Above Us, Steorra by Aēsop (2025) - Statement by Midnights

Konst121 3 days ago

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Apart from the last line, it sounds good.

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Midnights 2 days ago

The synthetic notes are quite overwhelming for me. It starts off so beautifully, though.

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Spatzl 1 month ago

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Such a shame that the chemistry ruins everything here. It could be done more delicately.

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Midnights 30 days ago

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I'm pretty sure: under Lyn Harris or Delphine Thierry, this would have been a great fragrance.

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Rupansai 1 month ago

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Sounds a bit dangerous *tin foil hat*

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Midnights 1 month ago

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He's not dangerous, just wants to cuddle... ;)

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JonasP1 1 month ago

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Lana ;-) I’m not sure if the labdanum would be for me.

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Midnights 1 month ago

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Was my Lana reference that easy to figure out?! ;) It's quite airy and light, especially if the synthetic notes don't come through for you...

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Wisivc 1 month ago

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We're in the same boat 😂 I tested it yesterday (and I don't have a final opinion yet, but I'm not feeling it too much; there's something about it that I don't like the longer I wear it. Probably around a 7 for me.)

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Wisivc 30 days ago

Although I occasionally struggle with Cypriol, that could also be my 'artificial wood'.

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Wisivc 30 days ago

I’m not exactly sure what it is either. Ambro - something, probably (But thankfully, definitely not Ambrocenide 🤣, because that would make my hair stand on end. And fall out.) There’s also a prickly synthetic wood in there, which I find just kind of mediocre. In the dry down, it unfortunately becomes too synthetic for me, in an unpleasant way.

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Midnights 1 month ago

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That's exactly it: the longer it's on my skin, the less I like it. Something comes through that we both react sensitively to. I think I'm smelling Ambro(-fix? -xan? -xid?).

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Tony1106 1 month ago

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Too bad, I've already tried quite a few from the house and haven't been disappointed so far.

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Midnights 1 month ago

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The brand has solid offerings. I don't find the scents particularly exciting, but they're consistently good. This one seems to be perceived very differently, so it's worth a try. :)

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Mrtangiers 1 month ago

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What a shame, it could have been so nice...

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Midnights 1 month ago

It sounded promising and started off well...

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HasenNase 1 month ago

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There seems to be something in it that people perceive very differently.

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Midnights 1 month ago

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Looks like it. But it's also kind of nice; it's part of the fragrance magic… 🤗

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Sapho 1 month ago

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Everything was fine until the synthetic labdanum came along.

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Midnights 1 month ago

I can be a bit sensitive sometimes, I admit it. And sometimes, synthetic notes are really not an issue at all. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Duftgroupie 1 month ago

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Sounds really interesting until the chemtrails.

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Midnights 1 month ago

They seem to vary greatly depending on the skin, either being strong or hardly noticeable at all.

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Cenno 1 month ago

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Aluminum hat is good, I'm quite cheerful about it.
It wasn't really my thing either.

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Midnights 1 month ago

The tin foil hat really suits you… ☺️

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Knopfnase 1 month ago

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It almost hurts to read this… 😉 I love it, but I also don't have any synthetic scents in my nose. Thankfully. 😊

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Midnights 1 month ago

I'm sorry, but I'm sure it smells much better on you. There's a kind of synthetic note that develops unpleasantly on me, but smells great on others (Hi @Jeob!).

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Scentwolf 1 month ago

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You manage to crush great hopes with just one line...
I'll still give it a sniff when I get the chance.

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Midnights 1 month ago

I understood you even without the wink emoji. 😉 Definitely worth a try, seems to develop very differently on the skin.

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Scentwolf 1 month ago

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I forgot the wink emoji 😉

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PET 1 month ago

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For me, it's just "nice" too.

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Midnights 1 month ago

Doesn't hurt, it's fine. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Theris 1 month ago

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It sounded so good at first, but we don't need the chemtrails!

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Midnights 1 month ago

Seems to develop very differently. Maybe you have more magic...

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Floyd 1 month ago

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Uaaahhh. The chemtrails... run away... grab your tin foil hats!

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Midnights 1 month ago

Hold on, I'm just looking for the aluminum foil...

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Skydiver19 1 month ago

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... the ever-present chemtrails can be really annoying.

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Midnights 1 month ago

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They're also sneaked in so meanly...

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Bosworth 1 month ago

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What a pity. Until the second to last line, it sounds magical.

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Midnights 1 month ago

The first 30 minutes are nice on me too...

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Brida 1 month ago

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Heavens can be so different ;-)

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Midnights 1 month ago

Here is where opinions really diverge...

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ElAttarine 1 month ago

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Your statement is great! It's interesting, I don't find the synthetic notes overwhelming at all, and I'm quite sensitive to Cypriol too.

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Midnights 1 month ago

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Thank you! On my skin, it comes across as very synthetic, especially in the dry down. It's interesting how it's perceived so differently (or develops differently depending on the skin).

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Gandix 1 month ago

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The brand hasn't really impressed me so far either.

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Midnights 1 month ago

They're just nice scents that aren't overwhelming. None are really bad, but none spark excitement either.

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Midnights 1 month ago

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* Strangely, I smell things at the beginning that usually come out later: tonka bean, a lot of labdanum, a bit of styrax. All wrapped up in incense and dusted with pepper. Despite all the spiciness, the overall impression remains creamy. The dense veil lifts, and the scent becomes brighter and more delicate. I smell cardamom, whose sweetness touches my sugar threshold, while cinnamon sprinkles in. However, it never becomes edible. Caraway gets pretty lost on my skin. As the scent becomes increasingly woody and resinous, the synthetic cistus peeks out shyly, and my nose catches artificial cypriol. Until then, the synthetics were hardly bothersome; it could have been a CdG. From here on, the scent starts to annoy me, and by the time the amber note comes in, I'm out. At least it's not a super potent super amber. The sillage is somehow nice. After 30 minutes, the development is over, leaving behind a spicy-synthetic scent that keeps fading. Close to the skin, linear, pleasant.

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