Salty sweet, weirdly fresh and floral ... I don't even ...
This is just plain weird. I know I'm not a salty/sweet mix for my food and it probably translates to fragrances too, but this is just odd. The start is very confusing. I get salt, jasmine and a hint of something mineral and herbal-like (probably the algae?). There's just something disconcerting with the notes here. Jasmine is watery, sweet and fresh while the salt / bay leaf combo interact weirdly together. It's overall very off-putting and fresher than what I thought it'd be based on the notes. Dries down to salted caramel, but even then, the cedarwood takes over with the salt and it becomes a salty/woody drydown with a hint of sweetness. Disappointed, I thought the brown sugar and salted caramel would stick out a little longer.
I don't know where they were trying to go from here, but this is not it. There are better salty / sweet fragrances out there. Don't be fooled by the caramel, this is not a gourmand. Probably one of the more disappointing scent from my ScentXplore box up until now. Oh well, on to the next!
