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Chai Latte with Cedar Finish
How I danced around this scent! It sounded so perfect! Spicy-warm tea with milk and a hint of flowers? Yes, please! (At this point: many thanks for the sample, Sabrini!)
Upon the first spray, a grin spread across my face. Yes, the opening was fantastic. A distinct ginger note, but softened by the vanilla milk. It doesn’t smell sharp, but rather fresh and warm with a finely tuned spicy sweetness. Very delicious and yet not too gourmand. I can easily imagine this scent from autumn to spring.
I don’t consciously perceive frangipani. I’m not even sure I would have suspected any flowers at all without knowing the notes. I attribute the mild scent more to the milk.
Unfortunately, the fragrance then develops further and the woody notes of the base become prominent. It remains warm, mild, and slightly sweet, but I always find cedar a bit scratchy, and the scent loses some of its uniqueness. Cecile Zarokian seems to love warm, slightly scratchy woody vanilla, and that’s fine; plenty of people enjoy it.
For me, this base unfortunately doesn’t work, similar to Aura Sublime and Cafe Cabanel (also her creations).
Yes, this is indeed nitpicking at a high level. If it had only remained with the top and heart notes, I might have missed some development. But why cedar? Couldn’t it have at least been sandalwood or a light incense that would have matched the airy chai tea latte impression?
Overall, it’s a lovely scent; the top and heart notes are dreamy. Cozy, homely, fresh warm spicy. The sillage is pleasant. Maybe a decant will find its way to me after all.
Before the base notes come through, I would just layer it on :P
Upon the first spray, a grin spread across my face. Yes, the opening was fantastic. A distinct ginger note, but softened by the vanilla milk. It doesn’t smell sharp, but rather fresh and warm with a finely tuned spicy sweetness. Very delicious and yet not too gourmand. I can easily imagine this scent from autumn to spring.
I don’t consciously perceive frangipani. I’m not even sure I would have suspected any flowers at all without knowing the notes. I attribute the mild scent more to the milk.
Unfortunately, the fragrance then develops further and the woody notes of the base become prominent. It remains warm, mild, and slightly sweet, but I always find cedar a bit scratchy, and the scent loses some of its uniqueness. Cecile Zarokian seems to love warm, slightly scratchy woody vanilla, and that’s fine; plenty of people enjoy it.
For me, this base unfortunately doesn’t work, similar to Aura Sublime and Cafe Cabanel (also her creations).
Yes, this is indeed nitpicking at a high level. If it had only remained with the top and heart notes, I might have missed some development. But why cedar? Couldn’t it have at least been sandalwood or a light incense that would have matched the airy chai tea latte impression?
Overall, it’s a lovely scent; the top and heart notes are dreamy. Cozy, homely, fresh warm spicy. The sillage is pleasant. Maybe a decant will find its way to me after all.
Before the base notes come through, I would just layer it on :P
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