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Clean and soapy, but nothing unique or head-turning
I got a decant of this to test it out before committing to a full bottle and I'm really glad I did.
This is a *very* soapy, waxy, spicy fragrance with a slightly sweet edge. The florals in this really all blend together extremely smoothly to become a very smooth, generic soapy scent instead of having really identifiable facets from each floral note. The iris definitely sticks out a little bit, but the yellow and white florals really all meld together to make a pretty bland floral soapiness, which makes up the majority of the scent profile. It's rooted in a sweet base from the beeswax and vanilla while adding a warm spicy kick from the spicy notes in here. The vetiver in this is really smooth and mostly just offers a slightly woody facet instead of the characteristic "scratchy" edge it often adds. The bergamot is only there for the first 20-30 minutes to add a bright citrus facet to the top
I see this as being a really great office-safe choice, but I also can't really find anything interesting about it. It's clean, fresh, and inoffensive, but it loses so much character in the process. The notes are almost so well blended that it's hard to pick them apart without a lot of concentration. It's perfect to smell freshly clean, but it lacks the "wow factor" I tend to look for in fragrances. It's not a bad fragrance, it's just a very elegantly-mixed soapy scent which isn't for me.
If you tend to like soapy fragrances, this is probably a pretty safe blind buy you'll enjoy, but it's not going to be the right DNA for my fellow gourmand girlies or vanillic sweet floral fans. Great for daytime wear, but doesn't have the impact to be a good daytime or night out scent.
Pretty fair value for the money; you can find bottles of this at discounters for less than $100 very easily.
This is a *very* soapy, waxy, spicy fragrance with a slightly sweet edge. The florals in this really all blend together extremely smoothly to become a very smooth, generic soapy scent instead of having really identifiable facets from each floral note. The iris definitely sticks out a little bit, but the yellow and white florals really all meld together to make a pretty bland floral soapiness, which makes up the majority of the scent profile. It's rooted in a sweet base from the beeswax and vanilla while adding a warm spicy kick from the spicy notes in here. The vetiver in this is really smooth and mostly just offers a slightly woody facet instead of the characteristic "scratchy" edge it often adds. The bergamot is only there for the first 20-30 minutes to add a bright citrus facet to the top
I see this as being a really great office-safe choice, but I also can't really find anything interesting about it. It's clean, fresh, and inoffensive, but it loses so much character in the process. The notes are almost so well blended that it's hard to pick them apart without a lot of concentration. It's perfect to smell freshly clean, but it lacks the "wow factor" I tend to look for in fragrances. It's not a bad fragrance, it's just a very elegantly-mixed soapy scent which isn't for me.
If you tend to like soapy fragrances, this is probably a pretty safe blind buy you'll enjoy, but it's not going to be the right DNA for my fellow gourmand girlies or vanillic sweet floral fans. Great for daytime wear, but doesn't have the impact to be a good daytime or night out scent.
Pretty fair value for the money; you can find bottles of this at discounters for less than $100 very easily.
EmberFloofs
