Gardenia07/01/2025
ClaireV
898 Reviews
ClaireV
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Wo-ah black butter, baum de baum
Gardenia from Dame Perfumery is a no-go for me, I'm afraid. I admit I've never smelled a gardenia in real life, but if it smells like this, then keep it far away from me. I am quite willing to recognize that this is very true to life, given that all the other Dame Perfumery soliflores are remarkably true to their source material. But tell me, does gardenia really smell like moldy butter, melted candy canes, and plastic? Because this is what Gardenia smells like to me.
Upon spraying it, I was immediately assaulted by the stench of butter that has developed black spots, and forgive me if this reference strikes you as being overly specific, but it is a clear olfactory memory from my time living in Belgrade in 2001. Back then, the country was just opening up after years of NATO sanctions and obviously German producers were dumping all their stock on the Serbian market cheaply. I would buy Meggle butter from the supermarket, and maybe 7 times out of 10, there would be black spots on it. If you have ever smelled butter that has gotten to this stage, then you'll know that it is one of the worst smells in the world. Sometimes, the black spots would be slow to emerge and you'd eat some of it, and immediately your mouth knew that, shit, this was black spot butter.
It then smelled of candy and was generally pleasant enough. But not enough to make me forget the horror of black butter.
Upon spraying it, I was immediately assaulted by the stench of butter that has developed black spots, and forgive me if this reference strikes you as being overly specific, but it is a clear olfactory memory from my time living in Belgrade in 2001. Back then, the country was just opening up after years of NATO sanctions and obviously German producers were dumping all their stock on the Serbian market cheaply. I would buy Meggle butter from the supermarket, and maybe 7 times out of 10, there would be black spots on it. If you have ever smelled butter that has gotten to this stage, then you'll know that it is one of the worst smells in the world. Sometimes, the black spots would be slow to emerge and you'd eat some of it, and immediately your mouth knew that, shit, this was black spot butter.
It then smelled of candy and was generally pleasant enough. But not enough to make me forget the horror of black butter.
Kesk
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