Sweet, powdery jasmine paired with the usual Kayali vanilla and musk
And I'm back! It's been awhile since I've written any reviews about Kayali fragrances since I'm not a fan of oud (and her recent launches have been all about that), but with the Freedom Collection, I was curious to gest back to it. This is the first of the Freedom Collection perfume that I'll be testing out (will be going through them in alphabetical order).
I've heard people saying that this one was a vintage fragrance with some saying it was a grandmother-like scent (I will not be going over the whole debate about using "grandmother" as a term to describe a fragrance). I have to admit I'm on the same side. I'll spare you much of the review by saying this: it smells outdated and this might be due to the mix of florals, powderiness and muskiness I'm getting. If I break it down, jasmine is the strongest floral among them although I did get some ylang-ylang somewhere during the first few seconds of this fragrance. Jasmine is floral, sweet and slightly powdery. I do smell some sort of fresh rose somwhere in there, but honestly, I wouldn't be able to pick it apart from the other notes without looking at the listed notes. As it moves on from the floral aspect, it starts getting more muskier as time passes, with a sweet powderiness that seems to further grow bigger. The drydown is the usual Kayali one you'll be getting from a lot of her fragrances: musky and sweet.
This won't be making it into my collection as I'm not a big fan of powdery florals and strong musk. It's nice, but I don't find it unique or amazing. I'd say it's an okay fragrance, pretty innocent for work or for going out on errands. The longevity seems pretty good (Kayali fragrances do tend to stick around longer on my skin) and the projection is fine, although I was expecting it to be much stronger than it is. The scent bubble isn't that big. Oh well, on to the next! --- A note on the Freedom Collection set: I've learned from my Vacay in A Bottle blind purchase mistakes so this time I only bought the sample set and not the mini bottles. Reviews on social media have been lukewarm at best and although I'm always hyped to try out Kayali fragrances, I've become more strict about which fragrances enter my collection to avoid any waste and money ill-spent.
Based only on the fragrance notes of all four Freedom Collection fragrances, I've listed what I think will be my order of preferences : Musk Matcha| 45, Musk Latte | 41, Musk Bouquet | 27, Musk Santal | 34. At the end of the fourth review, I'll be seeing how I rank them after having tested them all.
