Top Notes 
Air accord
Ginger
Magnolia
Roots
Soil
Heart Notes 
Liquorice
Sandalwood
Tobacco
Base Notes 
Juniper
Lichen
Mimosa06/03/2025
ClaireV
969 Reviews
ClaireV
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Stewed, spicy-vegetal immortelle
Though unlisted, Ladamo is mostly about immortelle to me. But though you certainly get that bronzed, curried maple syrup vibe that accompanies immortelle wherever it goes, the mossy dampness of the soil tincture, the watery (almost aquatic) magnolia, the metallic ginger-tobacco combo, and the smoky licorice note build it all out into something far more complex than is suggestible by one material alone. It smells of all the brown, good-smelling things of autumn – root cellars, apple rot, and the hummus of the forest floor – mulched down into one compact but vibrant layer. An amber this may be, but spiritually, Ladamo shares a lot of ground with Comme des Garcons’ Patchouli, and artistically, it is what Foxcroft by Solstice Scents wishes it could be when it grows up and taps into a bigger budget.
The first half of Ladamo is borderline intoxicating to me. Boozy, deep, sweet but also bitter and earthy, it sells me a fantasy of my former Goth self, striding through a forest full of wet, fallen yellow and brown leaves, wearing long leather boots, a riding crop, and way too much eyeliner. But cool, you know? The Gucci ‘hobo chic’ version of that, not the crunchy granola one hastily knocked up by your teenage self in your nearest health food (New Age) store. Alas, as the day goes on, Ladamo loses it stamina and eventually becomes just another old codger shuffling forward on the crutches of that immortelle, because immortelle is always the last to die. Still, worth it for the first half of the ride (if, like me, you've learned to take the vegetal, almost stewed celery aspect of fenugreek in your stride, and treat it like just one more tool in the immortelle toolbox).
The first half of Ladamo is borderline intoxicating to me. Boozy, deep, sweet but also bitter and earthy, it sells me a fantasy of my former Goth self, striding through a forest full of wet, fallen yellow and brown leaves, wearing long leather boots, a riding crop, and way too much eyeliner. But cool, you know? The Gucci ‘hobo chic’ version of that, not the crunchy granola one hastily knocked up by your teenage self in your nearest health food (New Age) store. Alas, as the day goes on, Ladamo loses it stamina and eventually becomes just another old codger shuffling forward on the crutches of that immortelle, because immortelle is always the last to die. Still, worth it for the first half of the ride (if, like me, you've learned to take the vegetal, almost stewed celery aspect of fenugreek in your stride, and treat it like just one more tool in the immortelle toolbox).
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