Datura Blossom

[Jenjin]

Corpse white and bruise-purple, sacred datura is native to my west coast homeland. A seductive, heady, hypnotic bloom, as poisonous as it is beautiful.

[Fancyfetus]

I had to snag a bottle of this, despite not knowing what datura actually smells like. As such, I can't comment on how true it is to the flower itself.

 

When first applied, this smells like highly concentrated baby powder. This made me nervous, but the scent began to morph pretty quickly after application. Within a minute or two, it shifts completely to rose. It's very wet, like you've taken the entire head of a red rose at the height of bloom and crushed it tightly in your fist. 

 

A few minutes later, the fragrance morphs again, seeming to blend the initial powderiness with the rose. The entire effect reminds me a bit of a headier vanilla orchid. There's a hint of something green that starts to emerge around the edges, like a bit of cut stem. This adds a little sharpness that I really like.

 

By the 20 minute mark, it settles into a gently powdered white floral that is quite lush, with a tiny bit of bite. It's got almost a sedative quality to it. I'm lazing around in a silk robe today, and this is a great scent for that activity. Datura Blossom will be a lot of fun to layer with other scents. I'm particularly curious about how it will mingle with Philopannyx, as well as Rosebuds, Mushrooms, and Moss. Something with violet in it might be fantastic with this.

 

If you like white florals, then this could be for you. If not, I'd try out a decant before committing to a bottle.

 

[Poenari]

Testing my decant and my first take: oh this smells like poison! There's a vague undertone of almost a lye note here, but sweet and sticky. The floral note isn't the kind of white floral that screeches into my sinuses! It's seductive and pulls you in for a closer sniff. I literally sniffed so close that I accidentally touched my nose to my wrist! After drydown, the scent dries down to a purplish floral all right, only a hint of powder here. This is deceptively lovely! 

[Assimbya]

This is gorgeous. I had no idea what datura itself smelled like, but the closest thing I can compare this scent to is a fleshy white lily - it has that same sense of body and life. There's more green here, making it feel fresh and wet. I found this enthralling and am so happy I bought a bottle.

[ghoulnextdoor]

This impression of chlorinated florals, aquatic honey, and a slight mineral effervescence is not at all what I expected... although I think this is going to be a summertime favorite! This is a midsummer fever dream, foamed with flowers, pearled with light. Narcotic petals lounging poolside: honey-sweet poisonous blooms take a dip in cerulean waters at high noon in mid-July, and they’re floating on neon pool noodles and drinking slightly flat but icy-cold Topo Chico. For those who appreciate such things, this one reminds me a bit of the long-discontinued Danube.

[Biocarbons]

Velvety, white blossoms with an earthy greenness. Reminds me of lilies in a vaguely vintage way.

 

This is more what I was expecting from the Tomie perfume.

[RoseThornAndOak]

Ahhh, the Jamestown weed.  Apparently, during Bacon's Rebellion some dudes got pretty riled up on it. I used to spot these little trumpets around the edge of the corn field growing up and stick my nose in the purple veined white petals, not knowing anything about the plant other than they had these cool spiky pods, and they seemed magical and faerylike. They did smell good overall, like a cross between snappy green stems, and a heady sweetness similar to gardenia kinda, just more green and more like drying vines. I'd say, 70% dried vines, not unlike tomato or pumpkin vines, 30% night blooming floral, sweet and soporific.

 

This is much stronger, and although I do get a green vine type note, it's not as natural smelling as walking by an actual withery datura vine, so no tomato or pumpkin-like vine sadly, but it's nice. Here the floral takes over, maybe 95% white floral, 5% green. The floral here is heady, yet not quite like what I remember. This rests somewhere between white lily, gardenia, moonflower, and white rose, like a powdery yet waxy white floral, night blooming. There's something slightly vanillic and sweet, like how Le Sepent Qui Danse has that bit of vanilla. I picture a white flower powdering her cheeks, putting on some moon glitter, and become a narcotic faery menace to society. So it kinda doesn't fit the vibe but kinda does?

 

Overall, I really like it. To me, it is most similar to Young Woman Powdering Herself which, while indeed powdery, is not the most powder puff POAHHHH thing I've ever smelled, it's classy, elegant, and gorgeous, and highlights the floral aspect. This is the wild faery cousin, or the Young Woman powdered herself, then went on a twilit, moonlit date down the lane with her beau in a pretty white dress, and enjoyed herself some mystery flowers. I feel like it would layer well with Starlight and Spidersilk, so I'll probably get a full before these come down!

Edited December 14 by RoseThornAndOak

[feyofthefellwood]

A creamy, slightly powdery, almost vanillic white floral with a green undertone that kind of does smell poisonous. Unlike some white florals, this does not give me a headache or turn indolic. Strangely addictive and layers beautifully with vanilla.