Top Notes 
Spanish saffron absolute
Mechanical Eyelash
Heart Notes 
Blueberry
Gardenia
Base Notes 
Cambodian oud
Omnipotato
362 Reviews
Omnipotato
1
The combination that shouldn't work but does - blueberries and oud!
I was ready to hate Blueberry Morning. This fragrance was the first I tried from the large Aromas de Salazar sample set, and I usually start with the one I think I'm going to dislike the most so I can save the best for last (for those interested, I'm looking forward to Tabac Du Jour the most). I have tried one of this brands fruit/ouds before, Raspy Oud, which was an absolute scrubber, so I thought Blueberry Morning was going to be similar. I mean, just look at the note breakdown - this does not sound like a well-thought-out combination. But I was really surprised.
Blueberry is a fantasy note, which means it is comprised entirely of aromachemicals; i.e. there is no "blueberry essential oil" or "blueberry absolute." The aromachemicals used in making the blueberry accord are similar to the blueberry taste compounds, so a lot of fragrances with berry notes tend to smell like candies, since the candies are literally flavored with the same compounds. This was the issue with Raspy Oud. I just got raspberry candy mixed with oud, and the result was not great. But here, the accords play off each other very nicely.
Instead of the blueberry dominating the opening, Mr. Salazar opted here for saffron. This spice plays really nicely with the oud in the base and also with the sweet blueberry note. Most famously in Baccarat Rouge 540 Eau de Parfum, we've seen how well saffron does when paired with sweet notes. The blueberry note itself is not overpowering, provides a nice mellow sweetness, and smooths out the oud (which I suspect is mostly cypriol, but a nice accord nonetheless). The oud also provides a kind of natural bitterness to the blueberry that makes it seem more realistic, rather than just blueberry candy. The florals are not apparent in the air, but on skin they are definitely there and I suspect they help tame the composition further even in the air, although I can't pick the gardenia out specifically.
All in all a very welcome surprise for my first delve into the Aromas de Salazar discovery set!
An aside about the bottles, and an explanation for my low "bottle" rating: I thought that during Aromas de Salazar's rebrand, they were going to be replacing all the old bottles, but that didn't seem to be the case, as on their website they are still offering these bottles. I think this is a real shame because the new bottles look a million times better. The logo/crest here looks like it was made in Microsoft Paint (which it very well might have been, given the extreme indie-ness of this brand), and the new logo looks immeasurably better. The white background and bland text/font makes it look like no real care was given to any design whatsoever, and again, the text and design of the new bottle is much much better. So until they update the design of these older compositions, I'll keep my bottle rating low.
Blueberry is a fantasy note, which means it is comprised entirely of aromachemicals; i.e. there is no "blueberry essential oil" or "blueberry absolute." The aromachemicals used in making the blueberry accord are similar to the blueberry taste compounds, so a lot of fragrances with berry notes tend to smell like candies, since the candies are literally flavored with the same compounds. This was the issue with Raspy Oud. I just got raspberry candy mixed with oud, and the result was not great. But here, the accords play off each other very nicely.
Instead of the blueberry dominating the opening, Mr. Salazar opted here for saffron. This spice plays really nicely with the oud in the base and also with the sweet blueberry note. Most famously in Baccarat Rouge 540 Eau de Parfum, we've seen how well saffron does when paired with sweet notes. The blueberry note itself is not overpowering, provides a nice mellow sweetness, and smooths out the oud (which I suspect is mostly cypriol, but a nice accord nonetheless). The oud also provides a kind of natural bitterness to the blueberry that makes it seem more realistic, rather than just blueberry candy. The florals are not apparent in the air, but on skin they are definitely there and I suspect they help tame the composition further even in the air, although I can't pick the gardenia out specifically.
All in all a very welcome surprise for my first delve into the Aromas de Salazar discovery set!
An aside about the bottles, and an explanation for my low "bottle" rating: I thought that during Aromas de Salazar's rebrand, they were going to be replacing all the old bottles, but that didn't seem to be the case, as on their website they are still offering these bottles. I think this is a real shame because the new bottles look a million times better. The logo/crest here looks like it was made in Microsoft Paint (which it very well might have been, given the extreme indie-ness of this brand), and the new logo looks immeasurably better. The white background and bland text/font makes it look like no real care was given to any design whatsoever, and again, the text and design of the new bottle is much much better. So until they update the design of these older compositions, I'll keep my bottle rating low.
