A Review of the Snif x Harry Hudson Fragrance

Welcome to Tynan Sinks’ new fragrance column, Smells Like Trouble. As Review2Coupon’s resident fragrance connoisseur, Tynan will be sharing the scents that linger on in his mind, and nose, and clothes.

I’m from the Midwest where it’s cold as hell. A type of cold you can’t forget and never recover from. Winters seem to last forever, coming to an end in late April and starting again at the top of September. It’s in my bones, always.

When you live in a climate where it gets so cold, you squeeze every possible bit of juice out of the warmer days, because even as they’re happening, they seem like a memory, a dream you might wake up from in the middle of a frigid winter night.

There was always a weird heat wave at the beginning of the year when the temperature would hit the mid-thirties, which, I know isn’t warm, but in the middle of a bone-chilling winter, can almost feel like summer. It would never last for long, but the winter air felt thicker, a little more humid, and it would make you feel like spring was just out of your reach, just around the corner. It was a fleeting feeling of hope that reminded me that one day, I would wear short sleeves again.

When these weird winter warm fronts would hit, I’d always convince myself that spring had come early that year, and that was just going to be how it felt until June, a surprise spring that gave way to an endless summer. It never worked out that way, as these weird warm fronts were inevitably followed by a polar vortex so cold you couldn’t go outside for fear of your eyeballs literally freezing inside your head. But sometimes you tell yourself stories to make it through the winter.

There is a point to this, I swear. What I mean to say is that a new scent fell into my lap that reminded me of this very rare, specific time. This fragrance smells how spring feels.

Snif is a new brand that you’ve probably seen on Instagram. I’ll be honest, at first, I was skeptical, but after trying their collection, I can fully say I’m a believer. Their latest scent, A Scent By Harry Hudson, is a collab with, you guessed it, singer Harry Hudson (who has a new album that is very good and you should listen to). The scent proudly exclaims “we bottled happiness.” It’s a big claim, but you know what? I can’t say they’re wrong.