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Sophisticated Strawberry Jam
I received this as a lovely bonus sample when I purchased a sample bundle off Mercari. I was not expecting my favorite of all of the samples to be the one I had never purchased or intended to receive.
This is such an amazing, flirty, jammy, strawberry perfume. If you love gourmand/sweet scents that are more jammy/boozy/mature, then you will ADORE Serenade.
The strawberry and rose come out in a burst that fills your nose! It's sweet but light, not too cloying. The violet leaf and passionfruit help too balance and prevent the scent from being too sweet. The plum joins towards the transition to the middle, and that's where fleeting whiffs of the rose becomes more prominent. The musk starts to peek out during the heart phase of this lovely fragrance, and yet the strawberry manages to stay consistent throughout this fragrance in a way that really surprises me!
The drydown is a lovely finish of sweet, medicinal oud, sandalwood, and vanilla. The strawberry and plum softly whispering in the background, still there and still tangible.
I cannot wait to get my hands on this incredible scent once Kyse restocks.