Absinthe Robette

[Seajewel]

Radiant emerald rivulets of sugared absinthe and lemon leaf draped with sheer lemon blossom.

[Diesis]

My reviews are not as clinical as I used to try to be, more stream of consciousness. Hopefully I takes sense…

 

In the bottle it’s a very lovely lemon & fennel. Like absinthe with a lemon drop candy somewhere.

 

It’s been a few days & it’s stayed the same on my skin (& in the bottle). It’s gorgeous. The lemon is a soft, sweet lemon (though still bright enough to be great for a summer vibe). The absinthe is almost the same as the BPAL “Absinthe” but brighter, cleaner. Less of the anise/fennel note threads, it blends really smoothly with the sugar in the lemon & sort of just creates this bright, glittery citrus smell with some herbs.

 

After the dry down for a few hours the fennel & aniseed stay more so than the citrus so it becomes more of a lazy, summer sunset feel. 

 

If the alcohol note were more prominent, it would almost feel like a very sunny white sangria. Regardless, I’m really liking it & o hope it doesn’t morph much in the coming months.

 

(In a side by side with my aged bottle of “Absinthe” I notice more of the absinthe in this blend, but it’s still the same mellow feeling version.)

[Rspades]

I don’t get any lemon or fennel. Smells light and grassy, almost like a fake grass scent. Definitely late summer vibes. Was expecting more tbh!

[puellacaerulea]

This one starts out promising, with soft lemon blossom backed with slightly more green and astringent lemon leaf. There's something a bit powdery and vintage-perfume about it, but still bright and appealing. As it wears, the anise slowly takes over -- after drydown, this is predominantly anise with faint greens and citrus lurking in the background. This one's a like, but not love for me.