Falling Stars on Winter Solstice Alkemia

Falling stars at Winter Solistice
Description from alkemia shop
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Walking into a wooded clearing,
you look up in wonder at thousands of stars across the darkened sky.
Suddenly, a falling star streaks across the sky,
so low, you can almost touch it. Catch your breath. Make a wish.

Aromatic balsam needles, a dab of dark musk,
sweet myrrh, incense resins, melted snow,
and a touch of cabin woodstove smoke.
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Oh GOD i love this on . just the warm incensy Fir i wanted .. sigh , the balmyness , the dark warmth. the earthy enchanting aspect of this . I cant prais this enough. i simply in love with it

It is just as described . Melted snow . sweet incense.. all that jummy treat a cosy evening in the woodlands have to offer . LOVE.
I wanted somthing to kind of replaise Guerlains Winter Delice With the Pine and resin . This is even better . slightly sweeter , even more deap dark and enchanting for shure..
Must try if you like this Pine and Balmy perfumes

This smells cold. Like a cold winter pine forest, with coniferous needles covered in sparkling snow. It's a very subtle scent and the "pine" part is very resinous, amplified by the incense and opoponax, but that's how I like my conifers anyway! Cold, clean, crisp, but also soft scent. One of the best Alkemia scents I've tried.

What are you doing in the forest at this time, during the winter solstice? The shadows of the day past, the light already fading so early, the horizon shimmers faintly dark blue through the schema columns of trunks, muffling blankets of snow truly any sound. Are you not trying to get away?
Dazed by eucalyptus mists of narcotic pine needles, you stare surreal patterns into the dark, breathing menthol-cool snow scent. Above all this, a thin veil still sleeps, wafting from far away, incense like a promise to you, of security and warmth. You stand like this for half an hour, rooted between the trees, before Bernschnuppen begin to tumble from the sky, like in impressionistic dreams.
These burst in mists now, musk, dark red-spicy and warming, mixing heavy myrrh resin into the snow, projecting herbal candies. A little later, you smell a distant fire perhaps originating from a log cabin, yet you linger in the musk pine resin, escaping the true for four or five hours, recalling spring, cooling in summer, casting its shadows in autumn - onto the winter, in which, at the solstice, Bernschnuppen sleep on snow blankets.

The door opens. I step out into the winter night.
Here they come! The long-awaited!
Shooting stars of resin burn into incense,
getting caught in the treetops,
shining far,
falling to the ground,
melting tiny red-glowing craters in the snow,
singing a song
of heaven and earth,
of falling and rising,
of change and transformation,
of courage through security.

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The balsamic start gives a feeling of security and at the same time there are facets that spark curiosity, that entice, that draw attention to the unexpected. Sometimes the scent appears resinously soft, then slightly sweet-resinous, and then again it leans more towards a spicy pine scent. New "scenting stars" keep appearing that are already burning out in the sky or getting caught in the treetops. Their incense glow dispels the darkness. Then again, slightly cool facets emerge; I perceive neither mint nor menthol. But coolness. With a soft resinous base, the scent of the winter solstice accompanies me for almost 6 hours.

On the day of the summer solstice, with outside temperatures of almost 30°, writing a review for a fragrance that thematizes the winter solstice is admittedly audacious. But I don't want to wait another six months, as a traveling package wants to move on. And the "Midsummer Alchemy," which the Alkemia label would naturally also have on offer (with over 600 fragrances, there should be something suitable for every day of the calendar, every weather, every occasion...), is simply not in the package. So here we go!

You don't have to sit in the sun. Even now, in June, there are cool rooms. A cathedral would be fitting, as this is a resinous incense scent. This becomes more than clear with the first sniff from the opened vial. And this first impression is indeed very pleasant: cool incense, bright and fresh, not warm at all, not inappropriate for this warm day. The needle resins of the balsam fir (Abies balsamea) contribute to this impression. Something ethereal, almost menthol-like, resonates. On the skin, however, a quickly returning Alkemia note appears in the background, and the incense resins become a bit warmer. Perhaps the slightly sweet Opoponax comes through more here. There’s also a spiciness that doesn’t quite make sense from the pyramid, but now actually exudes something Christmas-like and wintry, which unfortunately somewhat exceeds the intended framework for me. Perhaps it was indeed reckless to do this in midsummer. A pity for the fragrance - although I don't particularly enjoy Christmas magic even in winter. The indicated wood smoke would have been most welcome in a slightly more pronounced form, but it remains subdued, barely perceptible. I can't imagine anything under the also listed "snow," and nothing arises that would trigger an Aha effect. Not even coke (although I probably wouldn't recognize that either).

I would have been curious about the namesake shooting stars, and some other reviewers seem to have experienced corresponding effects here. Shooting stars, flashes of light, fireflies - whatever you want to call it, there are fragrances where individual notes unexpectedly and crystal clear emerge and shine throughout the experience. But to enjoy that, I would have had to wait until the Perseids in August, as the fragrance unfortunately doesn't fit that format. What must be acknowledged, however, is that the longevity is very good compared to other fragrances from the house.

I will probably continue to sniff the vial from time to time, certainly with pleasure, then pass it on and give someone else a chance to appreciate the fragrance under more favorable circumstances, perhaps at the winter solstice.

Thanks to BeJot, once again!