沉思：Clandestine Laboratories Ceremony 儀式

香調表：
苦橙、新鮮水果協調、靈芝、綠茶、藍蓮花、針葉木協調、沉香、白麝香

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我最終將其定義為木質麝香作品——但這個分類大概存在爭議。
香水中的元素經過了不可思議地扭曲，最終呈現出迷幻的、瀰散的奇異麝香，乾淨、空洞，像是一座極簡主義雕塑，氛圍疏離而沉默，卻在空間中昭示著自己的龐大存在感。

Ceremony 的氣味整體並不複雜，至少表面上是如此——氣味變化上跟 Clandestine Laboratories 的其餘作品相比也比較線性，但奇特到怪異的氣味蓋過了這個缺點。

前調首先是新鮮的苦橙與果香氣息，有點像是桃子或荔枝，相當多汁的甜味果香在僅僅一分中內就會褪去，鋪開整支作品的氣味：

首先是茶香。這裡的茶香不是我們常喝的亞洲茶，比較接近雅頓綠茶中的綠茶 accord ，較為低沉且質地明顯偏向植物感的綠茶香。
接著是蓮花。蓮花通常在香水中是屬於靠近「背景位置」的花香，略帶水生感且朦朧不清。
靈芝與針葉木協調被我放在一起——這兩著組成了一種略帶土壤聯想的苦澀氣息，用於氣味基底。
最後是沉香。這裡的沉香被強烈地扭曲了，扭曲成一種邊緣極為不平整、近乎絨毛感的輕薄木香。我會點出這個元素是因為我曾在 Clandestine Laboratories 的 Otter 裡聞過同樣的氣息，因此猜測這個味道就是這支作品中的沉香。

茶香、蓮花、靈芝、針葉木、沉香，以及作為氣味核心的麝香，共同組成了一種沒有「核心」的香氣。這段味道體感上非常龐大，噴在皮膚上就像是冷氣一樣不停向外擴散，卻沒有任何厚度或是立體感。像是美術展場中的冰冷空氣、打著冷光的空白畫紙，或筆觸冰涼的低彩度畫作，純淨而漠然。

我能想像這支作品在香水新手中一砲而紅的樣子——漠然，卻又無比特殊的氣息。

個人觀點的評分總結：

持香性：10（活躍期約4小時）
實穿性：10（奇異的木質麝香）
表現性：7（線性且層次固定）
價格比：6（100ml / 298 美元）

Ceremony is an unusual woody musk composition—strange, airy, and subtly disorienting.

It opens with a brief burst of bitter orange and a juicy fruitiness reminiscent of peach or lychee. This sweet, ripe note fades quickly—within a minute—making way for the fragrance’s core.

First comes the tea. This isn’t the fresh, leafy tea familiar in Asian blends—it’s closer to the vegetal green tea accord found in scents like Elizabeth Arden Green Tea: darker, more plant-like.

Next is lotus. As in many perfumes, the lotus here plays a supporting role—a watery, hazy floral note that lingers in the background. It’s delicate and diffuse, barely forming a clear shape.

Then, a strange, earthy bitterness appears, likely from a combination of reishi mushroom and coniferous woods. Together, they provide a dry, soil-like undertone.

Finally, the oud—though it doesn’t smell like traditional oud. Here, it’s distorted and airy, with a fuzzy, almost fibrous texture. I suspect it’s the same note found in Otter by Clandestine Laboratories: more abstract than literal, more sensation than substance.

All these elements are stretched and warped, resulting in a musky scent that feels both expansive and empty. There is no true “center” to the fragrance. Musk acts as the structural core, but it’s not dense—it’s ambient, cold, and diffusive.

Wearing Ceremony is like stepping into a contemporary art space: cold air humming from a ventilation system, clean lines, silence. It radiates outward without weight—detached and minimal, but present in an undeniable way.