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Like the garden jasmine growing outside the "summerhus" from my childhood.
Weirdly enough, marigolds grew nearby and the two combine into a weird latex balloon note
Yet it is not unpleasant. It's celebratory, vivacious, happy and a touch innocent. Like a kid's birthday
Has Jean-Claude Ellena been spying on me? ️

There is something surpy in it, perhaps it's the honey note. Yet this weird otherworldly freshness that cuts through it. This jasmin is like the plant from Little Shop of Horrors. It's feisty. Feels like if you don't provide for it - it'll bite your hand off.

Not sure what inspired the name but it's just like a feral fox that has been tamed just enough to brepet in exchange for treats. Love it! :)

The scent opens with a rich natural, slightly dirty, vanilla pod, smothered over silky buttery sheets.
Not even a few minutes in, the creamy and intoxicating ylang-ylang knocks on the door. What happens next it's none of our business. Only the perfumer, Gian Luca Perris, knows what magic has happened there. Perhaps he has it on tape.

All is left, sometime after, is the creamy indulgence. Melty, with a soft touch of sandalwood in a base.

Crisp citrus notes in the opening: both lemon & lime have come to the party!
For someone who is not a devoted green frag lover, verbena is pleasant and bearable enough. Luckily a hint of ginger balances it all quite nicely. There are some spices shyly hiding behind all of the freshness. About an hour later the musks come through on the skin and cedar becomes more prominent but the scent is still very zesty.

Overall it's a vibrant, celebratory scent that'll probably shine better in summer and not on a cold Nordic winter evening (at the time of writing).

This one reminds me of the Northern German fields. Freshly mowed grass and happy cows laying basking in the sun. No nasty smells, just warm milk. A couple of tiny lilacs hidden in the grass.
Dries down heavenly on me, like a creamy balmy summer evening.
Weird enough to pique one's interest, but not off-putting.