Madagascan mandarin orange
Bourboniana rose absolute
Sandalwood
Sympep
Calabrian bergamot
10/08/2024
Byrehoe
185 Reviews
Byrehoe
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marine chameleon
Wow. I love it. I’m going to wax poetic for a minute. I don’t know how to classify this scent. The coral here is a living creature, a chameleon. Marine-floral. Vegetal-mineral. Citrus trees spouting in a rosewater-spiked sea. Balmy, aquatic mandarin. The three chords I can discern are orange, green, and blue.
Orange: imho, the mandarin is the star. I want to say the mandarin here hits the same note as The Body Shop satsuma body butter of my childhood. Eerie, sweet déjà vu.
Green: I’ve always had a visceral dislike for jalapeño and bell pepper scents, so thank god I’m blind to it here. There is a bitter green spike to this scent, which reads chlorophyll-y to my nose. Like waxy, just-snapped leaves.
Blue: I get a strong salty-sea accord. Not beachy/tropical, but more briney/oceanic. Harmonizes really well with the soft rose thread.
Of Les Essences, Corail was the stoutest. This fragrance hit its high note straight out the bottle and played it strong and steady for over twenty-four hours. Three days out from original spritz and I can still catch an echo of it in my hoodie. I’ve never met a citrus that performs like this. My favourite Diptyque to date. I’m sorry, paycheque.
Mental Snapshot: A stone-pebble beach, hidden off sandstone bluffs. Dappled sunshine through plump orange trees, clouds casting mosaics upon the satin blue sea. An Aperol spritz, maybe three. You’re a guest at the White Lotus in Sicily.
tl;dr: 5/5 star Mediterranean resort, would recommend to friend
Orange: imho, the mandarin is the star. I want to say the mandarin here hits the same note as The Body Shop satsuma body butter of my childhood. Eerie, sweet déjà vu.
Green: I’ve always had a visceral dislike for jalapeño and bell pepper scents, so thank god I’m blind to it here. There is a bitter green spike to this scent, which reads chlorophyll-y to my nose. Like waxy, just-snapped leaves.
Blue: I get a strong salty-sea accord. Not beachy/tropical, but more briney/oceanic. Harmonizes really well with the soft rose thread.
Of Les Essences, Corail was the stoutest. This fragrance hit its high note straight out the bottle and played it strong and steady for over twenty-four hours. Three days out from original spritz and I can still catch an echo of it in my hoodie. I’ve never met a citrus that performs like this. My favourite Diptyque to date. I’m sorry, paycheque.
Mental Snapshot: A stone-pebble beach, hidden off sandstone bluffs. Dappled sunshine through plump orange trees, clouds casting mosaics upon the satin blue sea. An Aperol spritz, maybe three. You’re a guest at the White Lotus in Sicily.
tl;dr: 5/5 star Mediterranean resort, would recommend to friend
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