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NOT a safe blind buy

I've now tried this multiple times in different weather conditions, to no avail.
There's a terrible medicinal opening reminiscent of honey flavoured throat lozenges, with no real honey - it's definitely not a gourmand, or at least not one I would like to eat. Then the bandaids smack you in the face. After about 3 hours the scent starts to fade and become kind of tolerable.
Maybe it's my skin or a personal association thing but please please try before you buy.

Not sure what I'm going to do with the rest of my sample.

At first spray I'm reminded of something sweet that I don't necessarily love, like candy that I might leave for someone else. I guess it's that candied bitter orange peel. I don't get the coffee until a bit later, but once it shows its face my mind starts to change; I start to love this fragrance.

I think I'd wear this for a cold Christmas. Or just if I was on holiday in winter in Europe. It's not the Christmas day, but the Christmas season. I see cobblestones and coats and scarves and inviting shop windows. Ultimately I don't think this suits me, but it does take me somewhere I would love to be.

I definitely get a beautiful sunscreen note - it's summer but clean, like you're inside or at Bondi Icebergs instead of Bondi Beach. Poolside, summery, coastal, maybe beachy but not salty or sandy. Maybe that's why it feels like more of a room scent to me? It's like a boutique shop by the beach or a house on the coast in summer where the walls are white, the parents are rich and the kids just got back from a swim.
I love it but just can't connect with it as a personal fragrance.

Amazingly accurate description from the brand: "Poolside, soft coconut, crisp cucumber and a splash of gin. This is effortless leisure, sun-warmed shoulders, a magazine in hand, and time to drift. Aromatic and clean, it lingers like a perfect summer afternoon, cool, calm, and quietly unforgettable."

Firstly, do I like the smell of this? Yes.
It is what it says it is: a sweet (but not overly so), warm, musky rose. I've found that most of Mihan's scent descriptions are pretty spot on.

However, I have some sort of mental block about rose - it's a very classic scent that I just personally am not sure I want to smell like. That being said, the longer the perfume sits on my skin, the more I like it. The rose gives way to something beautiful (aka the oud and sandalwood). Enjoyed smelling this.

If you are a rose lover, I think it's pretty safe to say you'd like this scent.