Melinka by 432 Wild Botanic Perfumes
Men Women 2024
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Melinka, by 432 Wild Botanic Perfumes, is an olfactory creation from 2024 belonging to the woody-chypre family, designed for men and women. This new fragrance, framed within the 'Los 7 Mestizos' collection, stands out for its natural botanical character and is built around the wood of the Guaitecas cypress, a native tree of Patagonia. The composition, signed by Chilean distiller…
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Key notes
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Notes
incense
Community
31 votes
- Positive 84%
- Negative 13%
- Neutral 3.2%
The olfactory pyramid
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In the collection
Leading answer I want it
157 votes
What do you think?
Leading answer Love it
31 votes
Season
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60 votes
Time of day
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28 votes
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Fragrance profile
About Melinka
Melinka, by 432 Wild Botanic Perfumes, is an olfactory creation from 2024 belonging to the woody-chypre family, designed for men and women. This new fragrance, framed within the ‘Los 7 Mestizos’ collection, stands out for its natural botanical character and is built around the wood of the Guaitecas cypress, a native tree of Patagonia. The composition, signed by Chilean distiller and perfumer Joel L. Martínez, unfolds a scent pyramid where the top note is frankincense, the heart labdanum, and the base the Guaitecas cypress diluted in extracts of southern mosses.
Woods and mosses Green, herbal and fougère Musk, amber and animalic Resins and balsams
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Longevity
Leading answer Moderate
23 votes
Sillage
Leading answer Moderate
20 votes
Character
Leading answer Leans masculine
22 votes
Value perception
Tied for the lead A little expensive / Fair price
21 votes
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Community reviews
5 reviews
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A truly innovative fragrance, distilled from herbs sourced from various locations across southern Chile. It transports you straight into the forests, rain, and wet earth, with pure wood notes. It delivers exactly what it promises—a complete olfactory experience.
A beautiful scent. As a resident of Chiloé, I feel it captures the very essence of my dream homeland.
Stunning, photorealistic, and of brutal quality. It smells incredibly natural: moss, incense, and lots of yerba mate. Wonderful; one of the best I’ve ever smelled.
Smells of old wood that has accumulated moss and autumn leaves; very evocative. I wish it lasted longer, but it is a wonderful fragrance…
You can feel the freezing south wind biting your face as you step into the deep forest. Nature invades you, traps your feet, and the air wraps around you like a second skin. Melinka is super woody—a punch of woods with moss that blends the wild and green with something clean. A touch of incense with mate opens it, then fades. Afterwards, a warm aura emerges in the background, rounding off the forest with an amber heat. The amber softens the fresh greenery, which can sometimes become too clean. It’s a deceptive scent in intensity: at first it seems to fade because you get used to it, but then it reappears softened because it never truly left. A very unique aroma; if you want to smell the southern forest, this will satisfy you.