Visited a friend today...
Initial smell is: bath bomb?? Not like any specific bath bomb but that mysterious scent that all Lush bath bombs share regardless of their actual scents. This is not a bad thing but it is a baffling thing.
Further sniffs: it's musky but not toooo much. Sometimes "manly," "musky" scents can be really musky and heavy and too much (veering to far into Axe bodyspray territory) but this one is... fruity?? There's something about it. It's not quite spicy. Definitely musky but that isn't necessarily the first scent I would describe it as. Vaguely soapy?? As it dries down, I do get a bit of that musty/person smell, like I'm smelling it off a person and not a piece of cardstock. The musk increases over time.
It's specific. Very specific. I was expecting something a bit more neutral/everyman for a scent labelled "Original Musk" but it's definitely got a specific vibe all to its own.
Now to compare to other reviews, collected from this post: I would not quite describe it as stanky? Bold and a little sweet, yes yes. Pissy? No?? Crotch? Not really...
It's fascinating. So hard to describe. I do not regularly review perfumes, so maybe this is why I lack the words to convey the scent, but anyways.
I like the smell...? It's growing on me. I keep returning for sniff after sniff, trying to figure it out. I understand Pat better than ever.
(For context: this is what Aof says Pran smells like - see this post)