Diesel
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The Granny Smith apple detonates immediately, a blast of synthetic green sweetness that's more neon than natural. It's intensely fruity and sugar-laden, with just enough tartness to prevent it becoming completely one-dimensional, though subtlety has left the building entirely.
Bourbon pepper finally emerges, bringing welcome heat and spice that tempers the apple's dominance, whilst sage contributes an aromatic, slightly bitter herbaceousness. The interplay between sweet fruit and peppery spice creates a push-pull dynamic that's genuinely interesting, though the synthetic quality never quite dissipates.
The tobacco and benzoin meld into a warm, resinous sweetness with patchouli adding earthy depth and amberwood contributing smooth woodiness. That apple ghost still lingers faintly, now softened and integrated into the ambery base, leaving a skin-close sweetness that's finally found some balance.
Only The Brave Tattoo takes Alberto Morillas's original fist-shaped bottle concept and drenches it in synthetic apple syrup, creating something brazenly sweet and unapologetically loud. The Granny Smith apple here isn't crisp or tart—it's been candied, amplified, and shot through with enough chemical sweetness to make your teeth ache. This is the fragrance equivalent of energy drinks and late nights, where that apple note behaves less like fruit and more like a fluorescent green flavouring that refuses to fade into the background.
The spiced heart attempts to anchor all that sweetness with bourbon pepper's heat and sage's herbal roughness, but they're fighting a losing battle against the synthetic tidal wave. There's an interesting tension here—the pepper genuinely tries to bring some adult sophistication to proceedings, whilst the sage adds an almost medicinal, camphoraceous quality that cuts through the sugar. Below, the base of tobacco, patchouli, and benzoin creates a resinous, amber-tinged foundation that's smooth and woody, though it struggles to assert itself beneath the opening's relentless sweetness.
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3.6/5 (106)