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this is ALMOST the greenest perfume i've ever tested (Bond Street 1972 cannot be beat. it is insane). it is sharp, crushed flower stems to the brain. i used to work at whole foods in the produce department, and i would sometimes have to cut the ends of the flower stems off. i'd store them in a cup and smell them. THIS is that smell (with an added hint of pepper and something... weird). if i could taste this, it would be intensely sour and vegetal. it kind of reminds me of Etat Libre D'Orange scents, but way more intense. it eventually dries down into something a bit more floral and palatable, but damn, it starts off strong. if i didn't own Bond Street 1972 i would immediately buy the full bottle of this, as i love an intense, bitter, spicy green scent. very aptly named. it is the smell equivalent of pricking your finger on a rose thorn.

i was really excited to try this because it has a magnolia note. i grew up with magnolia trees and i find their smell to be indescribably beautiful. unfortunately, this magnolia is buried under tons and tons of Crayola air-dry clay, which, if you're wondering, does not smell like traditional clay whatsoever. its plastic-y and synthetic. it reminds me of the smell of a children's classroom, or perhaps the end of a pencil. maybe the smell of a burning hot glue gun. with this being said, it isn't terrible. i find it to be unique, charming, slightly waxy, and nostalgic. the magnolia note is still there, it just takes a backseat for sure. i looked at the notes that chronotope listed on their website, and if i'm being frank, i don't think i could pick out any of them (except hollow ship hulls? maybe? this perfume has a musty hollowness to it). despite the wacky synthetic nature of it, it's still distinctly floral, and i'd consider to it to be wearable for the brave (or maybe for a pre-school art teacher). one of chronotope's weirdest.

very, VERY interesting perfume, nothing like i've ever smelled before. it is a spiced, musky, animalic banana scent. it is warm and enveloping while still maintaining a slight freshness. it's technically a gourmand, but it doesn't lean sweet at all, and is much more spicy. nanas has a bananas foster smell for certain. a really good, very tasty bananas foster, one with plenty of whipped cream on top. i agree with heydiz, it does kind of remind me of the smell of cat fur. this is one of the few gourmands i'd put up with.

Clue describes this as "a cup of jasmine tea brewed with ocean water". maybe im being influenced, but that is extremely accurate. it smells exactly like jasmine tea by the ocean. a big cup of salty, sandy jasmine tea. it is beautiful. all the notes are there, except for patchouli, which is fortunately absent from the equation. the honey is also quite subtle, but it is present, and luckily for me it only comes about in short bursts (i am a certified honey hater). for the most part, this is a briny jasmine scent. it is open, airy, and refined. this also performs very well on my skin, and i've had about two strangers compliment me on this scent out of the blue. there isn't much i can say. they hit the nail on the head here.

upon initial spray I found this to be an incredibly boring, but enjoyable, one-note peach scent. the peach is heavy and hard throughout wear and is definitely the first and most noticeable note, but as you wear it, other things begin to pop up. after about 15 minutes i could notice a salty, metallic note that distorted the fruitiness. it smells like i took a peach and rubbed it against a pole on the street. this is a dirty peach, one that is warm and ozonic while still maintaining a bright zing (presumably from the grapefruit). interesting for sure, but still not super adventurous considering it is a chronotope scent. with all that being said, this is a solid and enjoyable perfume. definitely one of chronotope's more palatable options, but i still prefer Carter's wacky stuff.