Sturgeon Moon 2024

[Jenjin]

Sandy shores and sweet fresh water, lichen, green algae, and whitestem pondweed, with benzoin,
hay, cyclamen, moonlit musk, cucumber, blue poppy, driftwood, and agave.

 

A month of bounty, when the fish are plentiful and the corn grows high. This is the scent of breezes passing over the Great Lakes, mingling gently with traditional lunar herbs.

[groovyrooby]

Here to rave about Sturgeon Moon!

 

I'm trying to blind-bottle less, but I went for it with this one, knowing it was not bloody likely to work for me. Aquatic is NOT usually my thing - too often strikes me as "fresh" like a bar of Irish Spring soap. But because of superstitious mojo reasons, I did it anyway on a hope it would surprise me and it is a LOVE!!

 

It's starts with a sweet watery vibe, similar to Sirene Medievale or even The Last Unicorn. Instant love. It dries down to a soft vegetal floral that reminds me of Sunyashniki. Probably the hay & the poppy & driftwood combo? I tried it straight out of the bottle when it arrived yesterday & slathered on more this morning.

It's a perfect end-of-summer scent. Do not fear the aquatic.

[Little Bird]

This year's Sturgeon Moon does the usual Sturgeon Moon thing in that has a strong scent of soapy dryer sheets, but this one starts off wrapped in a creamy, smooth, blue-green aquatic that is cologne-like.  The drydown has a soft, powdery, almost floral and cotton-ish tone to it.  Bath & Body Works' Sea Island Cotton, a dash of Cool Water, and sharp, soapy dryer sheets.  The soap and dryer sheet thing does get stronger on me over time, and the whole thing lasts about 3-4 hours on my skin.  Definitely a clean laundry type of scent.

[roseus]

Very clean, fresh aquatic and white florals. The musk pushes laundry on my skin at first, but softens a bit as it dries and I get more notes like the cucumber and lichen. A fresh, almost juicy blue-green scent.