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baby shampoo
after the first spray, i thought i was going to hate it, but it's alright.
the opening did not give me the impression of fruit i was expecting, but more of a synthetic shampoo impression, with strong projection.
after fully drying down, it became a little bit more powdery/floral, which i enjoyed more than the sparkly opening.
then, after a few hours of powdery floral, i was finally able to pick out some of the ambrette/musky aspects. while i liked these base notes the most, i feel like the medicinal shampoo and powder scents got in the way for most of the time that the fragrance was detectable.
additionally, while it is fairly pleasant on a strip of cardstock, the fragrance performs unpleasantly on my skin. it feels a bit one-dimensional, and it never blends with my own body scent, instead sitting on top of my skin like a contaminant to be washed away. (i am reminded of working in a wet eeg lab and rinsing baby shampoo and salt from my pruny fingers.)
although i don't particularly enjoy it on its own, i like layering it, in a comparatively small dose, with musk-heavy rose fragrances. it adds a little synthetic shimmer.
the opening did not give me the impression of fruit i was expecting, but more of a synthetic shampoo impression, with strong projection.
after fully drying down, it became a little bit more powdery/floral, which i enjoyed more than the sparkly opening.
then, after a few hours of powdery floral, i was finally able to pick out some of the ambrette/musky aspects. while i liked these base notes the most, i feel like the medicinal shampoo and powder scents got in the way for most of the time that the fragrance was detectable.
additionally, while it is fairly pleasant on a strip of cardstock, the fragrance performs unpleasantly on my skin. it feels a bit one-dimensional, and it never blends with my own body scent, instead sitting on top of my skin like a contaminant to be washed away. (i am reminded of working in a wet eeg lab and rinsing baby shampoo and salt from my pruny fingers.)
although i don't particularly enjoy it on its own, i like layering it, in a comparatively small dose, with musk-heavy rose fragrances. it adds a little synthetic shimmer.