The Cologne Podcast
EVERY MONDAY: Join best friends Myke and Ryan as they take on the world of fragrances with unfiltered humor and uneducated opinions. Each episode, they'll sniff out a new scent and give their honest, foul-mouthed review. From high-end colognes to drugstore bargains, no fragrance is off-limits. Brace yourself for an irreverent, no-holds-barred approach to fragrance reviews.
The Cologne Podcast
#312 - Myrrh Shadow (403) by Bon Parfumeur
In this episode, we explore Myrrh Shadow 403, the newest scent from Bon Parfumeur, and share our genuine impressions about its complex layers. From our initial sniff to the fragrant realms it invites us into, we break down the unique notes including bitter orange, black currant, and of course, myrrh, creating a captivating aroma that stands out from the crowd.
As we delve into our experience with Myrrh Shadow, we indulge in lively conversations about the versatility of fragrances, particularly as we discuss whether this scent leans towards a masculine or feminine profile. We'll reflect on our personal encounters wearing the scent—how it interacts with our body chemistry and invokes certain memories. Can a fragrance transport you to a specific moment in your life? We certainly believe so, and we want to share the stories behind each of our impressions!
hello everybody, welcome to the cologne podcast.
Myke:I'm mike, I'm ryan. Hey, we're two best friends, best friends, the best of friends. Yes, we're going on a fragrance journey, smelling fragrances, giving you uneducated opinions yeah, and you know what I just discovered?
Ryan:mike can do a pretty good conway twitty impression.
Myke:Yeah, but you're gonna have to sub to the patreon if you want to hear some shit like that.
Ryan:It's not the full range of the singing, it's that last little part of a note. He would leave. It had a little the vocal fry on it, yeah.
Myke:But today what are we smelling? We're smelling, myr Shadow. I got to go to the release party of this.
Ryan:It's from Bon Parfumere air so this was given to you at the release party it's given to me before.
Myke:But if I was just a sneaky bastard I could have got a second bottle of it, but I felt like I'd be cheating you know what. Maybe you should have done that.
Myke:I would have I would have liked that I should have now, because we're giving this away to a patreon and I already kind of told you I'm the cat's out of the bag. I've smelled this. Yeah, I really liked it and I'm kind of bummed that I'm not going to have it in my collection, my collection. Another person who really liked this was 44 Shell on Fragrantica. Who says so beautiful Smells like an old book in the best way, hmm.
Ryan:That sounds god awful.
Myke:I think that was the only review because it's so new. That was the only review because it's so new. It's the only review of somebody who kind of acted like they had smelled it. Everybody else was just remarking on the notes, so okay, well old book in the best way. I don't really get that. We're gonna find out because we're gonna dig deep into this big juicy bottle, but first we got to do our one night stand review. Ryan Of Ruby by Kajal.
Ryan:He wanted me to come in and say some of the words Hit the music, todd, fuck this guy. Yeah, one night stand review. Well, mike, after staying in bed with Ruby by the way, I'm not saying this as a knock on anybody I really think me and Mike may have undiagnosed ADHD sometime.
Myke:You've mentioned that before because you keep seeing some of the like uh, what do you call it? I don't know if it's symptoms type thing it's like me and mike.
Ryan:I find traits, yeah, off air. We do like these weird audible things like he's literally there was one time where he would do a certain noise, yeah, and it's like he had to do it multiple times a day.
Myke:Yeah, it's true, I also have to finish a song.
Ryan:Yeah.
Myke:I have to finish the line. I have to say the thing, Otherwise I feel like it's trapped in my head.
Ryan:Well, this whole week since, we've smelled this fragrance Ruby by Kajal I hear this. Ruby, ruby, ruby Ruby. Oh yeah, whatever the hell you're singing.
Myke:Is this a song?
Ryan:Yeah it, oh yeah, whatever the hell you're singing, is this a song? Yeah, it's an actual song. Who sings that? I've been hearing this non-stop every fucking day, all day, every day. Kaiser chiefs, ruby ruby, ruby ruby. That's all I hear. I was like, yeah, funny dude. Yeah, okay, don't get us freaking, taken down by freaking universal studios or something. Ruby Ruby, ruby Ruby. Yeah, so I've been dealing with that. I think we're undiagnosed with something, because he does that from time to time and I do the same thing.
Myke:I can't help it. Sorry, it's been so unbearable for you, Ryan. Well, speaking of Ruby, let's get on to it. What did after? You took it home and you spent the night rolling around in beautiful crimson sheets?
Ryan:with ruby, just like I said in the episode. When he first let me smell it without telling me what it was, I was like this is a gorgeous fragrance and same thing smelling on the episode. It smells really good. I don't want to say it's a complaint, it's just, it's just a fact for me, but it's like it is. Uh, it's very feminine, but that's not a problem. I think, uh, I think it's very feminine, but that's not a problem. I think it's To the right person. Yeah, but I just think it does smell really good and if you love a feminine, leaning fragrance, you're going to love that fragrance.
Myke:Yeah, the people that are going to win on this fragrance are you go after feminine fragrances. You want something that's a little more mature, because when you see all the notes on this, you just you'd assume it's going to be really sweet. Yeah, but it's not. Actually, they kind of cut that sweetness. It has this sort of medicinal bite to it. The thing that you're going to get and the thing that I do love about kajal is the vast majority of their fragrances. They're so unique and so different. When you get one you go nobody's going to smell like me. Yeah, if you try Ruby and it's for you, you're not going to find a smell like that anywhere else out there. It's so unique. That is the win, yeah. So if you want a cherry, red berry type fragrance that's not like any other one you've smelled out there, then ruby is the way to go and I'll tell you who got this bottle of ruby.
Ryan:We said it last episode denise she's a patreon member. Uh, she got this. And we also did a extra episode with another kajal fragrance that I can. Yeah, another patreon member wild card won that, yeah and, oh my god, we absolutely loved it.
Myke:We went crazy on it. Yeah, uh, if you're not a patron, you really missed out on that episode because you got to hear ryan and I actually agree, for once, I'd got that bottle and I wore it the vast majority of the time I was at milan. Yeah, I was wearing that fragrance. I couldn't get enough of it. Yeah, the other fragrance I wore was the one we're doing today mer shadow 403 extra de parfum by bon parfum air.
Ryan:Let's do it, man. I'm ready to get into this full big juicy bottle big old slurpy bottle love it.
Myke:it Giving this puppy away as well.
Ryan:Yeah, we will tell you who that is at the end of this episode. He's trying really hard to get this out. Oh fine, there you go. You know, I like the simplicity of this bottle. I like the design of it.
Myke:What is that? That's 100 mil right.
Ryan:Yeah, it's 100 mil. I've held a lot of 100 mils in my hands, mike, this is definitely 100 mil. Yeah, I believe that.
Myke:There we go. Whoa, let's see if you think what I think.
Ryan:This is very stylish. It's kind of the vibe I'm getting here. Yeah, okay.
Myke:That's really good. You know what I kind of get. What do you get and I like about it? What Like a spicy Play-Doh?
Ryan:Weird. I kind of see that. Thank God it doesn't lean totally Play-Doh, though, but I do see where you're going with that and it's kind of sweet, kind of boozy, almost.
Myke:This is styling dude. This is kind of a long, because you like, uh, disaronno, this kind of got that sort of sweetness, that syrupy sweetness. This I was not expecting to smell like this.
Ryan:What did you think it was going to smell like? I don't know why, but I just heard myrrh and I just I don't need to look, guys, I don't know what myrrh smells. Like I should probably, but I don't. Yeah, like I'm not following a north star and trying to deliver something to some baby somewhere, but you act like a baby quite a bit, yes, but but, man, I thought it was going to be like a dirty kind of dingy smell, that's not that at all okay, is this unisex?
Ryan:because I don't. It doesn't feel unisex. I guess it could be. Yeah, it's unisex, the best way I can describe this. It's styling. It's kind of proper.
Myke:It feels a little dressy yeah, it has a sweetness to it, like there's a spiciness, there's the tiniest hint of this kind of. Especially right right off the atomizer it kind of gives like this Play-Doh-y type smell, not too much, just enough. But then it has this spicy sweetness and I wore the hell out of this thing.
Ryan:It smells really good. I will say we've done three episodes. This will be episode number three since you got back. Yeah, thank God we've been smelling good stuff. I always hate when we go through like a run of light, just like that's all right, it's okay. This morning I'm kind of proud that we're actually smelling something that feels it feels a little different too. You know, yeah, this does kind of have a lamal thing kind of going on, and I'll tell you why.
Ryan:Okay, it's got two perfumers with this fragrance. One of them uh, they look like they may be fairly new, but one of them her name is uh I hope I'm pronouncing this right amelia, jaquan or jaquin. And then this other one we've heard this name a lot, especially if you listen to the other podcast or those other dudes across from that pond shit, you know. But we always hear them talking about quentin bish, quentin bish this and quentin bish that. And I always thought when they were talking about this guy I would get it confused with. My dad wrote a porno podcast, because there's a character named bish in that thing. Oh, really, there's no correlation, obviously, because that's a made-up character in that.
Myke:Some dude's dad wrote a porno I always think of new girl and there's a character named winston and they call them winnie the bish, winnie the bish. So then I always say quinny the bish.
Ryan:I feel like we say this every time this guy's name comes up.
Myke:I don't think I've explained it. I think I just call him quinny the bish, but but that's why he's made no, none.
Ryan:And he's made a few of the Lamal fragrances that's right, One of them being like the latest Elixir and all that. Yeah, so it has. If you've ever smelled Lamal, any of the Lamals, they kind of always have that weird the best way I can describe it when you're smelling it as a scent profile. But there's like this weird yeah.
Myke:There's, she's like a haze.
Ryan:Yeah right, so this has that vibe, the same kind of vibe I can say, though it's getting a little punched up on the skin. I kind of like it. Oh man, this thing is so good, it gets a little bit even more masculine on the skin.
Myke:It's almost like I kind of wish my car smelled like this. It wouldn't be a bad smell, my F-150. She's nine years old this year.
Ryan:Wow, she's almost old enough to drive almost nearly got 200 000 miles on it.
Myke:God damn, are you gonna have to get a new vehicle soon? Tried and true, god. I hope not. I'm knock on wood here, god, no way, I way. I hope I get 300,000 out of her. I hope you do too, mike. I just want to keep riding that girl as long as possible.
Ryan:You just know as soon as you leave today.
Myke:Yeah, my freaking transmission is going to fall out from under it.
Ryan:Slowly turn the key and it's going to look like that scene at a freaking casino.
Myke:Pull up your car. Speaking of all that nonsense, so I didn't talk about this on the episode. But I land in Atlanta, okay, and I'm sitting waiting for my flight and my flight gets delayed and all of a sudden, over the loudspeaker in the terminal, it says this is an emergency. This is not a test. Stand by and wait for further instruction. Again, this is an emergency. This is not a test. And that plays that loops over and over for like an hour. Wow, okay, while we're sitting around waiting, you ever know what the emergency was? Yes, it turns out. One of the airplanes from the terminal I'm at takes off, gets in the air, the whole cabin fills with smoke and they have to turn around and land it back.
Ryan:Goddamn. Yeah, See, this is why I don't fly. There's that once in a million thing and I'd be one of those people on that plane. Yeah, Except for if I was in it, it'd be Final Destination. You're like half the fucking plane Fly I'd get sucked out of it or something.
Myke:You know what? Isn't it ironic? Yeah, don't you think?
Ryan:This smells really really good. Yes, it does it almost. I'm trying to describe the scent and it's so hard, which is a good thing, by the way. Yeah, I can't say it because I don't want to make it. It's going to sound bad if I say it, just say it it has. No, I can't, it just would make it sound bad and it's not really that. It's like the subtleness of that, can't? It just would make it sound bad and it's not really that. It's like the subtleness of that. Fuck it, kill me if it's bad, but there's like this subtle, almost like toothpaste thing going on. Okay, let me just try to find this. It's very subtle, but it's like clean, it's like no, I don't get any of that.
Ryan:Maybe it's's mint or something. Let me look at the notes. Maybe that would help us with this. Okay, you think that's going to help, I don't know. Okay, so top notes are bitter orange, black currant, leaf, grapefruit. Middle notes are timur. It's like T-I-M-U-R Cinnamon I can get cinnamon in this Cypress basil and then this cypress basil, and then base notes are myrrh. I don't know what that smells like cosmon I don't know what the fuck that is. It looks like freaking meth. Oh interesting. Uh, a key gala would akigala, would akigala would vanilla, benzenoine, patchouli, musk and atlas cedar.
Ryan:yeah, it's so good that is nice so this weird cosmon thing I'm looking up the odor profile a white musk scent, but pleasantly sweetish oh god, some word, we don't know. Yeah, but it does have this unique sweet, but it's not like over the top gourmand sweet yeah, for sure.
Myke:It's like if you came in and somebody was cooking and it smelled like this, it wouldn't turn you off. It does smell edible, but you can't put your finger on what it smells like. I mean what I like about this fragrance? It's so unique and different. I haven't smelled anything like this before. It wears really well, has great longevity. It is an interesting fragrance.
Ryan:I swear to God, god I get like this. I don't want to. I'm not telling you guys that it this is what it smells like. It has this unique smell, but then it's like there's a hint of like, just like it's clean, like yeah, your toothpaste thing. I don't get that, I can't get out of my head, dude. But to me I'm someone's like damn that person. If they wore, if they wore that, I don't know, smell good, fresh breath.
Myke:Yeah, I feel like if this smelled like some sort of food, it would be like if I visited a country for the first time and they said hey, this is like a common cookie that we make. It's like a tea cake type cookie and it's made with fruits and spices and they handed it to me. I would expect it to smell like this. It has like a tea cake type cookie and it's made with fruits and spices and they handed it to me. I would expect it to smell like this. It has this fruity, spicy nature to it. Yeah, and I'd probably fucking love it. You can really smell the cinnamon, by the way, to me at least. Yeah, there is a good amount of the spiciness in there. It smells really good. It's warm smelling it is good. Yeah, warm smelling it is good. Yeah, wore this one a couple of times, really enjoyed it.
Ryan:Price and popularity $220 for 100 ml, that's a good price. That's a fair price, fair price, yeah. Popularity it's brand new people yeah, but still, with eight votes, it's a four out of five Okay. So right now it's trending popular. I could see it being popular.
Myke:Yeah.
Ryan:Would you give it a high rating? I would. If I was going to give it between what and a five, whatever, or out of five, I would probably say me personally, it's like a four to a 4.1. Okay, which is good, yeah, hmm, what do you think? What would you rate? I think it's above that for me.
Myke:Yeah, what do you think? Maybe I'm associating it with good times as well. But yeah, I really like it, man, it's somewhere in between a four and a five. To me 4. But yeah, I really like it, man, it's somewhere in between a four and a five. To me, 4.5 would be good Okay.
Ryan:I really like it.
Myke:I'm not pulling your leg whenever I say I hate that we're giving this away.
Ryan:I'm with you. I'm backing you up. This is a really good fragrance. I mean, it's badass, yeah.
Myke:The atomizer is great. I love the kind of the branding and the look of the bottle and this was the first time I've ever smelled this brand. Nice, click on the cap. There we should have done more research about the brand.
Ryan:You know, us guys, yeah, well, you know what can you do?
Myke:Yeah, if you guys win this bottle. It has traveled the world, it has nearly escaped a plane fire and it got to spend an extra night in Paris because I missed my connecting flight.
Ryan:Wow, If you want us to let us know, We'll autograph it.
Myke:They don't want that. So here's something interesting about this fragrance. Okay, it was, let's see me. Tony and Barry went to this booth and talked with the gentleman who owned the company, okay, and he walked us through it, we sprayed it, we were smelling it, and he was kind enough to give us bottles of it. And we also got invited to the launch party later that night, which was amazing, okay, but throughout the day we kept smelling it on our hands.
Myke:We all liked the smell of it. But then we said, hey, does it smell like this to you? And I'm like no way. And then, you know, tony would say that and then barry would be like oh, it kind of smells like this and I'll be like no way. And then we smelled it on each other and all three of us. It smelled insanely different on each person different oil, makeups. Huh yeah, just a different body chemistry. But it's wild because on me it was spicier and I think it was. On me it was spicier and I think it was. On Barry it was like it had a little bit more bitterness to it.
Ryan:The best way I can describe this is on my hand you have the spice like that subtle sweet cinnamon thing going on, but then it's kind of molded between the toothpaste thing and also like hold on and like dental gloves that they they'd be wearing probing around, doesn't it smell like that to you and me? Wow, your smell is even stronger, like it like dentist gloves or something going on. I know that's a wild one to say, but yeah, god, that's, it smells really good, though. I mean, I know I'm giving this really obscure, wild description of him.
Myke:I smell like rubber gloves and toothpaste, yeah, toothpaste. God damn, just a trip to the dentist overall.
Ryan:Why is it that everybody hates the dentist?
Myke:I don't know. I've never really had an issue.
Ryan:I haven't either. I mean, I fear the price tag of the dentist, oh God, yeah.
Myke:I still have my wisdom teeth in because they were like, yeah, it'll be $3,600. I was like, fuck, Nope, Just to pull them. Yeah, because one's impacted. So they're like we're going to have to do the surgery on that.
Myke:They ever tell you one day you are going to have to have like, one day you'll wake up and be, take it out the problem with them and what they told me was it was just the main reason why they get rid of them for everybody is they're so far back there, it's hard to keep them clean, and they had cavities in them, oh. So you know, I'm just hoping that one day it just kills me I think they had to cut into mine.
Ryan:I already had mine removed right before I got like braces and stuff when I was a kid. But man, it was the worst experience at a dentist thing I've ever had. Not because it was like they were like painful to me in the moment, but it was like, yeah, you go in, they give you, like you know, they make you take something before you get into your nerves or kind of calm, so you're already kind of like whatever. But when they put that gas on it cause they put me to sleep, to take it out, cause they, you've ever been like sitting in a chair and you just like not off for a second like that.
Ryan:Like that's how quick I was out and then in, you know yeah. But when I came back in and that split second, I like woke up with a mouthful of gauze and pain and it already had happened, already had happened. So it's like, it's like instantly getting hit by a truck or something.
Myke:My greatest nightmare is doing that. And then you come to and you know everybody films the people that come to you. Oh yeah, and you're like fuck that dude man, yeah, you know, you're like going off about, like, yeah, I forgot to wear underwear today. Boys, no underwear for me, everybody you know, like some shit, like that you know who wants to see me stroke it.
Myke:Dude, I cannot be. Is that your biggest fear? Yeah, I'm like that shit would be so ridiculous. I just know me, I'll take you, so you don't have to worry about it I'll still record you yeah, you better keep that shit under lock and key.
Ryan:Only the patreons get to see that I'm yokey oh man, there's no telling you know what's funny is that, you know, it was my mom at the time that took me to do that and she was like you were so mean to everybody, you were cussing everybody out, wanting to fight them. Wow, and that's totally not like me. Yeah, I think I was just so out of it's like the, that's the deep inner yeah we both know.
Myke:Whenever we went and we took that gummy in the hotel room, oh god, and I'm like bouncing off the wall going. I'm the king of time. I'm like hi had to go.
Ryan:Hey, man, they're gonna call the police. Yeah, I'm like high having to go, hey, man.
Myke:They're going to call the police, yeah.
Ryan:I'm like having to like sober up to try to like calm you down. Yeah, I would not want to see you all for some grade, medical grade shit.
Myke:Yeah, no joke. You guys know, if you've ever had a little THC gummy time, just it slows down, dude, it's like a trickle, it's fun and it's scary.
Ryan:Yeah, it's so wild Because you'll be like God I've been doing this for an hour and you look down like holy shit. Five minutes, yeah, that's it.
Myke:Yeah.
Ryan:And every time I do that that gives me anxiety, Right. I feel like I'm stuck in some paradox.
Myke:Yeah, yeah, you're like hurry up, get, get back to normal.
Ryan:Yeah, look, I know there's a lot of you out there that can wake and bake and shake and bake and whatever. Take 50 gummies. Yeah, for us it's like it's a planned event when I do it, just because I just can't live like that. It scares the shit out of me.
Myke:No, I don't want that to be my reality. Who's wearing this? Well, your boy wore it quite a bit and wore it to a party, enjoyed it, felt like for the occasion. It worked well because I was dressed up. You know, it's about as good looking as I'm going to get.
Ryan:I saw the pic, you know that's about as good a looking as I'm going to get.
Myke:I saw the pic you look great.
Ryan:You look sharp. No thanks, man. The whole time before you left he's like God damn it, I'm supposed to lose weight.
Myke:I look like fucking I'm the same way as I was when we were fucking bucks. No, it's 10 pounds heavier than last year. You don't look it, though. You look thinner than.
Ryan:I think you just had more muscle on than you did. Maybe you're right. I'm being serious, I wasn't sure. Could I tell you fat as hell? Yeah, I love you like that?
Myke:Well, either way, as about as fancy schmancy as I could get You're sharp, I did get, and I was wearing this and it felt great, so is this a dressed up fragrance, or could you wear it casually like today? No, I wouldn't wear it casually, you wouldn't Okay, no, I mean I did, but that was just to like really live in the fragrance. You know a little bit.
Ryan:So you think this is your dressed up fragrance.
Myke:I think it's kind of the same thing I said with Ruby, really, which is, I think it's office plus nicer Gotcha. I don't think it's office plus nicer Gotcha. I don't think it's PJ pants and a hoodie.
Ryan:I'm with you. I wouldn't want to waste it.
Myke:This is a good fragrance, no, it would have to be where the event is either elevated or your dress is elevated.
Ryan:Yeah, Age like probably 20 and up, 25 and up, even older.
Myke:Yeah, yeah, for sure. I'm thinking maybe 30 and up. Okay, there's a certain quality about this that does make it feel a tiny bit more mature okay what do you?
Ryan:think. I think I agree. But then there's part of me that's like it does have a little lamal likeness to it, so it kind of makes me feel like it can be younger. I feel like 25 and up. I mean I know we're splitting hairs, there's like five year difference, but I think it's a young man and up. I definitely think it leans more masculine too. If I could get five years, back ryan I would yeah.
Myke:Does this, when you close your eyes, take you to milan, italy? Well, no, I wasn't gonna say that. I was gonna say like to a memory or to a place. Does it remind you of anything? I'm?
Ryan:laying there and the light is blinding.
Myke:I can't even open my eyes. Oh God, here we go.
Ryan:And then you hear oh shit, Todd had horror music to that oh lord, are you gonna skip it, sample it or buy it?
Myke:what are you gonna do, ryan?
Ryan:this is a really, really hard sample. Okay, I would say anybody out there, if you can get a sample of this, definitely try it. I think this would be in a lot of people's wheelhouse. I think they would like this. I I really do. I love this. Actually I don't know if I'd buy it yet, but I'm pretty, pretty, pretty convinced on this one. This one smells good. I mean, I'm basically right now just gonna see how the dry down does for the next hour or so, but I'm with you. I think this is office and up, maybe a date night or an event, but it smells so good. It is you. It's very unique. It really is unique, very high-end, unique. I love it stands out, but it's a hard sample for me right now okay, yeah, I think that's fair.
Ryan:Okay, yeah, it's a buy for me I could tell yeah, this and this is really deep in your wheelhouse this is your.
Myke:yeah, I really like it, man, I really do, and it's got the added bonus of kind of being tied to a few memories now as well. Yeah, but the smell of it's really great. It did work well with kind of the outfit and the dressing up and all that stuff. I like it. I like what it's doing. I think it's a high quality fragrance. It had great longevity, man, I can't say enough good things about it. It was a surprise to me, no, and when it comes to having like a unique characteristic about it, this one just doesn't smell like anything I've ever smelled.
Ryan:You know, this could be a great fragrance to somebody else besides you, mike. Okay, and I think we need to finally say who's taking this from the patron. Which one of these lovely bastards is going to be getting this full 100 ml bottle? Ooh, this person, I think, would smell really good in it. They've been a patron for a while now. Tell me Good person here, mr Victor R, here in actually Texas, you will be getting this full juicy bottle of Myrrh.
Myke:Shadow 403. It's not even going to have to leave God's country.
Ryan:Better known as Cowboy's Country that's right which we all know is in a sad state of affairs right now. Please send your prayers and condolences for us. Yeah, I think this guy's going to like it. When you get this, you write us, you come to the community chat on our Patreon, you let us know what you think about this fragrance, because I really like it and I think you're going to love this fragrance. I really do.
Myke:Yeah, it's amazing, and if you don't just shoot it right back to us, be happy to have it back.
Ryan:All right, that's today's episode, guys. You know we love you Again. Thank you, guys, for being so patient with us this past week or two. We're finally back into the groove of everything and until next time, spray it up, y'all.