Tamarinda
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I was worried that the patch in this would be the kind that goes dirtacular one me. The patch is fine. It's a sophisticated, subdued patchouli. But the honey? The honey in this blend is the type that goes powdery on my skin. It smells fairly awful on me, but I'm not mad. I appreciate this perfume sparing me from the gimme gimmes.
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I keep forgetting to take notes when I wear this, but suffice to say, it was a blind bottle win. I get a dark, spicy rose with a resinous background that makes me feel like there should be tom toms playing while I walk. I agree with the old movie glam and the smokey descriptors. Like foggy scenes in vintage movies. I would say that the smokey/foggy vibe comes from the orris. I get eight hours or more, depending on how much I put on. This is one of those perfumes that gets exponentially louder with moderate application. I'm usually a two-cap-dab kinda broad, and that gives me moderate projection. But four cap dabs turn this into a Mae West "come up and see me sometime [eyelash bat]" type of perfume but if Mae West was Scorpion with his grappling hook from Mortal Kombat.
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Holy toledo, this perfume is amazing. It stays consistent from the decant to my skin, with a nose-catching raw ginger supported by the blood musk and the sweet earthiness of the beets. I'm really loving that this smells like young raw ginger, all fresh and spicy and utterly drool-worthy. The blood musk is behaving on me, for once. I amp this note like crazy so it's the only reason I didn't go ahead and blind bottle it. What a beauty! I need moar. I get medium plus projection with modest application. It goes strong for at least six hours and doesn't fade until around the nine hour mark.
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In the decant: Blueberries, roses, and lavender. Wet: Lots and lots of blueberry! Roses and lavender play supporting roles along with some background sweetness. Dry: The blueberry has left the building and now I'm left with a sweet, rosey lavender scent. I normally hate the smell of lavender but this perfume seems to be the exception. Lavender is the dominant smell and I'm not sure if I'm just sensitive to it or if I amp it. The roses in the background are very lovely and it's overall a beautiful pefume with strong projection and an 8 hour plus lifespan.
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This is roses and geraniums the whole way through. Very pleasant but I wish I got more of the other notes. It's a slightly dusty rose to me and I would attribute that to orris, but it's not listed in this perfume. This is a nice perfume for dusty rose scent lovers.
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In the decant: Kinda fruity, kinda rosey, kinda red. I don't know what rhubarb smells like but I'm guessing it smells fruity? Wet: Roses and a hint of strawberries. Just a tad smokey but not quite incense to my nose. Dry: The roses stay and the strawberry fades to the background to make room for the red amber, which smells musky to me. This is so lovely for about an hour and then it fades away. I really wish it had lasting power, it's such a fun take on roses. The projection was not quite moderate on me, but I wouldn't say it has low throw. Maybe two clicks above a skin scent.
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Alas. Powder. This seems to be a thing with both white musk and white honey on my skin lately. It's a very pleasant smelling powder, but not what I was looking for.
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I don't know what this smells like, but it is interesting. I suppose the note I'm smelling is the lotus. Honestly, I have no idea how to categorize this. It smells smooth, which must be the cream accord. I don't notice any amber, powdery or otherwise. I can't place anything woody, which I'm fine with because most woods smell bad on me. And the lotus does not smell floral, but I've never smelled lotus flowers before, so what do I know? The verdict for me is unfamiliar, but interesting. I like what I'm smelling even if it puts me off just a little because it's so novel to my nose. Hopefully time will bring out the other notes in a pleasant way. I like this. I do not understand why, but I do. GVaRB lasts at least six hours and has moderate projection on my skin. I do not regret blind bottling this perfume even though it was a total gamble. May it continue to play well with my ever-evolving skin chemistry!
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A beautiful greenery and rose scent that fades in about an hour. Kind of amazed that anything with oakmoss would fade on me since I tend to amp it. It's lovely for as long as it lasts. Hopefully a little bit of age will help it last longer.
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In the bottle: Smells like sweet taro and coconut cream. Wet: And there's the white chocolate to join in the taro cream. This is nice. Very edible. Dry: The white chocolate mostly goes away on my skin and what's left is the smell of a taro mochi. I'm a fan. It's creamy and earthy and sweet. It's got medium plus projection and lasts at least eight hours. This is such a cozy, lovely scent. I try to rotate my night scents but I've been coming back to this one a lot lately.
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In the bottle: Wine. Lightly spiced. Wet: Ooooh, this is lovely already. I'm smelling a nice wine note and some clove-y spicyness. Dry: A gorgeous, smokey, clove-forward sweet wine scent. This is so wonderful already. It faded a bit aftter an hour, but this hasn't had much time out of the mail. I will test again later and hope that it stays amazing.
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FYI, my order landed on Monday, March 4th and while I'm providing a review to help others make their decisions, I will be waiting until the two-week mark to make my first real judgements. In the bottle: Spring bouquet, just slightly sweet. Wet: Lilies and a green smell like... pulling weeds? Dry: Celery. The smell/taste of celery. Very loudly green and a bit bitter. Not scraggly-bunch-of-celery levels of bitter, but still. Bitter celery. Ok, this is why I dislike reviewing perfume that hasn't had sufficient time to recover from travel shock. I tested this earlier today and when I stuck my nose to my arm, I got celery. But as I wandered around my house, cleaning, I kept getting whiffs of lilies. I'd smell my arm and the scent was very faded after half an hour, but still distinctly celery. And yet, wanderwanderwander, vague lily smell. Weird! I'll probably give this perfume a month before retesting just to help me forget our first less-than-stellar encounter. UPDATE: Ok, time has helped soften the bitterness I was getting when this landed. This is a lovely greenery and lily scent. Hopefully a little more time will bring out the plum and tobacco. UPDATE 2: *sigh* It still goes on lilies and greenery but now ti fades after about an hour. I need to find my decant of Silk Tiger Lily to doublecheck if that a FMaFM thing or a lilies-in-general thing.
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In the Bottle: Slightly floral orange creamsicle. Wet: NARCISSUS. A dash of orange blossom. Dry: Ok, it's back to orange creamsicle but orange blossom instead of orange fruit. The narcissus has calmed down and is coasting on top of the creamsicle note. There's something under there that I can only guess is the red leather since it has a fabric type feel. It's more apparent on my left arm than my right. I'm not really catching the red musk, which is fine since I tend to amp red musk to high heaven. This is damned beautiful and I expect it to age gloriously. I got this bottle in a swap and it landed two days ago so for me, this is just a "trying it on" review rather than one for my notes. I will update in about two weeks, which is when I do my "srs bizness" testing. I'll compare it to Hunger at that point.
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In the decant: Uh... I smell stuff, but I do not know what that stuff is. Something woody? Wet: Yes. Woodiness and stuff. Something familiar, maybe the grey amber? I don't know what I'm smelling but it smells nice so far. Reminds me of teen boys. Dry: OK! I get the teen boys reference that my brain made. It's the sandalwood note from Coty's Gravity. It's also in Strawberry Sandawood, which is amazing but gives me depression because it's too much like Gravity. But here, it is really compelling. It has other friends that keep it from being overpowering or monotonous. I keep sniffing my test arm and it is not making me sad. I'm really loving this. I'm not getting any oudh specifically but I feel like it's what's helping keep the sandalwood in check and making it stay on my arm even though the weather is bone dry in Southern California, which makes my skin eat up perfume lately.
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Oh my god? Oh my god. This. This is the perfume version of Valrhona's Strawberry Inspiration couveture feves. It's so fancy. It has the fruity cacao butter thing going on with a beautiful, cherry-ish, perfumey haze underneath. I love it. This kinda makes up for my perpetual skin chemistry changes making all my faves smell terrible on me. This might have displaced Chocolate Stout Cupcake as my favorite chocolate BPAL. Absolutely gorgeous. -- Quick update: This is 10+ hour perfume on me. I need moar.
