Gleam of the Moon is a creamy, thick vanilla gourmand with a sweet rice pudding accord and oily tropical florals. It has mimosa in the notes list, but I wouldn't have identified that, the floral notes in here seem richer and more hypnotic than mimosa. Even though it's not a particularly complex or refined scent in my opinion, it still smells nice and grew on me while testing. A cozy gourmand for casual days in colder weather or for relaxed summer nights. Warm, but clean.
I mainly wanted to try this for the rice note, and also because I just love anything moon-themed. Jewelry, clothes, decoration, I have it all. So of course a perfume with this name made me curious! I can't say that this gives me moon vibes in any way though, I think it would have to be more mysterious for that.
At the moment, this has votes as similar to Kilian Moonlight in Heaven and to Liquides Imaginaires Blanche Bête. I think it's somewhere in between and not a true dupe for either of them. It's been a long time since I sampled the Kilian, but I still remember that it was fresher and had a noticeable vetiver note. I have a sample of Blanche Bête at home right now and find that one a little closer, but Gleam of the Moon is simpler and doesn't have that ever so slightly musky-animalic undertone I get from Blanche Bête. It's also not at all similar to Kenzo Amour to my nose, even though both have rice notes.
