Ditch

Ditch is the brand's scent of a ditch after a rainstorm, wet earth, concrete and vegetation colliding in charged air. It began as a collaboration with the Swedish film director Jonas Åkerlund, was made for his music work, and is sold as an eau de parfum in a 30 ml bottle with a black label. A watery accent with green grass and a hint of calone gives it an ozonic, urban opening, then patchouli, vetiver, oud and woods build the earthy, dirty base, with frankincense and myrrh adding a dark, almost ecclesiastical heart. Wearers are blunt: it smells exactly like a damp, earthy, green ditch, a true dirt fragrance, grass growing over wet, humus-rich soil. One finds it moves toward Secretions Magnifiques within minutes, and a critic calls it cold and inorganic with a sharp, mineral opening. Wear is medium for most, with a bright start and a moderate skin scent that lasts a few more hours, though one wearer found it gone almost instantly. Every time-of-day vote says daytime, and autumn and spring lead the few season votes. It is listed as unisex. Reception is polarised: eight of 14 voters love it and some call it a masterpiece, while others find it not very wearable. It is a conceptual scent for those who want something beyond the conventional, and it is not a blind buy.