Scent Descriptions · 12

Lost Tribe
A House of Notable Quality

Introduction

This is yet another one of those houses that chooses the quality of the ingredients as its unique selling point, and I do think that they deliver. Despite that though, I find that the prices are quite absurd even for what the fragrances are.

The ideas are creative, and the execution is really good, which is precisely why I choose to write about Lost Tribe. I also find that because the ingredients are quite high end, the complexity of these fragrances naturally rivals other VERY complex fragrance houses. For this reason, I feel the need to emphasize that I had but a brief chance of smelling all of these fragrances, and so the descriptions given are general placeholders until I smell the fragrances wholly, and give them enough time to properly be evaluated.

01 Kong

Kong, the bottle, its green label with a gorilla on it — Kong

Kong, the bottle seen from the side, the dark juice through the glass — Kong

Starts super abrasive, but turns green and banana-y, in a really REALLY well blended manner. It does have some sharp woody animalics too. Honestly, it is a good gorilla fragrance. I do see it. There is quite a bit of ambrette too. There is spices and a LOT of oud, but not in an overwhelming manner.

02 Watch King

Watch King, the bottle, its pale blue label with the watch collector’s emblem — Watch King

Watch King, the bottle seen from the side — Watch King

Smells really really smooth at the top, despite being aromatic and complex. Leather, Peru balsam and something else. The aromatic facet developed into a leather and oudy fragrance eventually. Also balsamic. I cannot think of anything that this smells like. It is quite unique.

03 Pan’s Labyrinth

Pan’s Labyrinth, the bottle seen from the side, its navy label — Pan’s Labyrinth

Pan’s Labyrinth, the bottle, its navy label with a circular labyrinth on it — Pan’s Labyrinth

Abrasive animalics, woods and ambers. Good.

04 Dirty Soda

Dirty Soda, the bottle, its black label with a soda cup on it — Dirty Soda

Dirty Soda, the bottle seen from the side, the amber juice through the glass — Dirty Soda

This is a really impressive creation. It smells like one of those artisanal sodas that smell slightly herbal despite still being black drinks full of sugar and carbonic acid. I found this one to be particularly similar to the taste of Fentiman’s Curiosity Cola.

05 Equatorial

Equatorial, the square bottle with the house's stag crowned with flowers on it, lying on green camouflage — Equatorial

Incense, pepper lavender, mint and a bunch of fir. This is like a very complex Pineward on aromatic and spicy overdrive. It is really good honestly. Also the fir is an accord composite of a gajillion other things; but I dont know which exactly. Evergreen oleoresins probably.

06 Santal Absolu

Santal Absolu, the bottle, its brown label with a tree on it — Santal Absolu

Santal Absolu, the bottle seen from the side, the golden juice through the glass — Santal Absolu

Resin, vanilla, A LOT OF AROMATICS, incense, ylang ylang and of course sandalwood! I dont know what else. it smells quite tame relative to what I expected

This house is quite massive in terms of what they made, and so there is a bunch of stuff that I have not had the chance to actually smell. Here is a condensed list:

Not smelled yet 88

4 Pillars, Alpha LTD, Always Greener, Amalfi Dreams, Art Series 1, ASH, Atlantis, Bad Santa, Be Mine, Beauty, Berry Patch, Beta LTD, BEWD, Black Ops, Blu, BLU v2 Lampung Ltd, Bruce Wayne, Caleb, CTRL+ALT+LUST, CyberOud, Dark Shadows, Day, Diesel, Dubai, Easter Egg, Electric Bloom, FIBER, Flower of the Field, Forbidden Forest, Fougère Rouge, Freddy, Fresh Powder, Gotham, Grinch, Holiday Fir, Home Alone, Hope You Like It, Imperial Soap, Jason, Joe Camel, Joker, Lola’s Lemonana, Lola’s Lemonana Berrylicious, Lola’s Pink Lemonana, Lola’s Tropical Lemonana, Lost Lotus, M.I.A., Maple Island Oud, MARS, Maui, Merauke-X LTD, Natsukashii, Neon Palms, Night, Night Bloom, Nirvana, Oud of Oz, Parc Florale, Past & Present, Past & Present Vietnam, Pina Colada, Polaris, Popstar, Prince, Prince of Persia, Prince Orris 80%, Red YaYo (Rose Edition), Rockstar, Roselli Room, Roses & Cream, Smoky Bear, Snowfall, St Valentine, Star, Sultry Sambac, Sunny Nights, Tè, Thai Breeze, The Hamptons, Threat, Trick or Treat, Tropic Delight, Two Face, Vanilla Waves, White Out, YaYo, Yugen, Zilla

From losttribeperfumes.com and Parfumo

Pictures Lost Tribe’s own — the bottles, and the house’s mark on the Houses view — from losttribeperfumes.com.