07/11/2024

SubtleMIG
4 Reviews

SubtleMIG
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Iris by Liam
Instant favourite. The first spray out of the bottle had me worried for a moment. It wasn't necessarily bad, but it was extremely alcoholic and an overload of synthetic notes that reminded me of the chemical cloud in a barber shop or a hothouse. A bit of both I guess. I'm not always that good in naming familiar smells accurately. I also somehow keep thinking that this is what I always imagine YSL fragrances smell like until I try them on and get a migraine. No hate; so far their stuff just hasn't been for me.
What stands out the most—what I'm able to tell apart—is the combination of fig, black tea, cardamom, tonka bean, vanilla and iris. The iris in particular is perfection here. I don't mind when iris is overpowering as it can be in some really great scents. Here it is not that though. After the opening, which is still alcoholic, but in a really great heady, intoxicating kind of way the iris sits at the front and center. Instead of stealing the show at the expense of what else this fragrance has to offer though, it electrifies it. Like what bubbles do to a lemonade it gives this fizzy quality to the whole thing.
I've bought quite a few cheapies this year and this with Lattafa's Al Noble Ameer have been my absolute favourites. For me the performance has been pretty good with this one. I feel this was just made for my skin. It starts to get weaker after a few hours sure, but it's still very much perceptable after that. It just doesn't project super loudly, which I kinda prefer. Also, after it's only perceptable as a skin scent I feel it is pretty strong in that department. You will know it's there over twelve hours easy—as a softer patchouli scent. It is
simply a lovely scent from start to finish.
Oh, and it's definitely a Liam not a Noel.
What stands out the most—what I'm able to tell apart—is the combination of fig, black tea, cardamom, tonka bean, vanilla and iris. The iris in particular is perfection here. I don't mind when iris is overpowering as it can be in some really great scents. Here it is not that though. After the opening, which is still alcoholic, but in a really great heady, intoxicating kind of way the iris sits at the front and center. Instead of stealing the show at the expense of what else this fragrance has to offer though, it electrifies it. Like what bubbles do to a lemonade it gives this fizzy quality to the whole thing.
I've bought quite a few cheapies this year and this with Lattafa's Al Noble Ameer have been my absolute favourites. For me the performance has been pretty good with this one. I feel this was just made for my skin. It starts to get weaker after a few hours sure, but it's still very much perceptable after that. It just doesn't project super loudly, which I kinda prefer. Also, after it's only perceptable as a skin scent I feel it is pretty strong in that department. You will know it's there over twelve hours easy—as a softer patchouli scent. It is
simply a lovely scent from start to finish.
Oh, and it's definitely a Liam not a Noel.