Top Notes 
Peach
Blackcurrant
Raspberry
Heart Notes 
Heliotrope
Lily of the valley
White musk
Base Notes 
Sandalwood
Amber
Citrus notes
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1 Review
bashfulfan
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My favorite
This perfume came to me by accident. I didn't like perfumes before (I'm obsessed now!), and while shopping with my daughter a vendor asked me to try it. I thought meh why not. It was a lovely fragrance but just about it.
We left the store and I started unconsciously sniffing my arm. After the fourth time I thought hey this fragrance is getting better, and after 3 hours I could still smell it loud and clear. My skin destroys perfumes quickly, so I wasn't used to have any endurance in the few perfumes I bought before.
When I smell a new perfume I pretty much dislike everything. Too loud, too sweet, too floral, too grandma like. If anything I would incline to use men fragrances, but after half an hour I would get tired of it and washed it off. Any perfume I would dare to use made me feel like someone was standing too close to me, a stranger behind.
With Desert Rose I felt nothing of the sort. The first 'tepid' impression grew into an infinite joy, having find a perfume that didn't annoy me from the start (not to mention hours later!), that the more time I had it on I liked it more and having it bloom into a warm hug as time went by.
Fresh fruits in the beginning, so lovely in their acidity and sweetness. What I learned after was musk, kept developing in my skin in a soft but steady way. And hours later I could feel it become so warm and intimate, nothing I had felt before coming from a fragrance.
This fragrance felt perfect for me. Of course I had to buy it.
I had to order it and got it a few days later. When I opened the box it smelt vile. Seriously I couldn't stand the odor, it wasn't like I didn't like the smell no longer, but as if the box had some industrial waste rotting inside. My heart broke, but braved on and opened the bottle and sprayed once. It was terrible. Not only the smell was pungent and artificial, but it could be felt from rooms away.
I couldn't understand what went wrong, maybe it was a bad batch? Did I buy a terrible copy? I was sure to return it, but was a busy week and couldn't go right away. But every day, while I was hoping to find some free time, I gave the bottle a sniff. And of course, the beast I got started to unravel into the beautiful and stunning fragrance I had found before.
Almost a year after, now I have words to describe what I love about it and why I didn't like perfumes before. I think I belong in that 20 ish percentage of people unable to smell most of musks and ambars. Sometimes I think I love perfumes, and go to a store and test some and my response is the same as before. Too simple, too pungent, too weird. I describe that discomfort as perfumes having a sharp point to them. And not being able to smell some musks, those fragrance die quickly for me.
All the elements in Desert Rose appeal to me. Its fresh start, with the blackcurrant note which is my very favorite. The lovely sweetness in the middle, with its white florals. And that lovely musk that I can finally feel. Having tried some other musky scents, I'm starting to suspect it's the musk that Afnan works with, which appeals to me so, because I have also fallen in love with Blooming Bliss, the latest Desert Rose flanker, which has that same accord at its base.
Founding this perfume started an interest for knowing more about this world, so now I find myself buying testers and discovering my likes and dislikes. And although I have found another perfumes that appeal to me, there is no love like the first love.
We left the store and I started unconsciously sniffing my arm. After the fourth time I thought hey this fragrance is getting better, and after 3 hours I could still smell it loud and clear. My skin destroys perfumes quickly, so I wasn't used to have any endurance in the few perfumes I bought before.
When I smell a new perfume I pretty much dislike everything. Too loud, too sweet, too floral, too grandma like. If anything I would incline to use men fragrances, but after half an hour I would get tired of it and washed it off. Any perfume I would dare to use made me feel like someone was standing too close to me, a stranger behind.
With Desert Rose I felt nothing of the sort. The first 'tepid' impression grew into an infinite joy, having find a perfume that didn't annoy me from the start (not to mention hours later!), that the more time I had it on I liked it more and having it bloom into a warm hug as time went by.
Fresh fruits in the beginning, so lovely in their acidity and sweetness. What I learned after was musk, kept developing in my skin in a soft but steady way. And hours later I could feel it become so warm and intimate, nothing I had felt before coming from a fragrance.
This fragrance felt perfect for me. Of course I had to buy it.
I had to order it and got it a few days later. When I opened the box it smelt vile. Seriously I couldn't stand the odor, it wasn't like I didn't like the smell no longer, but as if the box had some industrial waste rotting inside. My heart broke, but braved on and opened the bottle and sprayed once. It was terrible. Not only the smell was pungent and artificial, but it could be felt from rooms away.
I couldn't understand what went wrong, maybe it was a bad batch? Did I buy a terrible copy? I was sure to return it, but was a busy week and couldn't go right away. But every day, while I was hoping to find some free time, I gave the bottle a sniff. And of course, the beast I got started to unravel into the beautiful and stunning fragrance I had found before.
Almost a year after, now I have words to describe what I love about it and why I didn't like perfumes before. I think I belong in that 20 ish percentage of people unable to smell most of musks and ambars. Sometimes I think I love perfumes, and go to a store and test some and my response is the same as before. Too simple, too pungent, too weird. I describe that discomfort as perfumes having a sharp point to them. And not being able to smell some musks, those fragrance die quickly for me.
All the elements in Desert Rose appeal to me. Its fresh start, with the blackcurrant note which is my very favorite. The lovely sweetness in the middle, with its white florals. And that lovely musk that I can finally feel. Having tried some other musky scents, I'm starting to suspect it's the musk that Afnan works with, which appeals to me so, because I have also fallen in love with Blooming Bliss, the latest Desert Rose flanker, which has that same accord at its base.
Founding this perfume started an interest for knowing more about this world, so now I find myself buying testers and discovering my likes and dislikes. And although I have found another perfumes that appeal to me, there is no love like the first love.
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