The orange of the opening is both juicy and candy-like, it reminds me quite a lot of the satsuma scent from the body shop. It’s blended really nicely with a leathery saffron that’s neither heavy nor synthetic. The carrot and coriander seeds both add to the leathery feeling and brings a nice savoury element to balance the sweet orange. There’s a touch of florals and light vanilla. The florals feel a bit candied without going full department store mode. The solar note just brings a glowing warmth, it doesn’t lean beachy at all. This phase of the fragrance has to be my favourite use of fruity notes that I’ve smelled so far. I don’t normally go for a fruity perfume, but this isn’t super synthetic or overly sweet at all and there’s enough other things going on to add some really nice nuance. It reminds me of a creamsicle, but very natural and with some more mature components added in.
After about an hour or two, the juiciness has gone and the orange fades into the background with a warm amber sweetness. There’s still a mild vegetal leather quality, subtle musk, and the main player now is a slightly stronger vanilla note that is very smooth and slightly buttery. I get a very minimal amount of patchouli, but it’s there. This is where it remains for the remainder of the wear, warm comforting musky vanilla kissed by candied florals with a hint of leather and woods and a whisper of a citrusy amber. Pleasant, but I don’t love it how I loved the opening.
