STRANGERS PARFUMERIE
Sombre
2019
PERFUMER
Prin Lomros
Vomit Accord
Mold Accord
Nocturnal Animals Accord
Pus
Mud
Sweat
Champagne
orris
Night Blossom flowers
Jasmine
Tuberose
Rose
Unfortunately, I never wrote out a review when I wore Sombre a couple of years before publishing this ‘from memory’ review. Sombre is a notoriously rough to wear fragrance, and during my small stint as a YouTube reviewer, I wore Sombre (and simultaneously Etat Libre D’Orange Secretions Magnifiques) for a Halloween video (which I sadly didn’t save after removing my profile).
I think a lot more people have smelled Secretions Magnifiques and it is (unjustly) named the most online as ‘worst smelling fragrance’ on the market. While I wouldn’t wear it for my own pleasure, Secretions Magnifiques isn’t all that crazy; it mostly smells sweaty, in the same vein as for example Akro Night. I can assure you, that trying Sombre alongside it, makes the Etat Libre D’Orange smell like beautiful laundry detergent in comparison.
What I remember most from the scent of Sombre is its cheesiness. I mostly got funky cheese and potentially, sweaty feet, from this fragrance. This was nearly nauseating. After a while, the florals come through a bit, but it also becomes lactonic, which is surprisingly appalling in combination with the scent. I don’t remember getting a particular muddy or moldy scent (which is also very hard to bear for me, as presented in for example Amouge Figment Man or Escentric Molecules Molecule 05). I don’t find it dark either; it’s really the cheesiness, lactonic vomit and a bit of sweat that stayed with me.
I wore it for about 2 or 3 hours before taking a shower and I must say, after the opening, you sort of get used to it and it did wash off well. That being said, I’ve not found a fragrance more disgusting to wear since (I have not tried for example, Prin’s own Necro Dellamorte, which could be a contender). Try at your own risk, or send in an unlabeled vial to a friend for fun.