Cloud Daze

막걸리

Elorea 2025

On paper, this is the antithesis to scents I usually gravitate towards, which are fresh, feminine-leaning fruity-florals. I typically distance myself from gourmands as they're often too saccharine for my liking, but this brazenly deviates from that norm and surpasses all my expectations.

It opens up with a unique spicy warmth that quickly blossoms into something addictive. It's a little sharp at first, but over the course of a few minutes it mellows down into something more cozy, before eventually drying down into a toasty vanilla and rice concoction, with the faint spiciness from the opening remaining all throughout. It's well-balanced and sophisticated, never becoming too heavy or oppressive despite having all these strong notes. To me, this scent is evocative of a warm embrace, making it perfect to wear to bed at night (it feels like a treat to myself). As of now, I don't have any good winter scents, so I think I may full-size this, as I can see this being all I need when the temperatures get cooler.

This fragrance smells unbelievably good. It isn't beast mode yet it's far from a skin scent. It last all day. I bought this in store yesterday, and if you can go in person its a beautiful experience in itself. When I sprayed it again tonight, I fell in love with it all over again. The open warm and undeniably cozy without it being heavy. I don't have anything else in my collection that smells like this. The drydown the scent turns a little more earthy sweet. This scent does great alone, but also good for layering. On my skin, I'm picking up on the creaminess from the makgeolli, vanilla (a hint of it), Dalgona, and amyris.