Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis is a 100ml Eau de Parfum from Bella Freud, first listed in 2017 and described as unisex. Bella Freud has said the idea was the smell of cigars and leather, cedar wood and romance, and the scent keeps that picture while opening much brighter than it sounds. Petitgrain and neroli lead, fresh and lemony. Tobacco and tobacco blossom form the heart, and the base is leather with cedar, dry amber and dark musks. The brand's own description adds that the tobacco flower lifts the opening, which gives the scent a floral edge before the dry, woody leather settles in. The written reactions are small in number and sharply divided. One wearer describes a fresh, lemony petitgrain start followed by dry woods and leather, and praises the way it develops. Two others dislike it intensely and advise against buying it blind. One positive account does not mean broad approval, and two negative ones do not mean everyone will react the same way. There is too little to say how long it lasts or how far it carries. Psychoanalysis suits wearers who like a green, citrus start that turns to tobacco and leather, and a sample on skin is the right first step given how strongly opinions differ.