Birdbureau

As someone who spent years backstage, it isn't quite the smell like a theater to me -- there's not enough sawdust, paint, hot electronics, or burning dust. That's probably for the best.

There is a heat to this fragrance that keeps me sniffing my wrist throughout the day. It smells warm and a bit synthetic with an almost humid stuffiness. I once saw someone compare the smell of this to hot laundry fresh from the dryer and haven't stopped thinking about that comparison since.

It's that heat that makes this fragrance evoke the idea of the theater to me. Velvety seats, stage lights, the press of the crowd in the lobby with the lingering scent of rosy, musky perfume and after-dinner coffee clinging to their heavy winter coats. I adore the coffee note in this -- the bitterness cuts through the dustiness of the other notes and makes my mouth water.

Perfectly unisex and wears fairly close to the skin. I love wearing this for nights out in the fall and winter.

The the first few hours of wear remind me of leaning in to sniff a perfume sample in a magazine -- peppery, lightly musky, and above that, the unmistakable smell of glossy paper. With time, the synthetic notes fade into a soft, cozy skin scent that's clean without being soapy. Wears close to the skin but lasts the day on me without issue. This is truly an any season, any occasion perfume.