Top Notes 
Blackcurrant leaf
Blackcurrant blossom
Hawthorn
Rosemary
Wine
Aldehydes
Davana
Orange
Pink pepper
Rum
Heart Notes 
Blackcurrant
Blackcurrant bud
Carnation
Coriander seed
Honeysuckle
Rose
Vetiver
Base Notes 
Fir balsam
Oakmoss
Opoponax
Patchouli
Amber
Benzoin
Castoreum
Cedar
Musk
Vanilla
Sky
24 Reviews
Sky
Top Review
13
berry battle in a bottle
I guess throwing in the word "enchanted" entitles your forest to smell any darn way you want it to - but I could find no woodsy magic spells to hypnotise this nose.
The opening is very tricky. I love cats but I do not want to be mistaken for the mad lady with 37 pusses who smells of cat-wee. Grapefruit has often been a cat-wee culprit for me, but here it must be the mix of aldehydes, blackcurrent leaf & citrus peel. It's a car-crash on my wrist - I don't want to but I keep going back for another sniff "just to be sure"...ooof!
Luckily, the scent swiftly skips on to a more mainstream vibe: juicy, fruity, boozy, blackcurrent. Ribena, blackcurrent sours, cassis, boiled sweets - put them in a vat & mix them up to make a sour & syrupy tipple. I can't say I find it very classy but at least it is unapologetic in its stance (think snakebite-&-black rather than kir-royale). The projection at this point is bold, to say the least, so your friends may think you have a creme-de-cassis habit.
Half an hour in & the patient perfumista will be rewarded with the best phase of this scent. Gone is the cat-wee. The cocktail has been diluted. Enter a rich & thick powder. Like a fog it creeps over pond water, pine needles & moss & adds a warmth to the increasingly boozey-bitter scent. I'm not a fan of fruity scents but this part is very pleasant - well-mannered & a little intriguing.
Then in a puff it is gone! A trace of powder on pine, a stain of the sticky liqueur, sweet & soft.
I'm left confused. Who is this scent aimed at? The picky-perfumistas or the pound-payers? Too adult & tricky to be mainstream or teen. Too pleasant & not tricky enough to intrigue a more seasoned nose. It seems too much of a compromise to deliver the punch I had hoped. Yes, it is an ode to blackcurrent - but a sanitised, Disney plant. Where is the earth falling from this enchanted plant? The dark woods? The decaying leaves? The mists, magic & mystery?
Billed as an ode to blackcurrent - if you adore the plant & berry you may well adore this rich & fruity autumn gem. Alas. The concept was good, but, for me, the delivery fell a little short of the mark.
The opening is very tricky. I love cats but I do not want to be mistaken for the mad lady with 37 pusses who smells of cat-wee. Grapefruit has often been a cat-wee culprit for me, but here it must be the mix of aldehydes, blackcurrent leaf & citrus peel. It's a car-crash on my wrist - I don't want to but I keep going back for another sniff "just to be sure"...ooof!
Luckily, the scent swiftly skips on to a more mainstream vibe: juicy, fruity, boozy, blackcurrent. Ribena, blackcurrent sours, cassis, boiled sweets - put them in a vat & mix them up to make a sour & syrupy tipple. I can't say I find it very classy but at least it is unapologetic in its stance (think snakebite-&-black rather than kir-royale). The projection at this point is bold, to say the least, so your friends may think you have a creme-de-cassis habit.
Half an hour in & the patient perfumista will be rewarded with the best phase of this scent. Gone is the cat-wee. The cocktail has been diluted. Enter a rich & thick powder. Like a fog it creeps over pond water, pine needles & moss & adds a warmth to the increasingly boozey-bitter scent. I'm not a fan of fruity scents but this part is very pleasant - well-mannered & a little intriguing.
Then in a puff it is gone! A trace of powder on pine, a stain of the sticky liqueur, sweet & soft.
I'm left confused. Who is this scent aimed at? The picky-perfumistas or the pound-payers? Too adult & tricky to be mainstream or teen. Too pleasant & not tricky enough to intrigue a more seasoned nose. It seems too much of a compromise to deliver the punch I had hoped. Yes, it is an ode to blackcurrent - but a sanitised, Disney plant. Where is the earth falling from this enchanted plant? The dark woods? The decaying leaves? The mists, magic & mystery?
Billed as an ode to blackcurrent - if you adore the plant & berry you may well adore this rich & fruity autumn gem. Alas. The concept was good, but, for me, the delivery fell a little short of the mark.
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