Breath of God (B Never Too Busy To Be Beautiful)


By Dane

Before we move on to the weirdness that is Breath of God, a little background info. B Never Too Busy To Be Beautiful (seriously, I'm not making that up) is an off-shoot of the ever-popular mall stinker, Lush (as of yet, only available in England.) Their claim is that their products are (mostly) natural and vegan. Typically something like that would make me run for to the Comme des Garcons aisle, but BNTBTBB happens to make some interesting offerings (made notorious by a certain reviewing duo.)

On to the blasphemy that is Breath of God. Did I see (or smell rather) an epiphany upon spritzing? Not quite, but BoG did evoke something in me - I can't say I've ever smelled anything like it before (not an easy task to pull these days.) Opening with a peculiar minty blast of bitter woods, BoG doesn't play any games with subtlety. A bonfire smoke follows, moving on to an unexpected bruised fruit accord. A strange combo, but somehow successful. Just think, all this could be yours...and in a cheap bottle hot-glued to a cake plate!

I mistakenly assumed that this type of "natural" fragrance would fall short in terms of longevity, but BoG goes on for hours and hours and fills the room with its weirdness. This won't be easy to come by here in North America, but if you get the chance to smell it, don't pass it up.

Year: 2007
Perfumer: Simon Constantine
Notes: Cedar, Rose, Ylang Ylang, Vetiver, Lemon, Grapefruit, Neroli, Black Pepper, Sandalwood, Cade

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9 comments:

  1. Based on the minty note, it sounds as though God was kind enough to brush his teeth that morning!
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  2. ...but then followed up by lighting something on fire and eating a moldy peach.
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  3. well, hey...no one ever said that smiting the unjust was clean work!
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  4. I just realized after reading this that the shortened BoG you used in the review is the word for God in Croatian (bog = god). Strangely bizarre. :)
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  5. Weird, strange, and (for me) unwearable. It has the same strange appeal as a horror flick. I have to say that after seeing 5 stars by one of the aforementioned notorious duo, the first words into my head were: They've jumped the shark. I just wonder, with the cheap tacky bottle and grandiose name whether a huge trick is being played on us? Thanks for the review!
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  6. Scott - I tend to agree with them (not sure about 5-stars, but 4 for sure). At this point, I'm only impressed with weirdness...although when it comes to wearability, this would be lacking.
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  7. I won a sample of this from a blog, and was pleased to try it but wow. Scrubber. Breath of God is only slightly more pleasant on the skin than Breath of Chihuahua. Blergh.
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  8. ROFL: Breath of Chihuahua! I have Breath of Chihuahua! no, wait...that sounds wrong. I brush and gargle, but my Chihuahua does not. And his breath...yeah. ew.
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  9. Whilst B was trading, I detested BOG. Now its gone and all I have left is one measly mini spray, I find BOG works on sun-warmed skin like nothing else. Yes, its a bit hammy, a bit smoky, a bit very ripe peach with two handfuls of flower petals chucked at it, but left on the skin, it's a delight. And I am utterly converted. Never thought I'd see the day.
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