Og posted (by me) to the fash fragrance site. Have edited and updated for here.
I'm wearing this for the first time in years right now and I'd forgotten just how beautiful it is.
All the reviews calling Halfeti quintessentially masculine were so interesting to see! Back in the day I used to consider this my most powerfully feminine and gothy fragrance.
Also I have to admit, I was very surprised by all the notes listed here when I first looked it up.
This was my signature daily spray scent for like 5 years and I used to only smell those deeply mysterious, dark and dewy roses from Halfeti. Granted I was a smoker back then, but my nose has always been good. I just really hadn't smelled enough perfumes yet to be able to isolate all the aspects that build a scent profile such as this.
Wearing Halfeti again since getting into perfumes has been hella fascinating.
All the woods and citrus and spices I'm now getting are blowing my mind a bit, ngl. There's still that beautifil gothic rose here that I remember, but this is like going back to a house I spent years living in, and finding out it has several floors and a whole bunch more rooms that I'd just never noticed before.
I think I'm most surprised by all this sweet and leathery, oud and vanilla- and how I never noticed any of that before is wild.
The cypress and citruses I used to think were just part of the 'rose' scent, but I can smell them so clearly now. And all the spices are so good here too, wow. Seriously, how could all of these have always been here?
Ugh, this perfume is so freaking gorgeous.
12h longevity over heavy moisturiser in hot weather, with a strong to intimate sillage of moderate to light intensity.
Unisex, but only really as my notion of femininity has changed a bit over the years.
