet earth in a fragrance that I find so utterly captivating. I’m aware that this may not be the most approachable nor the “prettiest” note for one to gravitate towards but I find it so powerfully grounding. Pun totally intended, of course. Now as much as I am mesmerized, very few fragrances can truly harness the note and imbue it with an thoroughly chic magnetism and refined harmony but one which truly has is MiN’s exquisite The Botanist.
Savour Experience Perfumes: A beautiful peony and rose bouquet touched by a hint of greenness and earth. The Botanist is a hyper realized sequence of a spring time garden, without needless romanticism or flights of fancy. A portrait of authenticity and a study in how the visceral splendor and genuine essence of what is surrounding you always bares the most astonishing beauty. If you have a green thumb or just appreciate the outdoors, then you’ll feel at-one with The Botanist.
