Hascish Homme

4 reseñas

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• jerry drake

  December 6, 2018

  

  There are houses that still propose unknown things, and I personally appreciate that they keep existing. I was gifted this fragrance in the 80s, and analyzing it now, after 30 years, is thrilling. The base is the same: deep, spicy, green, and durable, very different from what others had. The current version is less potent but very perceptible at first and extremely persistent on clothes. The scent is practically identical, with acceptable longevity and a soft sillage that transforms when over-applied. You can feel the quality of the ingredients: it’s complex, severe yet oriental, but unmistakably Italian in its fresh and spicy approach. It’s a vanguard, balsamic, powdery perfume where incense fused with jasmine, musk, and patchouli dominates. There’s no trace of hashish in the composition; it’s a strange, eccentric aroma with evident lasting vegetal quality, a floral and smoky touch. At Veejaga, rarity goes hand in hand with goodness. If you’re a lover of 80s proposals, you should try it.

• Bofifa

  December 19, 2018

  

  Thanks to Jerry Drake for letting me discover this Hascish. Italian perfumery goes beyond its classics. This perfume, launched in 1984, is remarkably original. It feels like fresh ferns with spicy and fruity traits leaning towards an oriental. It’s a beautiful Italian fragrance with a luminous, herbal, dry, woody, clean, and soapy base, where geranium and rose play key roles. It has immense style. The name makes sense: it’s an abstract recreation of the narcotic aroma of the drug, yet turned into a men’s fragrance to smell good. Maybe its resinous and green base has something to do with it. It smells great and its performance is more than acceptable. A loud round of applause for this creation.

• Josesan

  November 14, 2019

  

  Finding info on VEEJAGA MILANO is impossible: an Italian brand from the 83-85 era, right when chypres and fougères were ruling. HASCISH HOMME is a magical carpet ride back in time. Jerry Drake’s sample smells vintage, with animalic, green, and sensually rough notes. It’s bottle green, dark, loden, hunting scent… Is it barber shop perfume? No, it’s too wild, untamed, and abrupt. The opening florals don’t feel like flowers; they’re Jupiterian punches of carnation and geranium. Then comes the boiling base: leathers, mosses, labdanum, smoky notes, and animalics. It doesn’t smell like hashish or marijuana, which are softer. Its power recalls JACOMO’s SILENCES but much cruder. Imagine a witch in a cauldron with sticks, green bubbles, and animal tails. It’s dizzying, but in a good way, if you’re not scared of blood extraction. Essential for Sierra Morena bandits searching for manuscripts in labyrinths.

• monsieurleather

  January 14, 2021

  

  Hashish has a reputation for being the origin of the word ‘assassin’ in Arabic, stemming from an esoteric sect that lived in the Eagle’s Nest and used the drug to turn their followers into fanatical killers. Veejaga, with plenty of guts, released a fragrance called Hascish during an era overrun by heroin zombies. It wasn’t a massive hit, but it left a groundbreaking scent. Does it smell like hashish? Yes and no. To me, it opens with fruity, sweet incense that evolves into a spicy, potent blend with a hint of pepper—perhaps from castoreum and musks. That dense, nose-tinging smoke is what reminds me of consumption dens. It’s an incense, fruity, and spicy fragrance, far from commercial. It’s not for me, but if you love incense, it’s an amazing experience. Plus, it has incredible longevity and sillage to give and take.