Loukhoum achieves it's goal of smelling like Turkish Delight, especially in the heart. The first half hour of wear time is dominated by the warmth and slightly animalic purr of honey over a soft floral and mild powdered woody base. Had the opening reversed with the dry down it could have been love, but alas.
Not that the dry down is bad by any means. It is perfectly respectable as a powdered almondy woody base. Its sweet but not terribly so, certainly not the ethyl maltol overdose of so many other sweet scents. For my tastes the dry down is just lacking something that would elevate it--- maybe a stronger and berry tinged rose note would have made me love it? Or perhaps a hint of that original honey or some spice to warm it back up, or even some icy aldehyde to make it sparkle? IDK, for me it just feels incomplete after the glorious opening. So close and yet so far.
