Astralmonad

Wow so apparently this is an exact dupe for Molinard's Thé Basilic. Exact same notes and smell at 6 times the price, released 2 years later as a copycat! Don't be fooled. Molinard is one of my favourite perfume houses from Grasse and they didn't strike me as the kind that would be unoriginal, yet Xerjoff has been the culprit here. "Niche quality" eh? More like ripping off another house's art. Outrageous.

Amazing and phenomenal smooth vanilla-almond-tonka bean scent. A staple in my collection for winter and fall, so I have a backup bottle. The projection on this is fairly discreet but it's a beautiful scent for your personal bubble or for personal encounters with others. Longevity is 3-4 hours max on my skin. I would compare this scent's similarity to Commodity's Milk Expressive or L'orchestre Parfums Piano Santal, but a much nicer and smoother version that is free of unpleasant accords.

If you've been subscribing to Ffern for a few years, you will soon realise that their offerings don't differ very much from year to year. Spring 24 is actually extremely similar to Summer 23, with the prominent grapefruit. This is not novel for them at all. And the reference to rhubarb is quite misleading as this is more of a citrusy perfume rather than anything more tart or sweet.

In my opinion, Spring 23 was the best variant of the citruses because it was most zesty. I stopped subscribing to Ffern due to the lack of novelty in their variations, and since I use up the perfumes sparingly over time. Also, they started using patchouli as a base note in Fall 23 and I don't like how that note dirties up fragrances. I will stick to citruses that are clean and zesty with only slight smokiness from hay, and buy their Spring or Summer bottles from Ebay when I've used up the 3 bottles I have.

I am nose-blind to "your skin but better" musk perfumes with Iso E Super like Molecule 01 or Another 13. But I can smell all the aromachemicals in this. Cetaox is a variant of Ambroxan, which I am not anosmic to, thankfully! So I can hop onto the mysterious musk train as well.

This is quite lovely, slightly ambery and woody on my skin and great for layering with lighter fruit musks. Decent performance, too. The Superdose version is way too scratchy and woody but this is perfect. This perfume is also exactly what I had expected Milk or Xtra Milk by Dedcool to be, but that one smelled extremely faint for me.

This is the feminine orris perfume I've been searching high and low for! I was disappointed by Violet Ida by Miller Harris because the combo of orris and vanilla and carrot seeds there smells like play-doh. ELDO La Fin du Monde is a nice iris and carrot seed and sesame perfume but with a light projection and this smells like a more sophisticated take of it. Maison Crivelli Iris Malikhan is a bit masculine-leaning. But My Day is the perfect orris fragrance for a woman. Creamy and delightful and masterfully blended but not too heavy, so this could be the ideal signature scent during springtime. I bought a 30 ml on discount and then a 100 ml refill for only about £40 so I have extra on hand. My only complaint with this is that longevity is 2 hours or less although projection is decent.