Moonmilk Stora Skuggan 2017

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A perfume by Stora Skuggan for women and men, released in 2017. The scent is spicy-woody. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Spicy

Woody

Citrus

Creamy

Fresh

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Black tea

Lime

Heart Notes

Cardamom

Black pepper

Mandarin orange

Lily of the valley

Base Notes

Mysore sandalwood

Leather

Perfumer

Tomas Hempel

Ratings

Scent

7.4100 Ratings

Longevity

7.385 Ratings

Sillage

6.884 Ratings

Bottle

8.180 Ratings

Value for money

6.343 Ratings

Submitted by Verbena, last update on 12/12/2024.

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Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

11/27/2024

9
Pricing 10
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 9
Scent

Tealight10
9 Reviews

Tealight10

2

Geology, moonlight, and sandalwood bliss

Stora Skuggan fragrances lead with evocative narrative briefs and Moonmilk succeeds in conveying its namesake mineral substance, nighttime caverns, and a quiet geological-lunar awe. This is, by itself, a novel pleasure I associate with Stora Skuggan. What astonishes me (and moved me to purchase a full bottle) is that Moonmilk stands on its own simply as a beautiful, versatile fragrance.

With the first sniff I did get the sensation of damp limestone and cool dark spaciousness. I am transported to Gessner’s alpine a cave and feel a timeless wonder at this sparkling white mineral milk leaking from the grey walls. How this particular combination of notes and molecules achieve this is striking, though certainly the narrative is highly suggestive.

What draws me back to Moonmilk after this initial impression is the uplifting elegance I have long associated with sandalwood ever since I found an intricately cut sandalwood fan in my grandmother’s dresser as a child. I remember returning to the drawer again and again, unfolding the fan, and falling back as I fanned my face in pure bliss.

Sandalwood is the dominant note in Moonmilk to my nose after a bright tea and lime opening. The cardamom is also a cool presence. The other notes are not as distinct but the overall effect is a fragrance that evokes sandalwood’s characteristic otherworldly creamy-woodiness—without sweetness. It feels like a dry, utterly soft and smooth sandalwood.

I have tried other sandalwood fragrances and this one is my favorite. Others unfortunately have brought dill/vinegar to mind in a way that I sadly cannot escape. Moonmilk avoids this, perhaps with the leather, spices, and/or lily-of-the-valley. The result is gorgeous, uplifting, serene, and cleansing to wear. Moonmilk leaves no doubt as to why sandalwood is held sacred.

The scent is suitable for many occasions. I find it fairly linear after the initial opening notes. And it hovers pleasantly within arms distance for several hours. I do reach for it at the full moon in recognition of the story and the lunar cycle but also for a relaxing afternoon, focused work, or festive occasion. Absolutely unisex in my opinion.

09/09/2022

Mlleghoul
412 Reviews

Mlleghoul

1

A mirror of destiny

Stora Skugan’s Moon Milk is the sea, but not the sea. Lemonade and tidepools, bright and brackish, toes digging into the wet sand, palms briefly cupping portions of the sun-warmed infinite and allowing it to sluice through your fingers to wash away because you can’t clutch at moments like that, you have to let the gravity of the tides and tears and the moon take their course. But it’s not the sea. It’s the reflection of the moon in a puddle, a changeling portal to someone else, somewhere else. Another you, another time. The enduring strangeness of where rock meets ocean, viewed through mirrorwater on a stone cavern floor, a finger fluting in soft white calcite and crystalline minerals, a cave painting of the aurora borealis on exposed bedrock, the ghostly carving of footprints that stop suddenly and disappear. There’s a duality in this scent, the soft fall of sunlight tempered by saltwater, earthy cardamom incense, and citrusy floral lime, the bitter chill of petrified moonlight, milky sandalwood, and waxen lily. It’s a strange fragrance that makes me think of encountering countless versions of me across time, and we somehow cross the same path, inevitably make the same choices, wish for the same things under ancient and future stars.

04/26/2024

8
Pricing 7
Bottle 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 9.5
Scent

Robertfork
2 Reviews

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Robertfork

Helpful Review 9

Dancing in the moonlight

"Moonmilk" has become an indispensable companion for me at weekends. This perfume is especially indispensable when dancing. When I apply the fragrance - two spritzes on my neck, one spritz in my hair and another on my wrists - I imagine myself dancing to the pulsating rhythms of the night, surrounded by a mysterious cloud that stands out gently but firmly among the usual scents of masculinity. Before I've even entered the dance club, I can already hear the other dancers saying: "Oha! What a great scent!" It's as if "Moonmilk" tells its own story, a story of elegance and sensuality that permeates the night. Who knows, maybe one day I myself will notice the unique scent of "Moonmilk" on other dancers and offer my congratulations for this sensual choice.

FRAGRANCE

The fragrance opens with a combination of lime and black tea, with the tea contributing only subtly with a hint of bitterness. The lime, on the other hand, provides the most striking note. However, it is by no means too much, as the lemon probably would have been. The mandarin adds a second citrus note here, which adds a great fruity sweetness to the scent of lime.

In the middle, black pepper and cardamom in particular act as counterparts, lending the fragrance an interesting spiciness. The pepper provides a subtle spiciness, while the cardamom adds a warm and exotic note. Tip: To get to know the cardamom note better, I recommend crushing cardamom seeds in a mortar and lightly roasting them in a pan. Then compare the cardamom scent with the moonmilk.

The baseline of the perfume is formed by Mysore-quality sandalwood and leather, although neither component is too overpowering. Above all, you should not be put off by the leather, which can quickly dominate a fragrance. Neither the sandalwood nor the leather push themselves to the fore here, which gives the fragrance its attributed creaminess.

SUSTAINABILITY

The longevity of "Moonmilk" is good to very good. Even the next day, the fragrance is still clearly perceptible, especially in the hair and on clothing. Its longevity makes the fragrance a reliable companion for long nights and special occasions. And whenever you think the fragrance has gone, another cloud comes around the corner.

SILLAGE

The sillage of the fragrance is excellent. The focus is on the fresh lime in combination with the spicy nuances. Excellent! The fragrance literally invites you to take a short, sensual break in the here and now.

Pro tip: Try adding a splash of "Moonmilk" to your table decorations. For example in dried flowers such as roses and thistles, or origami flowers, the fragrance looks particularly good.

FLAKON

The bottle consists of a cuboid glass jar with a square base and a spherical, sand-colored lid. The spray head is made of black, matt plastic and underlines the simplicity and elegance of the glass jar. The lid is presumably intended to be reminiscent of the moon, but I find it a little too large.

CONCLUSION

At €140 for 30 ml, "Moonmilk" definitely belongs to the upper price range of perfumes for me. However, I haven't regretted buying it for a second, because you get a lot: a great fragrance combination that stands for sensuality and elegance, a really long shelf life (which is very important to me personally) and fantastic sillage. If I had to deduct points here, it would be for the slightly too large lid of the bottle. Definitely recommended to buy!

08/23/2020

8
Bottle 7
Sillage 7
Longevity 6.5
Scent

DonJuanDeCat
665 Reviews

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DonJuanDeCat

Top Review 16

Milk of the moon cows

Hey hey, here I am again and bring a new commentary, and I'll overhear your bored sighs... tsss... read it first, guys! After all, today there is a fragrance called "Moonmilk", which sounds interesting, doesn't it?

Moon milk, or milk from the moon, sounds mysterious to me. Sometime in the future, when you have moon cows on the moon, you bring this milk from the moon, which tastes very special :D
Of course, moon milk could also be a buzzword for a drug, you can imagine the content or the effect yourself, hey hey.

In reality moon milk is something completely different, it is the name for certain types of calcite deposits, e.g. in stalactite caves, whereby moon milk is much softer than the rock of stalactites. As you might imagine, these deposits are very milky to white. As these are mostly formed in mountains or caves, they are also called mountain milk.
In any case, this fragrance was inspired by the adventures of Conrad Gessner, a 16th century zoologist, but who was also many other things, just as it should have been for scientists of that time, because somehow they were all of them at once: physicists, chemists, botanists, speleologists, perfuma irritants, adventurers and and and. And in his reports he recorded how he had discovered such calcite deposits in the mountains and caves in the shimmering moonlight.
So, I think it is great when a fragrance has such an interesting background instead of just describing that it is (once again) a fragrance for the "modern, self-confident woman" or the "successful guy that everyone wants to emulate"...

But enough of that talk, otherwise you'll leave bored! Good, then let's go to the scent!

The smell:

The scent starts with fresh lime as well as black tea, whereas the tea here rather does not smell brewed, so it smells like the dry tea leaves, which you can smell for example when you smell into the tea tin or bag. The scent is quite nice and smells tart, but also a bit dry.
This is accompanied by very light black pepper and some green-herbal cardamom. I also smell green notes in general, but I think that's just the interplay of the already mentioned fragrances here.
Only a short time later the first leather notes come through, which is already a somewhat unusual combination with the tea, but the leather weakens somewhat at some point, so that the scent appears quite tart again when you can smell the tea again.
In the base, however, the leather comes back and both scents, leather and tea, smell equally intense, creating both a rather leathery and a rather spicy-harsh scent. All in all I find the scent quite dry in the base as well, which is not really my case. Something "soft", i.e. scents like resins or something like that, would have been good for the scent.

The Sillage and the durability:

The Sillage is actually strong. Maybe not right at the beginning, but in the base, when both leather and tea are scented together, you can smell it very clearly from the other end of the room. The shelf life is also quite good and lasts for the usual six, seven or eight hours, as usual.

The bottle! The bottle is rectangular and, as with every fragrance of this brand, it has an individual drawing on the front, although I must say that I like the pictures of the other fragrances much better than this one. The cap is round and solid, and shiny beige. There are nicer caps here as well, but in the overall package, the bottle is of course very interesting and also very beautiful.

Conclusion:

Soo, well I actually like scents with teen notes, but here I didn't really like the scent that much. The scent is not that bad now, but leather and tea give me a much too dry scent. I simply miss various things here that make the scent more pleasant. Be it a light sweetness, smooth resins, creamy or powdery notes or fresh greens or citrus, just anything that doesn't make the scent look like it's stuck in your throat :D
It doesn't help when the black tea even comes across as quite authentic, as for example in Cloon Keen's "Infusion Assam" studio.

The scent is therefore usable for,... well, to be honest, with such scents it is always difficult to determine. It's not so great for going out, for other social occasions it might not go down so well (when you smelled it on me, they told me how I could stand it...) and it can also look dry and scratchy to you.

Tea and maybe leather fans could take a look in here, but otherwise I would somehow classify the fragrance in the category "Special Interest". The season is more autumn/winter and maybe spring, but for hot days it is too overwhelming.

Well, and that brings me to the end of my commentary. But one more thing: I have no idea what the scent has to do with moon milk... but at least hopefully nobody will have the idea to pour moon milk into the tea, buaargh!!! :DD

Well then, have a nice evening and see you later :)