Top Notes 
Calamus
Juniper berry
Lime
Heart Notes 
Jasmine
Nut grass
Rose
Base Notes 
Cedarwood
Elemi resin
Patchouli
05/02/2025
Ursaw
146 Reviews
Ursaw
1
Aren't perfumes the best swindlers?
Novellista's take on what you first imagine when someone says "cologne". A citrusy grassy freshie, vaguely masculine, with a somewhat saline aquatic quality to it. Like smelling weeds by the seashore. Better than other perfumes from this brand that I've tried thus far, sure, but on its own merits it's bad.
It has all the things I would usually love – from adorable juniper berries to prominent wild grasses. It's not sweet. The flowery notes are rather mellow and unintrusive. It should be almost impossible to screw up, and yet...
It smells super cheap and artificial, and feels almost... oily? Not in a fun way. More like whatever they threw into this concoction didn't mix right. I'm not by any means an expert in perfume production, so I can't say what exactly is the problem; but I've tested enough things to feel it when something doesn't behave right on my skin.
A pain to get rid of too. It seeps into clothing, it clings to the skin; I took a bottle of ethanol to the shower with me ~6 hours in and I still couldn't get rid of it completely. There's still a faint air freshener smell on my arms as I'm writing this. Ugh.
I usually try to be kind and understanding with perfumes I dislike, but this thing (and, tbh, Novellista as a whole) feels like a scam. You can get plenty of similar designer perfumes that are better and/or cheaper. There's about 50% chance you can DIY something like it at home and still achieve a more thoughtful result. I'd avoid it.
It has all the things I would usually love – from adorable juniper berries to prominent wild grasses. It's not sweet. The flowery notes are rather mellow and unintrusive. It should be almost impossible to screw up, and yet...
It smells super cheap and artificial, and feels almost... oily? Not in a fun way. More like whatever they threw into this concoction didn't mix right. I'm not by any means an expert in perfume production, so I can't say what exactly is the problem; but I've tested enough things to feel it when something doesn't behave right on my skin.
A pain to get rid of too. It seeps into clothing, it clings to the skin; I took a bottle of ethanol to the shower with me ~6 hours in and I still couldn't get rid of it completely. There's still a faint air freshener smell on my arms as I'm writing this. Ugh.
I usually try to be kind and understanding with perfumes I dislike, but this thing (and, tbh, Novellista as a whole) feels like a scam. You can get plenty of similar designer perfumes that are better and/or cheaper. There's about 50% chance you can DIY something like it at home and still achieve a more thoughtful result. I'd avoid it.
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