First of all, a heartfelt thank you to the lovely @Hexenschuss for the opportunity to test this. Unfortunately, the sprayer leaked during transit despite careful packaging, so I only had the purple color on the packaging. However, this turned out to be quite interesting, as I began to get to know the scent starting with the base note. All day long, our hallway smelled of warm sandalwood, which I really like. A true coming-home scent.
When I opened the sprayer this morning to apply the remaining bit to my wrist, I was very surprised. The fruity top note - I would have guessed blackcurrant, by the way - is very present for a long time. (By the way, I strongly associate it with
Mira-Baï.) And it is extremely contrasting to the base note. Some fragrances start fruity and end that way, which doesn’t mean they lack progression. They flow harmoniously through the ingredients. There might be a heliotrope in the heart note, and then vanilla joins in the base note. Not so with this one. While the top note here represents a light, fruity, uncomplicated summer accord, the base note I perceived yesterday was anything but cheerfully bubbling; rather, it was profound. One is a Caipirinha, the other deep black coffee. One is an afternoon chat with a friend, the other an exciting philosophical debate. One is Minnie Mouse, the other the German voice of Bruce Willis. All the while, the calm, patient sandalwood tries to keep up with the cheerfully ignorant chatting dragonfruit - it only succeeds with a lot of patience and gentleness. Daughter Dragonfruit at her first party, and the tired, slightly aging father keeping an eye on his daughter; in the end, they walk home arm in arm. The scent becomes overall a bit more reserved and calmer, but sandalwood is obviously too tired or too modest to present itself more strongly. All in all, after about 45 minutes, when the dragonfruit has calmed down a bit, it’s a scent with recognition value. Not quite my thing, as it remains too fruity and cheerful for too long; the round, soft aspect takes too long to arrive. Overall, however, it’s a fragrance that I would think about from time to time, yes, this has to be it today. Mother Vanilla, by the way, stayed at home but briefly opens the door for the two returning and then chills alone for an hour while the other two have long been asleep.