5
Wonderful gourmand with a frustrating undertone
A really delicious vanilla, chestnut and cinnamon scent with a small downside that keeps me from loving it. Almost everything is perfect, but there is a slightly scratchy note, especially in the opening and heart phase. I'm not sure where it's coming from. Maybe the combination of cumin and vetiver, which I both can't single out separately here, or the gaiacol, an ingredient I'm not familiar with. It makes the scent a tiny tad too masculine leaning for my liking.
Which is a shame, as the rest is so comforting and gorgeous: Sweet, creamy vanilla, warming cinnamon, toasty chestnut and a dash of rum. This is definitely more of a autumn and winter scent. This has a chestnut wood accord, and I do smell something woodsy, but I also get a pure gourmand roasted chestnut note.
In the drydown it gets warmer and rounder as the harsh aspects slowly fade away. I wish it was like that from the start, they drydown is addictive.
Kind of ironic how my feelings for this scent fit the name so perfectly.
I see where people are coming from when they compare this to By the Fireplace, but I think Frustration is a more complex fragrance and less smokey. They might be related to each other, but they sure aren't twins.
Despite saying it's a little too masculine for me, I still think this is perfectly unisex. It's just that I'm a bit sensitive to notes I perceive as scratchy and that I associate them with male-marketed fragrances. It might also be a skin chemistry issue in this case.
Which is a shame, as the rest is so comforting and gorgeous: Sweet, creamy vanilla, warming cinnamon, toasty chestnut and a dash of rum. This is definitely more of a autumn and winter scent. This has a chestnut wood accord, and I do smell something woodsy, but I also get a pure gourmand roasted chestnut note.
In the drydown it gets warmer and rounder as the harsh aspects slowly fade away. I wish it was like that from the start, they drydown is addictive.
Kind of ironic how my feelings for this scent fit the name so perfectly.
I see where people are coming from when they compare this to By the Fireplace, but I think Frustration is a more complex fragrance and less smokey. They might be related to each other, but they sure aren't twins.
Despite saying it's a little too masculine for me, I still think this is perfectly unisex. It's just that I'm a bit sensitive to notes I perceive as scratchy and that I associate them with male-marketed fragrances. It might also be a skin chemistry issue in this case.