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Lemony powdered cold medicine
I don't know what I expected. I hoped it would be a realistic ginger-forward scent, sure, but I'm a reasonable woman, I would've agreed to a more candylike flavor profile. When I sprayed it on my partner, his skin actually did smell like gingery lemon hard candy! It was a fair possibility!
So why did I get cold medicine?
Theraflu, Deflu, Fervex – whichever powdered anti-flu concoctions are available in your country. They all have the same vibe. Flavored, most often with lemon and ginger, but the more they try to hide medicine's flavor behind artificial fruity sweeteners – the more awfully tasting it somehow becomes. Every time I fall ill I can't help but wonder if those things even work at all or if it's just the placebo effect of your brain telling itself "this was horrible, we MUST feel better, the tongue's sacrifice mustn't be for naught"!
And that's what I (and my immediate vicinity) smelled like for about ~2 hours. It was citrusy, and it was gingery, and it was spicy and fresh. Exactly as advertised. Not good.
Once the medicine flavor started fading, the rest of the composition settled close to my skin and became pretty pleasant. Then again, it's just musky vetiver. Hard to go wrong with that. In another ~3,5 hours it withered away completely.
I liked the second part, no complaints. But I didn't come here for vetiver. I came for the ginger infusion. And, to be fair, I got it. Ah well.
So why did I get cold medicine?
Theraflu, Deflu, Fervex – whichever powdered anti-flu concoctions are available in your country. They all have the same vibe. Flavored, most often with lemon and ginger, but the more they try to hide medicine's flavor behind artificial fruity sweeteners – the more awfully tasting it somehow becomes. Every time I fall ill I can't help but wonder if those things even work at all or if it's just the placebo effect of your brain telling itself "this was horrible, we MUST feel better, the tongue's sacrifice mustn't be for naught"!
And that's what I (and my immediate vicinity) smelled like for about ~2 hours. It was citrusy, and it was gingery, and it was spicy and fresh. Exactly as advertised. Not good.
Once the medicine flavor started fading, the rest of the composition settled close to my skin and became pretty pleasant. Then again, it's just musky vetiver. Hard to go wrong with that. In another ~3,5 hours it withered away completely.
I liked the second part, no complaints. But I didn't come here for vetiver. I came for the ginger infusion. And, to be fair, I got it. Ah well.