Top Notes 
Lemon
Lime
Pink grapefruit
Bergamot
Orange
Heart Notes 
Spearmint
Galbanum
Base Notes 
Blond tobacco
Vetiver
06/20/2025
ClaireV
969 Reviews
ClaireV
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Probably the best natural citrus
Perhaps the greatest test for any natural perfumer is how they handle The Great Citrus Problem. Citrus notes are short-lived molecules of pure joy, and it is the task of every perfumer to come up with new solutions to make them last beyond 5 minutes. Companies with a broad palette of mixed media materials (both naturals and synthetics) can extend the citrus through layering it over coumarin or oakmoss-replacing materials; see Azemour Les Orangers (Parfum d'Empire) as perhaps the best example of this on the niche side.
On the natural end of things, Ray of Light is probably the best I've personally encountered. The yuzu-like grapefruit topnote is so riveting that you'll drop whatever you're doing just to focus on it. How is this incredible note extended? The best I can tell, it's done through using mint to bridge it to a slightly bitter, resinous galbanum or hay-like accord in the base. There's also a candied edge to it reminiscent of the lemon-and-lime flavored chews of my childhood.
On the natural end of things, Ray of Light is probably the best I've personally encountered. The yuzu-like grapefruit topnote is so riveting that you'll drop whatever you're doing just to focus on it. How is this incredible note extended? The best I can tell, it's done through using mint to bridge it to a slightly bitter, resinous galbanum or hay-like accord in the base. There's also a candied edge to it reminiscent of the lemon-and-lime flavored chews of my childhood.
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