Rainbow Bar 19-69 2017

opens with a gorgeous burst of moss, prickly coniferous tree spice, dry wood, and tart lime and bergamot. there's both a green and warm spice. this fragrance is deeply green, lush, and fresh, like a warm Californian forest. like ferns and bushes crowding the forest floor as the sun heats them through the canopy of trees above. there's definitely a bit of basil and the hint of a salty "marine air", but it's by no means the star of the show nor does it sway the overall scent of this perfume much. there is a bit of sweetness from the overall fruit notes of the fragrance but the sweetness merely helps to cut away some of the sharpness of conifer. there is the gentlest vanilla and oak.
overall it is woody, mossy, green spicy, piney, and beautiful.

This smells like an aromatic herbal lemonade with a woody background and a little bit of juicy sweetness from the grape. The grape note surprised me. I could actually detect it and it wasn't like a sugary purple grape juice you give to kids. Instead, this feels like a hot summer day where you stuff your mouth full of fat green grapes and they all are popping like little fresh treats. I'm not typically a citrus person but this is balanced perfectly where it doesn't overpower the whole fragrance.

There are various sizes and prices available such as 100ml for $195, 30ml for $85, and 9ml for $30. This is one that I might buy a full bottle of because it feels like an everyday scent that anyone of any gender can wear. The projection was fairly strong, I was catching the scent on myself through the day. It also lasted most of the day, about 6 hours.

In a weird way, even though it's not a gourmand, it's really mouth-watering.

And finally a very green, very spicy scent without patchouli!
It opens fresh, and citrusy with an immediate woody accord. I think what keeps it from veering too much in any direction and preserving that almost ethereal quality is just how well-balanced it is.

The grape seed, the basil, the nutmeg, and the whiskey apart from the spicier notes all blend together so well. Underneath it all there's also a freshness.

I'm very impressed. It might lean a bit more masculine but I would wear it :)