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02/13/2024
ScentNebula
18 Reviews
ScentNebula
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An enigma
The overall scent profile of this approximately resembles Karma by Lush, with an added pepper note. I haven’t tried Karma on skin but it smells similar on paper. However, it’s hard to really say WHAT At Night We Dance smells like because of its ever-shifting nature.
I have never been so confused by a fragrance as I have been by At Night We Dance. Right from the first paper test I noticed that it smells like someone threw 10 different essential oils in a pot and mixed them up, and then random combinations of notes emerge at whim for no particular reason. The problem with this is it’s hard to judge whether I like the smell or not when it KEEPS BLOODY CHANGING!
What I can tell you is this fragrance is all-natural. It smells CONSPICUOUSLY of naturals. I’m not sure how to explain this, I can just tell. That’s not a bad thing, I love and even prefer naturals, but it is a very specific kind of scent profile that not everyone will enjoy, which can probably be summed up by “hippie-ish”. If you like essential oil diffusers you’ll probably like this.
Up top, there’s a strong sweet orange note, with a hint of spice. As it warms up on the skin, a strongly oily note begins to emerge, which may be some kind of wood but it’s hard to tell. For me the pink pepper is the main heart note, though it comes and goes. In the background is sometimes sandalwood, and a dirty earthy note that I am 100% sure is patchouli despite it not being listed as a note, and sometimes there’s a vague sense of floral-ness too. Sometimes when I wear this, I get a hint of beautiful smoky frankincense, but it doesn’t happen consistently or seem to stick around. Sometimes in the drydown, it becomes a beautiful, sexy sort of musk, and other times I find the drydown to be kind of annoyingly sweet citrus-patchouli with pepper.
This is what I mean about this fragrance being confusing. I just can’t figure out what’s going on. I love some of the note combinations that pop up, but I’m not too sure about others. And I can’t decide whether it’s a good thing or not.
Poor blending, or mystique? Who knows.
I have never been so confused by a fragrance as I have been by At Night We Dance. Right from the first paper test I noticed that it smells like someone threw 10 different essential oils in a pot and mixed them up, and then random combinations of notes emerge at whim for no particular reason. The problem with this is it’s hard to judge whether I like the smell or not when it KEEPS BLOODY CHANGING!
What I can tell you is this fragrance is all-natural. It smells CONSPICUOUSLY of naturals. I’m not sure how to explain this, I can just tell. That’s not a bad thing, I love and even prefer naturals, but it is a very specific kind of scent profile that not everyone will enjoy, which can probably be summed up by “hippie-ish”. If you like essential oil diffusers you’ll probably like this.
Up top, there’s a strong sweet orange note, with a hint of spice. As it warms up on the skin, a strongly oily note begins to emerge, which may be some kind of wood but it’s hard to tell. For me the pink pepper is the main heart note, though it comes and goes. In the background is sometimes sandalwood, and a dirty earthy note that I am 100% sure is patchouli despite it not being listed as a note, and sometimes there’s a vague sense of floral-ness too. Sometimes when I wear this, I get a hint of beautiful smoky frankincense, but it doesn’t happen consistently or seem to stick around. Sometimes in the drydown, it becomes a beautiful, sexy sort of musk, and other times I find the drydown to be kind of annoyingly sweet citrus-patchouli with pepper.
This is what I mean about this fragrance being confusing. I just can’t figure out what’s going on. I love some of the note combinations that pop up, but I’m not too sure about others. And I can’t decide whether it’s a good thing or not.
Poor blending, or mystique? Who knows.
