Top Notes 
Honey pomelo
Pimento
Davana
Heart Notes 
Indian jasmine sambac
Japanese osmanthus absolute
Water lily
Base Notes 
Egyptian Vetiver
Cedarwood
Musk
Labdanum
07/27/2021
Stinkypenny
33 Reviews
Stinkypenny
Helpful Review
3
Underwhelmed, despite the exciting opening.
You would be forgiven for thinking that there is neroli in this composition, there is not. There is an aquatic, southern European coastal energy about this fragrance; for this would sit pretty on the skin when admiring the blue of the sea on a beach in Malta. This is very well blended, making the distinguishing of any individual note difficult; for I detect not fruit, but a fresh and yet an under-ripeness. The white heady florals give this fragrance an almost overwhelming cloy that is hushed by the sharp, yet blunt, freshness; it sort of bops your nose before entering your nostrils.
Something in this fragrance makes it feel unfinished... leading my nose somewhere but nowhere at the same time. With my nose hovering about the crook of my elbow I detect the warming hay and musk reminding me of sitting in a London park in the height of summer, where it hasn't rained for 10 days, and the possibility of starting a fire from the butt of a stray cigarette seems unnervingly likely. There is no smoke, or tobacco in this per say, but it does hint at the smell of a book that had resided in a smokers home in the dry down. There is a stale dustiness right in the background, that wafts in and out of my perception.
Would I buy a full bottle of this?
Absolutely not. It's not a like, but it's not a hate. It's a 'meh', uninteresting and undefined.
If I had to choose between wearing this fragrance for a day or no fragrance at all, I would possibly go for no fragrance at all, but use my Bom Dia cream for a small perk me up. It sits lazily on me, in 24 Celsius heat, but does transport me (in the opening) to somewhere hot and less gloomy that the South of England at the end of July. Possibly sun and a greater temperature would really elevate this fragrance. I will wait until such a day and retest and update.... should my opinion does change.
It does smell nice, do not get me wrong. It just smells boring to my nose. Plesant, nice even. But dull as grey London in late November.
Something in this fragrance makes it feel unfinished... leading my nose somewhere but nowhere at the same time. With my nose hovering about the crook of my elbow I detect the warming hay and musk reminding me of sitting in a London park in the height of summer, where it hasn't rained for 10 days, and the possibility of starting a fire from the butt of a stray cigarette seems unnervingly likely. There is no smoke, or tobacco in this per say, but it does hint at the smell of a book that had resided in a smokers home in the dry down. There is a stale dustiness right in the background, that wafts in and out of my perception.
Would I buy a full bottle of this?
Absolutely not. It's not a like, but it's not a hate. It's a 'meh', uninteresting and undefined.
If I had to choose between wearing this fragrance for a day or no fragrance at all, I would possibly go for no fragrance at all, but use my Bom Dia cream for a small perk me up. It sits lazily on me, in 24 Celsius heat, but does transport me (in the opening) to somewhere hot and less gloomy that the South of England at the end of July. Possibly sun and a greater temperature would really elevate this fragrance. I will wait until such a day and retest and update.... should my opinion does change.
It does smell nice, do not get me wrong. It just smells boring to my nose. Plesant, nice even. But dull as grey London in late November.
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