Top Notes 
Clove
Lime
Heart Notes 
Frankincense
Myrrh
Orange
Jundoflerm
Base Notes 
French lavender
Geranium05/16/2020
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Why I love Scotland
Uncommented fragrances No. 153
I came across the Edinburgh Skincare Co. brand the other day while leafing through the beloved Manu* catalogue and thank Frankie and R3mt9 for registering here.
The manufacturer of natural cosmetics has probably recently added four fragrances to its range, all of which are offered as Concreta (solid perfume in a lovingly designed box: 100% biodegradable packaging).
Basically, I like this form of fragrance; I have often used this variant for LUSH as well, and find that it has its own unique character, which may be due to the waxy creamy form.
Usually Concretas are not very strong and are taken directly from the potty with the finger, a spatula or a cotton wool pad and spread on the skin. The whole thing mostly has a greasy, creamy consistency which strongly reminds of vaseline and is quite skin-friendly especially as natural cosmetics.
I was particularly attracted by the scent Luxury No. 1, whereby one should not be deterred by the name, because this is not a daringly expensive niche product, but rather natural cosmetics at a very fair price (sometimes not quite correctly called organic cosmetics).
I had hoped very much that with a British product (with the date of 16.05.2020 one may still call the Scotsmen British, but who knows what the future will bring us after the brexite) lavender would be in the foreground as so often - and I was not disappointed. One could even have the impression at first that it is a lavender soliflor (a recommendable lavender cream in this monothematic variation is available e.g. from Cotswold Parfumery), but very slowly and very subtly other scents sneak into the nose. Something citrusy is recognizable (lime is indicated) and a herbaceous spicy note (may come from myrrh and cloves, but it's not really identifiable, and appears in many lavender scents anyway).
And so the fragrance remains above all a fine offer for lavender lovers, so above all for me.
If you hold your nose directly over the jar and do not yet apply the paste to your skin, you think you can smell the above mentioned orange, you could even imagine the incense, but it really does not matter on the skin.
Why I immediately liked this product has to do with my Anglophile inclination, but also with my special love for Scotland, the country I have already been to, the whisky, the castles and beautiful cities, the self-confident culture and language, and now also a likeable natural cosmetics brand.
I came across the Edinburgh Skincare Co. brand the other day while leafing through the beloved Manu* catalogue and thank Frankie and R3mt9 for registering here.
The manufacturer of natural cosmetics has probably recently added four fragrances to its range, all of which are offered as Concreta (solid perfume in a lovingly designed box: 100% biodegradable packaging).
Basically, I like this form of fragrance; I have often used this variant for LUSH as well, and find that it has its own unique character, which may be due to the waxy creamy form.
Usually Concretas are not very strong and are taken directly from the potty with the finger, a spatula or a cotton wool pad and spread on the skin. The whole thing mostly has a greasy, creamy consistency which strongly reminds of vaseline and is quite skin-friendly especially as natural cosmetics.
I was particularly attracted by the scent Luxury No. 1, whereby one should not be deterred by the name, because this is not a daringly expensive niche product, but rather natural cosmetics at a very fair price (sometimes not quite correctly called organic cosmetics).
I had hoped very much that with a British product (with the date of 16.05.2020 one may still call the Scotsmen British, but who knows what the future will bring us after the brexite) lavender would be in the foreground as so often - and I was not disappointed. One could even have the impression at first that it is a lavender soliflor (a recommendable lavender cream in this monothematic variation is available e.g. from Cotswold Parfumery), but very slowly and very subtly other scents sneak into the nose. Something citrusy is recognizable (lime is indicated) and a herbaceous spicy note (may come from myrrh and cloves, but it's not really identifiable, and appears in many lavender scents anyway).
And so the fragrance remains above all a fine offer for lavender lovers, so above all for me.
If you hold your nose directly over the jar and do not yet apply the paste to your skin, you think you can smell the above mentioned orange, you could even imagine the incense, but it really does not matter on the skin.
Why I immediately liked this product has to do with my Anglophile inclination, but also with my special love for Scotland, the country I have already been to, the whisky, the castles and beautiful cities, the self-confident culture and language, and now also a likeable natural cosmetics brand.
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