12/15/2013
Icekat
97 Reviews
Icekat
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Abstract Painting of Lavender and Honey
Leave it to Pierre Guillaume to take a concept of sweet perfume to a different level. Vohina is a sweet but not sweet perfume at the same time. Effect is achieved by mixing the super sweet honeyed notes with aromatic lavender and layering it with something purely abstract and airy. It is like sipping a sweet, nectar-like cocktail at the abstract art gallery opening with high ceilings, skylight windows and lots of white space filled with sunlight. Modern, yet comforting and happy, minimalistic but also romantic.
Vohina does not smell holistic and natural to me, but I don’t think it is intended to. The abstract notes create this spacious and airy feeling that is central to the composition of this perfume. The scent opens with lovely honeyed notes of peach and lavender. And yet this abstract, fresh wind note wraps around the composition and lifts it above the earth like a cool wind on a spring morning. There is not much development in the scent. It becomes very light and sheer after 30 minutes while still retaining its original structure and composition. Don’t expect much sillage or longevity here.
This is certainly a modern take on the honey central composition. I have to be honest, I do not normally like scents with abstract notes as they smell, well, synthetic and artificial to me. This synthetic note in Vohina sometimes reminds me of an inexpensive hair product (which bugs me) but sometimes it smells so fresh, airy and lovely (which I absolutely love), so this dilemma leaves me a bit conflicted about this scent. I will give it 7/10. I certainly enjoyed wearing the sample, but I am not sure if I will invest in a bottle. Definitely sample before buy.
Vohina does not smell holistic and natural to me, but I don’t think it is intended to. The abstract notes create this spacious and airy feeling that is central to the composition of this perfume. The scent opens with lovely honeyed notes of peach and lavender. And yet this abstract, fresh wind note wraps around the composition and lifts it above the earth like a cool wind on a spring morning. There is not much development in the scent. It becomes very light and sheer after 30 minutes while still retaining its original structure and composition. Don’t expect much sillage or longevity here.
This is certainly a modern take on the honey central composition. I have to be honest, I do not normally like scents with abstract notes as they smell, well, synthetic and artificial to me. This synthetic note in Vohina sometimes reminds me of an inexpensive hair product (which bugs me) but sometimes it smells so fresh, airy and lovely (which I absolutely love), so this dilemma leaves me a bit conflicted about this scent. I will give it 7/10. I certainly enjoyed wearing the sample, but I am not sure if I will invest in a bottle. Definitely sample before buy.
