you're in several puffy layers but everywhere your skin is exposed, you can still feel the biting cold of the middle of winter; the fog this morning casts everything around you in a hazy filter, making the ice on the sidewalks that was snow a few days prior look frosted; clasping onto your steaming drink, you take a sip of warm milk and a spoonful of honey, realizing you forgot to add a packet of tea on your rush out the door
something about the overly misty and sharp facets of this fragrance just didn't agree with me but i can appreciate the complexity it has; that being said, i bought a sample of this because i kept hearing how it was the "best earl gray tea scent" and after wearing it for a day, i didn't smell the tea at any time during the wear at all
date tested; 260908; size: 2 ml
first spritz: even thought i don't love the scent, the name for this is actually perfect; there's a smooth and cool feeling i get from it that does remind me of porcelain, and a misty and hazy quality that reminds me of fog; it reminds me of when you exhale in frigid temperatures and you can see the fog of your own breath; there's something sharp about it that i don't like; it also kind of reminds me of spearmint
two hrs later: moderate projection; there's still a misty aspect to it but it feels sharper?? like the biting cold of winter; or that feeling when you're touching something so cold it burns
four hrs later: mild projection; i have yet to smell the tea note i bought this sample for unfortunately; but i am getting the honey note, it's like a spoonful of honey, not anything too sweet; it still has a misty facet but isn't as sharp as before
six hrs later: light projection; sweet and slightly milky with a dulled down version of the winter-like facets i mentioned before
eight hrs later: skin scent; the original sharpness i kept smelling dulled down into something smoother and milkier that i actually like a lot better compared to the scent i was smelling when i first spritzed this; it's smooth and very lactic
