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This is…..not good? I don’t blind buy much, but I’ve sniffed enough in my time to have a pretty good idea when it’s safe. This should’ve been safe??
It’s just another Alien-type over-the-top sweet fruity Jasmine. Too sweet, way way way too sweet. More of a fruity candy than a floral.
I’m not sure why this had the editorials it had? There are literally countless better options. The price is reasonable I guess?
It’s just another Alien-type over-the-top sweet fruity Jasmine. Too sweet, way way way too sweet. More of a fruity candy than a floral.
I’m not sure why this had the editorials it had? There are literally countless better options. The price is reasonable I guess?
Osmanthus Golden Latte “Jasmine”
This is a very interesting “Jasmine”. It’s well composed, and I feel like more lovers of big stinky Jasmine should have it on their radar (I had never heard of it)
Sadly though I’m personally overwhelmed by the leathery osmanthus (This may just totally be a personal problem as although I actually like osmanthus and immortelle they both instantly dominate any composition I smell…even if they’re just hiding in there….note that I have sold most things I’ve owned with either of them over the years)
It’s more an osmanthus-curry-golden-latte served in a poorly tanned leather…drink-holder-something than a deconstructed jasmine to my nose/on my skin.
Sometimes I catch I little “jasmine” in the air though. Still very interesting and worth a sample!
Sadly though I’m personally overwhelmed by the leathery osmanthus (This may just totally be a personal problem as although I actually like osmanthus and immortelle they both instantly dominate any composition I smell…even if they’re just hiding in there….note that I have sold most things I’ve owned with either of them over the years)
It’s more an osmanthus-curry-golden-latte served in a poorly tanned leather…drink-holder-something than a deconstructed jasmine to my nose/on my skin.
Sometimes I catch I little “jasmine” in the air though. Still very interesting and worth a sample!
Every stinky is special in its own way
I love big stinky florals. One of my favorite things about stinky florals is that the stinky itself is so varied. Indoles in isolation have a moth ball decay type smell...yet fragrances that we (as reviewers) call "indolic" can also be animalic, sweaty, pissy, rubbery/gasoline-y, fecal and *insert random stinky smell here*--or real talk, just a floral (I'm sorry guys, just because it smells like a flower does NOT mean its indolic)
On me sarrasins is a LOT of "classical" indole. She opens up with a big ole blast of camphor. Although she manages to hold on to a little camphor the whole wear, that initial blast slowly dissipates into a very syrupy sweet jasmine. This mid stage is pretty tame, especially with all the carnal-flower-esque modern camphor-indole white florals saturating the market today.
However, as sarrasins dries down a very furry leather warms up, which adds in an animalic stinky. About an hour in this actually slightly overpowers the strong sweet jasmine on me. This stage I think is where most people get the "dark and dirty" jasmine. That said the actual jasmine element is always very very sweet; unlike other famous big stinky jasmines. The floral element here is sweet and syrupy, almost alien-esque; completely without that narcissus "floral indole" -- the stinky here is all the camphor and furry leather.
As with most SL florals the longevity isnt great; but honestly I would personally reapply something I love rather than smell generic amber/ambroxan for an additional 3 hours.
On me sarrasins is a LOT of "classical" indole. She opens up with a big ole blast of camphor. Although she manages to hold on to a little camphor the whole wear, that initial blast slowly dissipates into a very syrupy sweet jasmine. This mid stage is pretty tame, especially with all the carnal-flower-esque modern camphor-indole white florals saturating the market today.
However, as sarrasins dries down a very furry leather warms up, which adds in an animalic stinky. About an hour in this actually slightly overpowers the strong sweet jasmine on me. This stage I think is where most people get the "dark and dirty" jasmine. That said the actual jasmine element is always very very sweet; unlike other famous big stinky jasmines. The floral element here is sweet and syrupy, almost alien-esque; completely without that narcissus "floral indole" -- the stinky here is all the camphor and furry leather.
As with most SL florals the longevity isnt great; but honestly I would personally reapply something I love rather than smell generic amber/ambroxan for an additional 3 hours.
Vetiver fans only!
Lol!!! I adore reading @Mlleghouls reviews, they are DELIGHTFUL!
I have to say though that I loved this one??? (I also should note that my personal taste didn’t align with pretty much all the other Regimes I’ve sampled; so maybe they and I are just opposites here!)
This one IS very very many vetivers though, which as a vetiver fan I won’t deny that “strange cloying rot” has some truth there. But I think the grapefruit-green tuberose-vetiver blend in this one is *chefs kiss* if you are a fan of those elements.
The real story here is I probably could just layered heartless Helen and vetiveria for free, but inconvenient!!
I have to say though that I loved this one??? (I also should note that my personal taste didn’t align with pretty much all the other Regimes I’ve sampled; so maybe they and I are just opposites here!)
This one IS very very many vetivers though, which as a vetiver fan I won’t deny that “strange cloying rot” has some truth there. But I think the grapefruit-green tuberose-vetiver blend in this one is *chefs kiss* if you are a fan of those elements.
The real story here is I probably could just layered heartless Helen and vetiveria for free, but inconvenient!!
Surprising Mountain Laurel
Those that grew up in and around the Hill Country are very familiar with the Texas Mountain Laurel. It's a native slow growing shrub/tree that, for a brief few weeks in early spring, is inundated with huge purple lilac/wisteria terminal floral clusters.
Although the blooms do look similar...these are no demure wisteria/lilacs. These bad boys are the Alien of flowering trees. If you hold a single small blossom in a your hand for a few minutes you will still smell like mountain laurel for hours. For a short few weeks a year entire areas smell like a rich ladies bosom in the 80s!
I've never found a perfume that captures it, there's a distinct sweet "Purple" smell that reminds me of grape bubble yum. But, unlike wisteria which has a softer, honeysuckle sweetness and almost a peppery freshness Mountain Laurel, although not at all camphorous and not really indolic, has BASS. She has a tuberose-esque headspace (which definitely lends to that "love it or hate it" element of how locals feel about the smell). The perfume problem comes in here as grapey elements are pretty common in jasmines; but they are almost always drenched in a heavy syrupy sweetness (think Alien etc). They few that avoid this then swing too "fresh sweet" - more honeysuckle ish -- think Jasmine Full etc. Tuberose centered scents tend to drop the grapey elements altogether and add in camphor and greens. If you browse my collection it's obvious Im a fan of all these things; but they all take me farther away from capturing Mountain Laurels.
That was the longest segue ever to say TNT is not a Mountain Laurel fragrance. There's 0 grape here. BUT! BUT! The wonderful headspace tuberose is very very close to that booty butt bass she has. It doesn't really smell at all like holding a single Mountain Laurel blossom in your had...but it does smell like the blossoms on the breeze in March, and thats the closest thing I've found.
IN CLOSING (finally!) buy this because its an amazing headspace tuberose (I have a bottle with a sizable dent in it AND a back up) -- but ALSO buy it if you are another disappointed Central Texan that's never found anything close to the Grape Flowers of Dreams
Although the blooms do look similar...these are no demure wisteria/lilacs. These bad boys are the Alien of flowering trees. If you hold a single small blossom in a your hand for a few minutes you will still smell like mountain laurel for hours. For a short few weeks a year entire areas smell like a rich ladies bosom in the 80s!
I've never found a perfume that captures it, there's a distinct sweet "Purple" smell that reminds me of grape bubble yum. But, unlike wisteria which has a softer, honeysuckle sweetness and almost a peppery freshness Mountain Laurel, although not at all camphorous and not really indolic, has BASS. She has a tuberose-esque headspace (which definitely lends to that "love it or hate it" element of how locals feel about the smell). The perfume problem comes in here as grapey elements are pretty common in jasmines; but they are almost always drenched in a heavy syrupy sweetness (think Alien etc). They few that avoid this then swing too "fresh sweet" - more honeysuckle ish -- think Jasmine Full etc. Tuberose centered scents tend to drop the grapey elements altogether and add in camphor and greens. If you browse my collection it's obvious Im a fan of all these things; but they all take me farther away from capturing Mountain Laurels.
That was the longest segue ever to say TNT is not a Mountain Laurel fragrance. There's 0 grape here. BUT! BUT! The wonderful headspace tuberose is very very close to that booty butt bass she has. It doesn't really smell at all like holding a single Mountain Laurel blossom in your had...but it does smell like the blossoms on the breeze in March, and thats the closest thing I've found.
IN CLOSING (finally!) buy this because its an amazing headspace tuberose (I have a bottle with a sizable dent in it AND a back up) -- but ALSO buy it if you are another disappointed Central Texan that's never found anything close to the Grape Flowers of Dreams
