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06/01/2022
Kurai
350 Reviews
Kurai
3
Green powder
In a timeframe of five to ten minutes, Sofia managed to take me from a state of joy to sheer horror and then forward to fascination. Quite the rollercoaster ride for a fairly anonymous and traditional perfume brand.
The ride starts with an enjoyable and refreshing green scent. This familiar "wet green leaves" impression lasts for a minute or so, before a powdery phase breaks through. A combination of tonka, vanilla and something syrupy - I suspect it is the tamarind note listed - brings a certain fruity-sweet-powdery structure. Yet, at the same time, I still get the leafy-green notes in the background. Somehow that wet-green effect persists and prevents the composition from descending into the tonka-powdery horror that I anticipated. It is this balance between fresh and sweet that keeps things interesting during the remainder of the course.
So in the end, Sofia is not a perfume that I would choose to wear again, but it did succeed in playing with my senses and emotions.
The ride starts with an enjoyable and refreshing green scent. This familiar "wet green leaves" impression lasts for a minute or so, before a powdery phase breaks through. A combination of tonka, vanilla and something syrupy - I suspect it is the tamarind note listed - brings a certain fruity-sweet-powdery structure. Yet, at the same time, I still get the leafy-green notes in the background. Somehow that wet-green effect persists and prevents the composition from descending into the tonka-powdery horror that I anticipated. It is this balance between fresh and sweet that keeps things interesting during the remainder of the course.
So in the end, Sofia is not a perfume that I would choose to wear again, but it did succeed in playing with my senses and emotions.
