Dear Sky Ellis Brooklyn 2024
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Dear Sky, are you really this boring?
The name and packaging with the iridescent pastel colors made me so curios for this. It evokes a light, fluffy cloud of a scent, which would be right up my alley.
Unfortunately, Dear Sky falls flat for me. It's just an average freshie that doesn't come across particularly cloud-like to me.
When I first tried my sample, I had already forgotten the notes and could only identify something citrusy and vaguely floral. My first guess was that this must have a grapefruit note, which was wrong, the only citrus here is bergamot.
The honeydew melon note doesn't smell like a real melon at all, instead it has that ozonic freshness that melon scents from the 90s have.
Especially the little wafts I get from this are a bit harsh to my nose and remind me of fragrances you'd find at the drugstore, maybe a Green Tea flanker or something in that vein. A fragrance you could use when it's over 30°C outside to freshen up, nothing more.
I noticed that it's a little nicer when I bury my nose in my skin right where I sprayed it. That way, I can actually smell the rhubarb and strawberry leaf, which I don't get at all from afar. And afar means "15 cm away" in this case, because this is not a fragrance that leaves a long scent trail. Which is fine with me, lighter fragrances have their time and place, too. But this one is just too sharply fresh and uninteresting.
Unfortunately, Dear Sky falls flat for me. It's just an average freshie that doesn't come across particularly cloud-like to me.
When I first tried my sample, I had already forgotten the notes and could only identify something citrusy and vaguely floral. My first guess was that this must have a grapefruit note, which was wrong, the only citrus here is bergamot.
The honeydew melon note doesn't smell like a real melon at all, instead it has that ozonic freshness that melon scents from the 90s have.
Especially the little wafts I get from this are a bit harsh to my nose and remind me of fragrances you'd find at the drugstore, maybe a Green Tea flanker or something in that vein. A fragrance you could use when it's over 30°C outside to freshen up, nothing more.
I noticed that it's a little nicer when I bury my nose in my skin right where I sprayed it. That way, I can actually smell the rhubarb and strawberry leaf, which I don't get at all from afar. And afar means "15 cm away" in this case, because this is not a fragrance that leaves a long scent trail. Which is fine with me, lighter fragrances have their time and place, too. But this one is just too sharply fresh and uninteresting.