Top Notes 
Orange
Red mandarin orange
Elemi resin
Heart Notes 
Grass
Almond blossom
Base Notes 
Mist note
Vetiver
Violet
05/16/2025
divadown
1 Review
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Helpful Review
5
Steamed Rainbow
First, a TL;DR: You’re 10 years old and you just hopped out of the pool, your still-soaked swimsuit dripping on the hot concrete as you run past sun beaten flowerbeds and across the fresh-cut lawn in pursuit of the pitcher of now-diluted orange kool-aid your mom left out for you.
Full review: I absolutely love this fragrance, as hard to classify as it is. I’m not surprised that the formulation allegedly took years (a decade?) to develop, as all of the notes seem to effortlessly glide into one another. Not one note being an overt base throughout the entire process of the drydown is a treat, when many perfumes tend to eventually end up as a straight up vanilla, or sandalwood, or what have you.
I, like another reviewer, was worried the orange would overshadow other notes. But the orange doesn’t overshadow…anything. In fact, nothing outshines anything else - the blend has become a nearly singular scent that is both evocative and familiar. It makes sense most amateur perfume enthusiasts like myself tend to describe this perfume with atmospheric imagery because “fresh orange” or “intense vetiver” are the last kind of descriptions I could rightfully use for this perfume.
To lean hypocritical on my statement that there isn’t a clear base note: the grass note is ever-present, yes, but it….isn’t. It’s constantly enveloped in petrichor (of the urban variety), a pleasant dose of indoor pool, fresh summer air, the tiniest whisper of fruit, varying summer greenery, and ozonics…it’s not just “grass” boldly standing out amongst the rest. It’s very much its *own thing.*
There’s a potent “fresh” quality that is simultaneously synthetic (a la chlorine) and natural (a la summer air.) Reviews claiming the sillage and longevity are poor confuse me - the sillage is great, inducing compliments across the room, and the longevity is fantastic. I’ve frequently sprayed this before bed only to wake up still smelling the fragrance on my pulse points. Maybe it is dependent on your skin chemistry, or maybe an unlucky few go nose blind to this scent quickly and *think* there is poor longevity.
If you’re a gambler like me, go ahead and blind-buy the whole bottle just to own a collector’s item type fragrance that is sure to dredge up some sweet nostalgia from your youth. If you’re hesitant to dive into such an obscure fragrance, grab a sample. But a big sample. With an atomizer. 9ml at least, to really sit with it…Fuck it, grab the whole bottle.
8.5/10
Full review: I absolutely love this fragrance, as hard to classify as it is. I’m not surprised that the formulation allegedly took years (a decade?) to develop, as all of the notes seem to effortlessly glide into one another. Not one note being an overt base throughout the entire process of the drydown is a treat, when many perfumes tend to eventually end up as a straight up vanilla, or sandalwood, or what have you.
I, like another reviewer, was worried the orange would overshadow other notes. But the orange doesn’t overshadow…anything. In fact, nothing outshines anything else - the blend has become a nearly singular scent that is both evocative and familiar. It makes sense most amateur perfume enthusiasts like myself tend to describe this perfume with atmospheric imagery because “fresh orange” or “intense vetiver” are the last kind of descriptions I could rightfully use for this perfume.
To lean hypocritical on my statement that there isn’t a clear base note: the grass note is ever-present, yes, but it….isn’t. It’s constantly enveloped in petrichor (of the urban variety), a pleasant dose of indoor pool, fresh summer air, the tiniest whisper of fruit, varying summer greenery, and ozonics…it’s not just “grass” boldly standing out amongst the rest. It’s very much its *own thing.*
There’s a potent “fresh” quality that is simultaneously synthetic (a la chlorine) and natural (a la summer air.) Reviews claiming the sillage and longevity are poor confuse me - the sillage is great, inducing compliments across the room, and the longevity is fantastic. I’ve frequently sprayed this before bed only to wake up still smelling the fragrance on my pulse points. Maybe it is dependent on your skin chemistry, or maybe an unlucky few go nose blind to this scent quickly and *think* there is poor longevity.
If you’re a gambler like me, go ahead and blind-buy the whole bottle just to own a collector’s item type fragrance that is sure to dredge up some sweet nostalgia from your youth. If you’re hesitant to dive into such an obscure fragrance, grab a sample. But a big sample. With an atomizer. 9ml at least, to really sit with it…Fuck it, grab the whole bottle.
8.5/10
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