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01/31/2024
Telekinec
295 Reviews
Telekinec
6
Delicate lapsang souchong got crushed by jasmine and vanilla
I was attracted to this one because of the lapsang souchong tea note. I'm always on the hunt for a new tea perfume, may it be black, white or green (my favorite!). It was available at SDM a day when I wasn't wearing any perfumes which is why I decided to test it out on my skin.
If only the top notes had stuck throughout the duration of the perfume, I might have bought a bottle. The beginning is herbal, green-like, with a beautiful facet of calming smoky tea. Delicate, feminine, not in-your-face. Unfortunately, the top notes are fleeting (disappeared after about 10 minutes) and soon give way to the jasmine and vanilla. I have a weird relationship with jasmine. In certain perfumes it's a beautiful note of gentle white flower and in other fragrances it becomes this overwhelming indolic beast. As for vanilla, my skin tends to magnify sweet notes, sometimes to an uncomfortable scent level. My skin chemistry took the middle note and the bottom note and mashed them to form a "perfumey" scent. "Perfumey" scent to me is the generic and non-descript floral, sweet scent that wafts from perfume shops (the scent I used to makle out before getting into this hobby). The perfume becomes generic, inoffensive, safe and overall a bit boring. There's a facet of smokiness that seems to come back, sandwiched between the florals and the sweetness of the vanilla, but nothing extraordinary or unique.
I'll unfortunately be passing over it, but I'm sure people who desire a floral and sweet perfume with a hint of smokiness will be loving it. It's a crowd-pleaser for sure!
If only the top notes had stuck throughout the duration of the perfume, I might have bought a bottle. The beginning is herbal, green-like, with a beautiful facet of calming smoky tea. Delicate, feminine, not in-your-face. Unfortunately, the top notes are fleeting (disappeared after about 10 minutes) and soon give way to the jasmine and vanilla. I have a weird relationship with jasmine. In certain perfumes it's a beautiful note of gentle white flower and in other fragrances it becomes this overwhelming indolic beast. As for vanilla, my skin tends to magnify sweet notes, sometimes to an uncomfortable scent level. My skin chemistry took the middle note and the bottom note and mashed them to form a "perfumey" scent. "Perfumey" scent to me is the generic and non-descript floral, sweet scent that wafts from perfume shops (the scent I used to makle out before getting into this hobby). The perfume becomes generic, inoffensive, safe and overall a bit boring. There's a facet of smokiness that seems to come back, sandwiched between the florals and the sweetness of the vanilla, but nothing extraordinary or unique.
I'll unfortunately be passing over it, but I'm sure people who desire a floral and sweet perfume with a hint of smokiness will be loving it. It's a crowd-pleaser for sure!
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