Altruismus

Miller Harris has interpreted the interpretation of a garden in his own way. Where one expects opulent floridity due to the name one is quickly disabused.
After spraying, the tangy and sour freshness of the Hesperides is immediately apparent, with a slightly fruity sweetness of pear and peach. This is also where the pleasant freshness effect is created, which makes the fragrance appear airy.
Contrary to this, however, the heart note is very quickly revealed, which appears undefined. A jumble of rose, jasmine, tuberose and vanilla literally cuts off the initially fresh fragrance. This is quickly joined by a dull, powdery note from the base. The earthy patchouli, moss and powdery iris give clear signals here in the heart note. On the one hand this clearly slows down the floral buoyancy of the heart note, on the other hand I dislike the dull impact. A real contrast.
Moss, patchouli and iris clearly set the tone, even if the fruit and flower of the head/heart note can still be heard in the background, everything seems somehow slowed down
Was it Miller Harris's intention to give the whole thing a multifaceted quality or did they just want to be different from the 08/15 floral scents? If one wanted to capture the whole range of garden scents, then it would not have been successful for me here.
With the clear players Patchouli, Moss and Iris it is difficult to add further nuances to the base. Amber and musk are almost lost here in the superiority of their colleagues. Traces can be perceived well, these make the base soft and fading out.
Be that as it may, the scent will polarize.
But maybe it is the contrast that makes the fragrance stand out from the crowd and makes it interesting?!
The shelf life is 4-5 h, the silage is medium. Close to the skin the scent is naturally longer available.