Brigdh

In bottle: Tea and lemon, a very foody scent, but pleasant and clean. Wet: Lemon is still the strongest scent, with something tangy and green - maybe the aloe? Great summer scent. Dry: Gone. Absolutely no scent left within an hour. Oh, well. It was pleasant while it lasted, but way too brief to be wearable.

In bottle: Smoky sandalwood – I really do get a “blackened” sense from it – with a faint note of something floral and soapy in the background. Wet: Tobacco and sandalwood. I HATE cigar/cigarette smoke, so I was worried about this note, but it’s actually quite nice. It reminds me of a time I went to a cigar store where people were rolling cigars - wooden walls and the dry tobacco leaves, more than smoke. Dry: super sexy! A warm scent of wood and smoke and skin and musk. I don’t get any lavender at all (which is fine). A fantastic scent for being out at night at a club or sexy event.

In the bottle: Warm, spicy, with a faint herbal/grass note that I assume is the saffron. Wet: Gorgeous, gorgeous amber, rich and spicy and middle eastern-feeling. Unfortunately that lasts all of two seconds before…. Dry: Clove. Clove clove CLOVE. All clove, all the time. Like sticking your nose directly into a bottle of cloves. It's a very foody scent. The perfume has good throw and last, but... so much clove. Way too much for me.

In bottle: A sweet, sticky, almost medicinal scent. Not sure what that's from... the opoponax, maybe? A google search says it reminds some people of honey. Wet: Smokey. It reminds me of a faint gray tendril of ashes. Dry: It’s a dry wood/resin scent with a note of musk or leather, something faintly animalistic but not in a stinky way. Unfortunately I don’t pick up any sea spray/salt/foam notes at all, which is too bad because I’m a huge fan of aquatics. I definitely get a dark, haunted sense from this perfume. This is the scent a sexy monster would wear, a succubus or vampire. It's really not what I expected, but I like it a lot.

In bottle: Big bursting roses, with a slight undertone of other florals, slight enough that I can’t pick out which individual ones. There’s a nice wood note in the background as well. Wet: A woody, incense-y note dominates, followed up by the rose. It's old-fashioned, but in a very lovely way; it makes me think of opera singers or dark paneled offices. Dry: Mostly just rose, a powdery, rich, red rose. I never got anything similar to cigar smoke – which I’m happy with, since I hate the scent in real life and was hoping it would be mild here. At 5+ hours there’s still a bit of scent left, though it’s faint by then. Overall, it’s very evocative of Latin America, and feels like the perfect perfume for a humid summer evening.

In bottle: Fresh-cut flower stalks. No particular floral smell, just a juicy green note. Wet: At first mostly that green, fresh plant scent, but it quickly transforms into a lovely floral. It reminds me of daffodils or phlox more than anything else. Dry: The scent continues with the gorgeous bright phlox/daffodil note. Unfortunately it doesn’t last very long; it’s entirely gone on me within two hours.

(Reviewing the 2016 version) In bottle: A blue/green aquatic smell, like fresh cut flower stalks. Wet: Green, plant with an herby/earthy note. Frankincense is there in a very distant way, providing subtle grounding to the plants. Dry: It fades away after 2-3 hours, which is unfortunate because I LOVE the smell and wished it lasted longer. It definitely has a winter-seaside vibe, an herbal sharpness mellowed out with the earthy frankincense (another review called the frankincense “fuzzy”, and that’s really a perfect description for what it adds to the bled). Just gorgeous!

In the bottle: a sharp wood scent, with the patchouli heavily dominating. Wet: A creamy, smoky patchouli. It reminds me of leather stored in a wooden box. Dry: Soft patchouli, not harsh like it can be in some scents, mellowed out by wood and an almost subliminal hay scent. It lasts for a good amount of time, but isn't overwhelming. I'm not a huge patchouli fan overall, but this is a very nice take on the scent.