soft spicy leather for cold skin
I looooove this perfume!
I usually shy away from anything even slightly leather related, but this works!
It has the typical Francesca-esque base, medium intensity.
I don't know how else to describe it, but this perfume smells personal! It literally smells like a person, a person you love, you desire, maybe like you.
It's the skin on skin intimate scent that fills your nostrils, when nuzzling your lovers neck, the sweet airy aura hovering over skin, but in great intensity!
This is achieved without it being animalic, or stinky (like TF Noir de Noir) or synthetic in any way!
The notes as described are all there, but beware, the first hit is intense and sharp, but it quickly mellows out and blossoms into this indescribable melange of balsamic goodness.
On my cold skin it never goes too leathery or animalic, it's beautiful sweet, balsamic, spicy and just a tad powdery.
Childhood memories..
This was one of my mother's most loved and most worn perfumes. She treasured this little bottle and kept it for years even after every last drop was gone!
I remember a vague idea of the scent: sweet and powdery, fruity with a wonderful soft woody vanilla base that clung to the skin for hours! The fruity top notes never totally dissipated and made this perfume sooo special!
To me it was a deeply comforting, feminine scent. Warm, never screechy or bold but definitely on the sweet side, not comparable to the sweet, cloying modern perfumes.
I would buy this in a heartbeat if I cloud!
