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Cardamom bomb
I was able to try Layton on various occasions over the course of several months during the cooler months of the year. I'm not usually that thorough when it comes to testing, but here I had problems understanding the baked apple-vanilla association that the rest of the perfume world apparently perceived easily and clearly. When I spray the fragrance on myself (and not on test strips), I still don't succeed.
The (fresh) apple may be there immediately after spraying, but is gone again on the skin after a few seconds. What is dominant right at the beginning and remains so until the end is green cardamom. A fragrance that I like in lower doses such as in Indian specialties or at Christmas time in gingerbread etc. Here I find it too dominant. Here I find it too dominant.
Vanilla comes to the fore in the drydown, while a new fragrance impression forms alongside the cardamom scent. I don't know whether it's just the marriage of cardamom and sandalwood or whether the patchouli has a part to play, but the result smells to me like a thick layer of powder, still with plenty of cardamom and something sweet and vanilla-like.
The fragrance has nothing citrusy or fruity on the skin for me, not even in the top note, not even for a short time. It is also not creamy in the drydown, but really dry. The guaiac only seems to contribute another slightly sweet component; any woody notes blend into this powdery impression, as with sandalwood.
On the skin, I am left with a more vanilla than sweet powdery scent with cardamom.
On the test strip, I can detect a very slight (pleasant) sour note for a short time (10-15 minutes), which may be of citrus-fruity origin, after which only the vanilla powder with cardamom remains on the test strip.
Not my cup of tea.
The (fresh) apple may be there immediately after spraying, but is gone again on the skin after a few seconds. What is dominant right at the beginning and remains so until the end is green cardamom. A fragrance that I like in lower doses such as in Indian specialties or at Christmas time in gingerbread etc. Here I find it too dominant. Here I find it too dominant.
Vanilla comes to the fore in the drydown, while a new fragrance impression forms alongside the cardamom scent. I don't know whether it's just the marriage of cardamom and sandalwood or whether the patchouli has a part to play, but the result smells to me like a thick layer of powder, still with plenty of cardamom and something sweet and vanilla-like.
The fragrance has nothing citrusy or fruity on the skin for me, not even in the top note, not even for a short time. It is also not creamy in the drydown, but really dry. The guaiac only seems to contribute another slightly sweet component; any woody notes blend into this powdery impression, as with sandalwood.
On the skin, I am left with a more vanilla than sweet powdery scent with cardamom.
On the test strip, I can detect a very slight (pleasant) sour note for a short time (10-15 minutes), which may be of citrus-fruity origin, after which only the vanilla powder with cardamom remains on the test strip.
Not my cup of tea.