50 x 2 Review: Lush’s Dirty and The Breath of God

I am reviewing these together, as I am convinced they need to switch names! God’s breath should smell of rain on stones and oakmoss, and dirt smells of cedar and dry resins, right?

This smells to me like a freshly bathed child before bed: faintly minty, human, and mineral-clean.  The mint is more natural and herbal, leaning to lavender, than toothpaste. It is nearly perfect as a scent, if a bit unusual as a perfume. The oakmoss is very present and divine in its most rain-on-stone form.

Listed Notes: lavender, neroli, sandalwood, oak moss, tarragon, thyme and mint
Sillage and Longevity: Quiet due to solid perfume, Excellent
Wearability: Would wear everyday.

This was breathtakingly unusual, but fully of a persistent organic dryness from cedarwood, ritual incense and mineral soil. I find Atlas cedar very dry, with some of the musty-rich notes of yellow cedar. The incense was photo realistic temple incense, and completely without sweetness. Unapologetically of the earth.

Listed Notes: neroli, sandalwood, virginia cedar, incense, amalfi lemon, melon, rose, ylang-ylang, vetiver, grapefruit, black pepper and juniper. (All those fruit and flowers? wut?)
Sillage and Longevity: louder than many solid perfumes, OK
Wearability: Very dry and real-wood laden. A bit challenging but refreshing