De Bachmakov The Different Company for women and men

i got this one when i was just getting into fragrance, thought it might be nice to try and figure what my niche was. i was right to go with green/fougere/herbal vibes.

this scent is super nostalgic... i grew up eating perilla leaves and that kinda papery, nutty, minty note is familiar and dear, closely related to shiso. it blends really nicely with that nutmeg note and spiciness, leans really well into the warmer base notes as it settles in. its gentle, not overpowering, and develops into a very intoxicating skin scent for me. i think the warmer amber base notes are reminiscent of steamed white rice, and very slightly pickle-y with the spices. takes me back to mid-summer evenings around the dinner table, eating korean food w my family <3

this is prob one of my favorite scents to date as i narrow down what i like! im curious also if that glue-y papery note people bring up is a part of the shiso nutmeg combo, slightly acidic smelling. it feels like it has a dry tone reminiscent of cardboard or wood glue. im kinda into it honestly? i literally cannot bring my wrists away from my nose when i have it on. im currently subsisting off a like .7ml sample and saving it for rainy days but... super tempted to go for a bottle if i can track one down.

very good fresh scent, just green fresh and very well blended

I loved this at first sniff! So smooth and well blended. Unique, too.

But then, I kept finding a note in there that smelled a little odd. Then I read the comments here, and people were talking about paint/glue smell. And that was exactly it! I couldn't unsmell it. So unfortunately, not for me. So close though!

It was somewhat pleasant, fresh, and someWHAT like Sur Le Nil, but not quite. The cumin-y base notes after about an hour took away the Hermes aspect. Sur le Nil has MUCH more complexity and oomph.

A great perfume for a summer holiday, but your holiday has to be somewhere in the north, maybe Iceland. Gives a slight feeling of cold and wind. In particular, it gives the feeling of the wind, which is full of rain, goes with heavy clouds and everything changes quickly - five minutes of sun, five minutes of rain, five minutes of storm. And again everything goes in a circle. Definitely unisex. A perfume for people who don't want to think too much about perfume, just want to be part of the atmosphere and carry stronger personal emotional memories of some travel experiences.

A gorgeous opening greets me in De Bachmakov, it makes me go "ooooh", and I immediately smell that addictive shiso leaf that makes me gobble up umeshiso maki rolls, with facets of mint, basil, and a sharp tingly top note and a spicy under current. This is divine—for the first five minutes, and then... poof.

The radiance is then muted, and while a lovely skin scent, it leaves so much more to be desired. A murmur of milky fig and feeble ambery woods is not going to keep my motor running. It's "nice", but "nice" doesn't make my heart skip a beat. So, while De Bachmakov opens with much promise and feels divine, it's front-loaded and bottoms out into something so fragile, too fragile for a big galoot like me.

This is Un Jardin Sur Le Nil niche edition in a nutshell.
Smells little smoother and on me it is slightly stronger than un jardin.

A very refreshing scent green tart shiso scent, with beautiful, radiant, green, minty facets in the opening but also strong on the 'soft' spice. With that I mean I mean the very soft and slightly dusty nutmeg that rounds the edge of the shiso out. Bergamot is present clearly in the opening but not for long, and a floral woody backbone soon takes over. It dries down tame and smooth with a warm woody undertones, and a light fougere funk.

This seem to have been created by someone who has really done their research with old school green citrus fragrances. The opening is almost slightly Guerlain like and the drydown is a more minimalist fougere vibe.
However the key element here is always the shiso, which has a certain damp vegetal green facet to it that may be a bit too green for some people, but to my nose is a very good match to the soft spice and florals.
Personally I love it, and it is something I will come back to next spring, if you are looking for a dreamy and smooth green foliage type scent, then this is a good place to start.

What an interesting scent…

This is very green in my opinion, and smells just like Spring leaves.

It’s a fun experience, but I’m not sure I would want to smell like this.

The opening is brilliant! Sharp fresh bergamot immediately brought me to a cold winter morning at the moment I sprayed this fragrance, followed by the vibrant green leaf created by Shiso. All the scents are very natural and fresh, like u just pick those ingredients from the garden!

But the middle notes and dry down are too gourmand for me as an Asian 😂 those smells are crazily realistically recreated my dinner table

Middle notes: shiso shushi and coriander soup

Base notes: skewers seasoned with coriander and cumin powder

I live in the northwest US, where we're in the middle of a heat wave. I revisited my sample and sprayed some of this on after my shower this evening. It smelled good for a while, just like a photorealistic lemon balm, a mint that my mom grows in the backyard. This is probably how I am perceiving the shiso note, as that is another member of the mint family. But as hot as it's been, this cologne-type scent has largely burned off, leaving only some calone (which is not listed) or some other screechy synthetic base note. It's all I smell now and it's making me feel sick to my stomach. Hopefully it will have totally disappeared by morning.

Beautiful green scent for the warmer months. Shiso is definitely the main player throughout the life of this fragrance and I love that. I also love the fact that it's unique, yet I think it's underappreciated in some ways. I certainly wouldn't recommend this one as a safe blind buy. The wearer must love Shiso in order to really appreciate this fragrance. Silage/longevity are decent, I get about 6-7 hours wear out of it. It's definitely unisex. I'm pleased that I own a full bottle and it's part of my collection.

Shiso! Shiso! Shiso! SUCH a realistic rendition. It's quite amazing, actually. Shiso pretty much overpowers anything else in the opening of this fragrance.

I really like this a lot. However, having grown up with lots of shiso growing in our vegetable garden, and eating it often, it's difficult for me to dissociate this note from food (particularly shiso tempura). The coriander only adds to this "savory dish" effect. I do not wish to smell like shiso (I wonder if any Japanese would), but I do enjoy how realistic this is.

Opening is quite harsh: bergamot coriander, shiso(I guess... because I didn't smell this kind of green accord) and smell of some sort of glue (only in first 30 seconds).This is a quite unique combination, I love the way shiso smells. This become one of my favorite green scents. I find this similar to Serpentine by Comme Des Garçons. They are not similar due to notes but they have some similarity as the way to present the green notes. Serpentine is more like a freshly cut grass, this one is shiso with woody touches and little bit of fig.

Starting very close to Bergamot from the same collection with more clean birch woods in the background instead of earl grey tea in Bergamot

Once the scents dries down it smells pretty similar to Atelier cologne's Philtre Ceylan

I was expecting a more sharp green scent like You or Someone Like You and Herb Fresca but this one is not

Nevertheless a quality scent from the solid brand

Smells like lemonade. Not only do I love it, but now... I kinda want an actual lemonade! #ROTFL

This smells a lot like Elizabeth Arden's Green Tea

My blind test notes: citrus asphalt fig salty green tart fruit powdery

Guess I wasn't too far off of what this was going for! The coriander here is definitely a little stale (I think that was my asphalt association) but a very nice fresh green and fig, bergamot beautiful so overall very enjoyable. The stone (asphalt) feel to it threw me off a little and for me it;s also a touch powdery.

**PM me to swap niche samples if you're in the UK **

Hello everyone! does anyone know if there is any difference between the classic bottle and the one with a red pattern, please? thanks!

Crushed green birch leaves and bergamot. Unfortunately it reminds me a bit of a smell that birch bugs release when you touch them, which is quite pungent and repulsive. It is totally unintentional, but with this connotation it is hard to hit Like button. I can certainly see how some compare it to Jean Claude Elena style, there is this fresh sparkling uplifting Terre de Hermes vibe - leaning more feminine. Drydown becomes more palatable with distinct green rose character. Overall nothing that would leave me longing for it, but cannot argue it has green positive vibe and quite some uniqueness. Both longevity and projection are solid.

I sense the most beautiful wet chalk accord. with shiso on top.

Somebody mentioned tacos in their review and now that's all I can smell! Lime, cilantro, and a hint of cumin. I wasn't sure about this fragrance at first but once I associated it like that, now I LOVE it because I love me some tacos. Mmmm... so to me it's strangely gourmand, in a way.

It is an evocative scent, very green and fresh. The opening is a strong bergamot with coriander in the background, it's a spring breeze, a walk in the open air, the wind,the trees,the leaves... it's a splendid interpretation of spring. A perfume to have for those who love fresh and evocative scents. I really like it!

Sillage: 7./10
Longevity: 8./10
Scent: 8.5/10

Overall: 8.5/10

Beware dudes: this leans feminine. If you don’t mind that, it’s a quality spring scent of a bit soft.

Spring inside the bottle, as fragolenconcrema said. Late spring, when trees and twigs are alive, full of new leaves and breezy bitter smells.
In the bottle is an understated green grass, freshly cut. Once sprayed the smell grows and grows, almost to the point of shouting (I thought I have oversprayed it). It shows one after another all its ingredients, as if showmen introduced at a circus: "please everybody rise to welcome the master coriander together with lady freesia. Here's the fig, and she is the star anise, oh and the nutmeg, applause please". There is a bit of hemp here, too, but since it has such a bad reputation in everyday life, it disappears quickly. Tarragon, too, comes and goes. After one hour of rehearsal, the show starts and the combination is revealed. On me, it is mainly crushed wormwood, freesia and coriander, with a tad of hemp sweetness.
I can see why it is a perfume which goes day and night, all seasons. It does. It smells bitter and fresh, sunny and dry.
I am glad I bought it - it was truly expensive.
Later edit: I tried it in hot weather, as well as in cool weather. After "shouting" one hour after first spray, it falls into oblivion: 6 hours at most, in 4 hours I can barely smell it.
Sillage: arm length when first sprayed.

This is so lovely. Freesia, shiso and just a perfect, mildly animalic coriander.

Beautiful cool, soft, dry scent. Plenty of light spice and powdery notes upfront, but after two hours, my skin is left with predominantly freesia and amber, which I can happily confirm is still on my skin the next day.

So uplifting. Very bright and positive daytime spring fragrance. Evokes emotions from my childhood when I used to play in grass. My father would often cook tea from some fragrant plants that smelled like this. Highly recommended.

I acquired a full bottle of De Bachmakov in a trade with a friend, and happy I did. This is an interesting green aromatic blend with shiso, nutmeg and coriander. The drydown reveals woods and amber essence, but the shiso is still present. I have nothing else in my collection that smells like it.

It's definitely got that niche vibe and I can understand how this can be a polarizing scent. You will either love it or hate it so it's not a safe blind buy.

I got about 6 hours before it became a skin scent. After about an hour my husband unfortunately commented that what I was wearing he didn't like....so I'll need to wear this when I'm not immediately in his presence.

My friend who traded it with me noted that the coriander made her think of tacos. Once she got the Mexi-food idea in her head she could not get past it. Luckily I don't have the same reaction, as this is a shiso dominant (more like basil) fragrance on me. I enjoy having something so interesting in my collection, even if I will seldom wear it.

Quite soft! coriander lime, cedar, nutmeg, and shiso.

Nothing interesting so far!

Green fragrance, begins with sharp shiso/lemon smell and sharpness fade away after a while, i believe its not fresh as it should be, very useful in warm spring days
Longevity:5/10
Projection: not bad

A few words to describe this: Fresh, uplifting, unique, nice, elegant...definitely not the classy fresh fragrance, it will make you stand out while also smelling great...better suited for more formal events and settings

Performance: 8
Smell: 8
uniqueness: 9
versatility: 7
A solid 8 out of 10
worth having in any collection

Presentation:
As some of you already know, I am a sucker for a nice presentation. To start I will say the packaging and presentation seem to fit the fragrance quite well and that's a huge plus for me. While the packaging and bottle certainly will not blow you away, it is neat, clean, and concise.... That is exactly how I feel the fragrance comes across. I especially give high marks for the cap which is heavy and clicks into place securely.

Opening:
This, to me, started of with a fruity (fig leaf), floral mix. It certainly opens very green, but that takes a backseat to the fruity florals to me. There is also a very natural, crisp, and refreshing Bergamot that adds a beautiful freshness and cleanliness. Truth be told, if De Bachmakov stayed this way it would still be wonderful but in my opinion it would not live up to the billing. To appreciate this you MUST give it time to develop.

Drydown:
The feel at this point Is very light and whimsical....almost carefree as the floral notes become more focused. The sweetness of the fruit begins to take a backseat and the composition becomes much greener, much cleaner.....it almost begins to sparkle.
This, in my estimation, is where De Bachmakov begins to shine, this is what I believe makes her special.

It continues to develops in a very neat and clean fashion....not in a soapy way, but not quite in a fresh laundered clothing way either. There is a soft crispness about it. It feels of white linen and champagne. So incredibly concise and different. There is a very mild spiciness that creeps in as its woody base becomes more prominent but somehow it doesn't hinder the overall softness or cleanliness of the composition..it almost adds a mustiness "reminiscent of an old book smell".

This is a true work of art

Performance:
The projection and Sillage on my skin I find to be average but De Bachmakov is not about being a beast. Longevity I find to exceed expectations getting 7 hours + on my skin.

Versatility:
My initial impression is that this would be best suited for Spring & early Summer, Summer evenings, Indoors/outdoors


What more can I say....magnificent!

Edit:
When I wear a new fragrance I take notes as to the impression it leaves me with.
In my own notes and reviews I normally include a character I feel would wear the fragrance.

It was difficult coming up with a character for De Bachmakov. So my conclusion is, as stated in my update below, that:
"If you took DNA from Isaac Newton and John Lennon And grew a test tube baby...that baby, when grown would wear De Bachmakov"

Russia. Siberia. The air is dry and cold. My eyes are full of tears because of the iced air around myself. Frozen vodka. Silence. I can ear the silence. There is something wild and mystic around me. I’m not scared. I’m in peace.
That’s this fragrance. Masterpiece. Blind buy. My best blind buy ever. I’m speechless.

John Henry Twachtman | The White Bridge, after 1895

Lovely aura, of mint-family x citrus Freshness of Aqua Allegoria Herba Fresca with a distinctive shiso vibe. I am Japanese, and must say, the Shiso is as authentic and elegant as what we enjoy in cuisine.

This may be unique to the decant I received, but a cumin accord emerges at dry down, not unlike Terre D'Hermes / Frederic Malle Bigarade. Curiously, the cumin doesn't appear in the official pyramid for any of these 3 frags. It may also be a skin chemistry thing, as I eat curry daily.

9/11/2016 Update: Cross-referenced the 3 frags that *do* bring out a Cumin dry down [Frederic Malle Bigarade, The Different Company De Bachmakov, Terre D'Hermes] and compared it to 3 Ellena family parfums that *do not* bring out the Cumin dry down [Jardin Sur le Nil, Jardin Sur le Toit, and Jardin En Mediterranee]; and realized that the 3 that *do* ALL have "Cedar" in their scent pyramid. This might mean... that something about ISO E Super.. in combination with a 'Person who eats a lot of curry/ cumin'.. might bring this out in the dry down. This is just a working theory, and I am by no means an expert in any of this. :-) Will keep testing & refining the theory!

7/10

Warm , oriental , recent. At the beginning to the green is added Carry. :)
Then smells elegant like gardens Nile Hermes. On sprint and Summer :)

This fragrance is a very much about shiso leaves. It blends nicely with coriander - spicy-woody-sweaty effect. A refreshing and calming. If you are not familiar with shiso leaves, it might smell like a walk in the birch forest.

The first five minutes make me think of vodka and acetone (aka, nail polish remover). The vodka begins to lift after a few minutes, and a very minty note starts to blend with the acetone. That lasts for maybe 40 minutes, at which time it becomes more natural, with a frosty-green-leaf impression (perhaps the shiso? I haven't smelled it in real life). That's my favorite phase of the scent, and it lasts for maybe an hour or two before what I can only describe as a perfume-y (ie, synthetic) accord becomes prominent. At that point, what had been a very unisex scent veers in a slightly feminine direction. Overall, the impression is of an abstract-art rendering of spring in a very cold climate, with the emphasis on cold. It's a bit too synthetic for me, but the composition is interesting and would probably suit some very well.

Scent - fresh fig lime & shiso.

Season/Time of Day - I prefer to use this one in the warmer months, day or night.

Projection - I did get noticed, I didn't get a compliment.

Longevity - I get 6hrs consistently.

Gorgeous green scent with a splash of citrus. Very similar to Un Jardin Sur La Nil by Hermes! That too is a gorgeous green scent!

overrated scent. Sillage and longevity pooor. But quite organic.

Scent: 8/10
Longevity: 6/10
Sillage: 6/10

As you might see from other reviews, this fragrance is more of a spring scent than any other seasons. I have decided to give it a try during the hot summer (30+ degree celsius) and see how it performs.

This scent starts off pretty strong shiso leave. If you have eaten those Japanese dishes that use shiso leaves, then you will immediately find the scent so familiar. I am not a very huge fan of this smell but its not too strong that disgust me. A minute later, a tiny bit of the citrusy bergemot comes into play to make the scent more balance for my liking.The delicate floral notes appear after several hours, though I am not sure if that's really freesia as many have suggested.


My skin has always been an absorber for fragrance, which makes most of the fragrances neither last nor project well. But this scent just last and last and last on my skin even during such hot days with the need to reapply. Projection is not particularly strong but it's strong enough for those around to detect it.

Overall, this is an interesting scent. I have to say that shiso leaves may not be everyone's tea. Given this is one, if not the most, prominent notes in this fragrance, do try to find a tested before buying a full bottle unless you are very sure that you like shiso leaves.

Score: 8/10

This is hands down my #1 for spring. I have been wanting a bottle of this for a couple years now and this winter it finally happened. Green, bright, watery and spicy. Beautiful composition here from the daughter of one of the best perfumers of all time. This fragrance makes me think of a trickling brook in the middle of a forest. The brook is surrounded by moss covered rocks, ferns and a warming mist. A masterpiece!

This is one of those fragrances I sampled every time I was in the store, but wasn't quite sure of. I bought a 90 ml bottle a few days ago.

Two sprays, one on the chest and one on the neck. I can't smell it on myself, I seriously can't. However, projection seems to be tremendous. Apparently it projects like hell within 5 feet.

I've received compliments from women already, but it's too bad I can't smell what they obviously do. One said it reminded her of Elizabeth Arden Green Tea. Upon application I do smell tea, but that isn't listed in the notes. Probably due to the combination of notes.

So what can I say, I love this fragrance on behalf of the people who can smell it.

This scent opens with a note of bergamot and settles into a spicy, sweet airy fragrance that reminds me of spring rain. I can certainly smell the base note of cedar, which weights the scent and brings it down to earth. I put off purchasing a sample of this for several months uncertain about what I would think. After finally ordering a sample, and wearing it over the weekend, I can say it is a wonderful unisex scent that will likely mold itself to the wearer's chemistry and is a nice balance of spice, with a hint of sweetness. I actually splurged and bought this one.

Fantastic dark green perfume. And more importantly it is the best rendition of the smell of Shiso leaves that I have ever experienced (others were always just mint smells at the end).
If you have been to Japan (or/and enjoying the traditional Japanese cuisine, beyond sushi, I mean) this perfume might got you lost in translation. :-)
There is also a unique powdery smell of a "wet chalk", turning things to be a bit earthy and wet.
At the drydown I capture some clean woods, maybe cedar, but all woods stay overwhelmingly green and clean, like freshly cut trees.
All in all -- fantastic green smell, a great alternative to all perfumes dominated by lemon/bergamote/fig note, as here it is difficult to single them out as separate parts.
Worth mentioning, my case it has a very good staying power, especially on clothes.

One of the only citrus perfumes where the note lasts a long way... and this is sooo good!! Lasted at least 6 hours on my wrist, simply delicious!

I find this perfume really milky. Am I the only one?

just tried this today, smells totally shiso to me!!! Love it and want it!!!

Tarragon. That's what I thought that I was detecting upon initial application of The Different Company DE BACHMAKOV. Shiso leaves appear to be the note which imparts wafts of that particular, familiar greenish scent to this fine perfume.

I am reminded vaguely of Isabella Rossellini MANIFESTO, which has a similar overall aesthetic, but unfortunately is fatally marred by its probably entirely synthetic--and to me poisonous--components. I owned MANIFESTO for about a decade and finally swapped it away because I found it utterly unwearable. DE BACHMAKOV offers an excellent example of why people turn to niche perfume: no poison here whatsoever, just a pleasing blend of green notes, wood, light spices and light woods, which conspire to produce a truly enjoyable composition perfect for summer and spring.

I recommend this composition to guys and gals alike who appreciate a very natural-smelling clean and green cologne. Simple yet satisfying.

WOW. Just, wow. This is a must-have, even if I'm kind of reluctant to have to buy a 90ml bottle rightaway. It's like spring inside a bottle. I've tried it a couple of times now and I just couldn't stop sniffing my wrist. What a powerhouse!