Mriga (มฤค) is Thai, derived from Sanskrit, for 'deer'.
Mriga (มฤค) fragrance notes
- deer musk accord, lime, fir balsam, black spruce, grass, cade, oakmoss, indian oud, vetiver, nargamotha, rose, sandalwood, jasmine absolute, costus, wormwood, labdanum, peat
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Latest Reviews of Mriga (มฤค)

Mriga is a friendly, non-obtrusive fragrance, but at the same time, it is not for beginners. The musk here is not overly funky or animalic. The woods, citruses and musk all dance and weave in and out of the limelight early on, with the musk reigning supreme after all the fanfare is said and done and the dry down progresses.
In fact, the perfume opens briefly with notes of bergamot, fir and grass and proceeds to another brief floral woody heart comprised of labdanum, tolu balsam and agarwood. It settles fast into a prolonged powdery base of deer the musk surrounded by sandalwood, oakmoss, and vetiver.
You can definitely tell the most ingredients are all natural and top notch quality. Once the smell settles, it turns quite sensual and closer to the skin. Sillage is big but projection is closer to the skin. This will stay on your skin at least a day and few days on your clothes. The evolution of notes during the dry down can be described as art.

Some might say this smells like an old man (old soul) but to me that's absolutely fine. I wouldn't mind smelling like this now or then, an instant classic.
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Going into trying Mriga I had heard that the composition was musk focused. As I tend to dislike heavy animalics, I had a bad feeling the perfume would not be my cup of tea. It turns out, however, that perfumer Prin Lomros has composed a real winner that is the perfect balance of animalic musk with a very convincing dark green fir balsam. The supporting dulled rose adds a very nice additional facet to the composition that is subtle, but extremely effective in achieving the balance sought. It should be mentioned that the musk used here is synthetic, but it never comes off smelling that way, instead rounding out some of the most off-putting aspects of real deer musk, while maintaining the realism of the "good stuff." I strongly prefer it to real deer musk and would love other compositions to follow suit if they can pull it off as well as in Mriga. If there is a weakness to the composition, it would have to be in the late dry-down, as Mriga turns a bit bland with the gentle powdery amber-like labdanum finish that while pleasant smelling, is somewhat of a letdown after a great aromatic open and the balanced musky green heart that impressed so much. The bottom line is the animalic expectations of the $190 per 30ml bottle Mriga may scare off some, but the perfume is actually very approachable and is a "very good" to "excellent" 3.5 to 4 stars out of 5 rated effort by Prin Lomros that is recommended to all but the most animalic perfume averse among us.