Frisco

Creamy, clean, subtle florals, laundry-esque but not your typical clean laundry scent, more natural smelling. Lots of petrichor on me, although others say they can't smell petrichor at all. Surprisingly moody and atmospheric for the listed notes. A stunner!

Something about this scent reminds me of Sweet Clover and Woodsmoke. I feel like these are sister scents.

As someone who's not typically a gourmand lover, this nevertheless managed to wow me. I get a lot of dark, rich, buttery caramel. I can definitely get a hint of salt and pretzel, and I can also detect the cool autumn air accord. The harvest spice note concerned me slightly as I'm sensitive to cinnamon, but this doesn't come across as the typical holiday spice or pumpkin spice at all. I also don't always like dry leaf notes, but here it just adds complexity and fall vibes. Just a dark, deep caramel mostly. I think the patchouli from this house is adding to that impression of darkness and depth. AOE has a really nice patchouli note that I think will be tolerable even to some patchouli haters.

Longevity isn't great, as with many scents I've tried from this house, but the wet phase of this one is my favorite part so I don't mind reapplying every few hours. Pricing is excellent and I really appreciate that small sizes such as 3ml are offered. An underrated house.

On first spray this has a sourness to it that almost reminds me of pickles. This never fully goes away, but it fades into the background. I don't detect the dragon's blood, tonka, amber or tea.

More than anything I get rose, a light, bright, girlish pink rose, with supporting fig and sour fruitiness. There is orange blossom in the background, which this house uses in a distinctive way that gives many of their scents a certain similarity. It's much lighter here than in Lymphae or Olwyn for example though.

Overall this scent is light, bright and feminine. It has decent longevity and projection unless the weather is hot and humid. I don't get a strong sense of season from this-- you could probably wear it anytime (although use a light hand at work). It's not bad, but not for me. Feels too young and girly. I'm a bit disappointed I can't smell the dragon's blood.

Third time testing, but first time taking notes. On first application I can smell tuberose, yes, but something is overwhelmingly reminding me of curry. I think it's the coconut, which is reading as coconut milk. Or perhaps it's the "tropical spices." I don't smell my hated note, cumin, thankfully. Simultaneously there is a spiciness and a hint of green camphoraceous edge to the tuberose. There is also a distinct rubberiness. As it settles down I am getting more spices and the tuberose is mellowing out. I don't perceive jasmine yet, maybe if I concentrate very hard I can imagine it, but ylang is not discernable to me. It may be amping some of the tuberose aspects. It's tropical for sure, but is it a hot weather scent? I'm skeptical. I am going outside in the heat tonight and made sure to apply it well in advance of my outing to give it time to settle down. I think if you sprayed this while out in the heat, with people around, they would complain. I myself don't find it offensive, but I don't love it either.

A warm, sweet, floral cherry scent that at first spray screamed "sorority girl on a night out." It definitely has that "fruitchouli" vibe that was popular with college age women in the 2010s. However I came to crave it and find myself wearing it to holiday parties. Despite the young, honestly a bit slutty feeling it has for me due to the scent memories of college drinking parties, I have received compliments from several older women. Like many in this class of perfume it has strong projection and staying power. I don't often want a fruity fragrance, but when I do this fits the bill. It feels more jammy to me than the vanillaed gourmand that a praline note suggests. Shares that dark jamminess in common with Nest's Black Tulip.