Hmm… As you can see, I’m once again posting more comments than usual, but hiking packages are just a great opportunity to spam Parfumo here :D
Argh, don’t say anything! :D
Silent Grove was one of the D.S. & Durga fragrances that interested me the most. Those who know me here and take a look at the fragrance pyramid will immediately see why! Yes, exactly! (White) tea is listed in the fragrance pyramid, among other things!! I might be annoying you with my constant tea fragrances, but… shut up! I just like them!!! (Booooah, Hermès is releasing a new tea fragrance with citrus notes, yessssss!!!!) :DD
And combined with notes that sound like the forest, this fragrance sounds very interesting to me :)
The fragrance:
At first, there’s a slight feeling that the fragrance is a bit synthetic, but that’s misleading. Shortly after, you perceive the very intense, citrus notes of lime and orange, which smell quite sour.
Then you notice a slightly bitter tea note, which I assume is the indicated white tea. It smells pleasant and quite nice to me. In the background, there are also light, green notes.
It stays like this for a little while until the fragrance takes on slight sweet notes. These come from the musk, although it takes a bit to really recognize the musk.
In the base, it remains bitter with tea, indeterminate herbal and slightly woody notes, and a very slight sweetness.
The sillage and longevity:
Well, aside from the strong beginning, which doesn’t even last three minutes, the fragrance itself is rather weak. It will only be somewhat perceivable at a normal distance, so you’ll need to get closer.
I would estimate the longevity to be around five hours, more or less, depending on the dosage.
The bottle:
The bottle is rectangular and filled with yellowish fragrance liquid. On the front, there’s an elaborately created logo representing a plant. However, it seems there are now also cylindrical bottles that no longer display this logo, which is a shame, as the bottles then look even simpler (which I personally don’t like as much)…
Yes, I liked this fragrance as well. Especially its bitter tea note, which didn’t come across to me as white tea, but that’s okay. Because it felt like I could sniff dried tea leaves, somewhat similar to Berdoues Assam of India.
Unfortunately, the woody notes are less pronounced than I thought, so the fragrance smells more herbal than woody or resinous. I think it would have been much nicer with great, resinous pine scents. Therefore, while the fragrance isn’t as extravagant as I had hoped, it still turned out to be a nice scent that could especially be worn in spring and summer, and also in autumn. Especially as a daytime fragrance that isn’t too sweet or spicy.
It’s worth a try, especially if you like bitter scents.
Top Notes 
Petitgrain
Virginia cedar
Key lime
Heart Notes 
White tea
Linden tree
Rose otto
Base Notes 
White lotus
White musk
Grass
Jumi
Caligari
Bellemorte
NikEy
Mrchen
ErhanSaceros
Serafina
Zara
SmellMe
