Mistpouffer succeeds because its contradictions remain unresolved. Pine and fig leaf provide a recognisable green structure, while ozone, smoke, cypriol and malt sugar continually pull the fragrance between cold air, burnt wood and an almost caramelised sweetness. It never becomes fully aquatic, fully smoky or fully gourmand, which is precisely what keeps it difficult to classify. The fragrance will appeal most to someone drawn to atmospheric compositions and interested in the tension between something recognisably natural and something altogether more inexplicable.