Image of Statik Olfactive Into The Wild by Karl.

For Chris Martin, founder and creative director of Statik Olfactive, fragrance is not an accessory—it’s a form of orientation. In Statik Olfactive Into The Wild, he invites us to cross a threshold few modern perfumes attempt: to stand still in a place that is vast, quiet, and real. Launched in 2023, Statik Olfactive is shaped by Martin’s instinct for atmosphere, memory, and material. Into The Wild is his most intimate work yet. It doesn’t speak in symbols or metaphors. It is direct. It is pine, smoke, ozone. The feeling of being very small in a vast, living world.

The brief is personal. For Martin, the forest is not a poetic device but a place remembered with precision—his native Pennsylvania, its layered scents changing with altitude, season, and time of day. As creative director, he steers Into The Wild with clarity: this is not the fantasy of the outdoors, it is its breath. Its textures. Its emotional terrain.

The fragrance itself has been composed by the renowned perfumer Darren Alan of Darren Alan Perfumes, whose technical execution brings Martin’s vision to life. Known for his meticulous approach to natural materials, Alan balances restraint and depth throughout the structure, letting the environment emerge note by note.

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 Statik Olfactive Into The Wild opens with a rush of altitude. Ozone, Canadian black spruce, and both Spanish and Indian cypress come together in a way that is not sharp, but clear. A log cabin smoke accord threads beneath it all—not dramatic, but familiar. The kind of woodsmoke you carry home in your clothing after hours by a dying fire. It’s intimate. It stays with you.

In the heart, Martin’s sense of movement continues. Fern accord, green leaf, and Indian galbanum convey depth and foliage. There is no embellishment. Egyptian violet leaf absolute adds steel and air, while wild honeysuckle—never sweet—lends a pale brightness, like light through canopy. This is not a green perfume in the traditional sense. It’s verdant, yes, but dense. Breathing, not blooming.

Unsplash moss on stone

The base settles slowly. Texas cedarwood and Indonesian agarwood form a clean, fibrous spine. Indian patchouli, French castoreum, and civet absolute (ethically sourced) introduce warmth and quiet animalic hum—never overpowering, but grounding. A final touch of French oakmoss absolute completes the architecture, mossy and mineral like lichen on rock. The composition is over 76% natural, and it shows. You feel the materials on skin, and how they shift with your body’s own rhythm.

Martin doesn’t tell you what to feel. He simply sets the environment and lets you enter it. There’s confidence in that silence. Statik Olfactive Into The Wild doesn’t push to be noticed, but it’s impossible to ignore once you wear it. The structure is slow, deliberate, and emotional—not in the sense of sentimentality, but of memory: things recalled by scent, the weight of air before a storm, the damp cold of lichen, the comfort of solitude.

Even the name—Into The Wild—feels less like a title than an instruction. It doesn’t promise an escape. It offers a return. This is where Chris Martin’s strength lies—not just in direction, but in sensory clarity. He understands how scent can shape inner space. That the quiet strength of the forest is not loudness, but presence. That stillness can be worn. Into The Wild is his signature, not just as founder, but as a storyteller. And in Alan’s skilled hands, that vision becomes skin-scented topography—something felt more than analyzed.

There is no forced duality here. No “urban versus natural”, no “nostalgia versus modernity”. Just breath, bark, air. The wilderness interpreted with honesty. With Into The Wild, Statik Olfactive carves a space for those who seek not distraction, but return. This is fragrance as atmosphere. As orientation. A clearing in the trees.

Top Notes: Ozone Accord, Canadian Black Spruce, Spanish Cypress, Indian Cypress, Log Cabin Smoke Accord; Middle Notes: Fern Accord, Green Leaf Accord, Indian Galbanum, Egyptian Violet Leaf Absolute, Wild Honeysuckle Accord; Base Notes: Texas Cedarwood, Indonesian Agarwood (Non-Infected Heartwood), Indian Wild Harvest Patchouli, French Castoreum Absolute (Ethically Sourced), French Civet Absolute (Ethically Sourced), French Oakmoss Absolute

Karl Topham, Senior Editor.

Statik Olfactive Into The Wild courtesy of the brand.

Disclosure: 50 my bottle of Statik Olfactive Into The Wild sent to me to review, as always my thoughts are my own.

50 ml bottle in  box via the brand

Thanks to the generosity of Chris Martin, we have a 50 ml bottle of Statik Olfactive Into The Wild for one registered reader WORLDWIDE. You must register, or your entry will not count. To be eligible, please comment on what sparked your interest in Karl’s review and where you live. Draw closes 06/16/2025.

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