doomsday_disco Report post Posted December 4, 2024 A gently floral twist on the famous Swedish saffron buns baked for the feast day of St. Lucia, their curly S-shapes baked golden. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VioletChaos Report post Posted December 17, 2024 This is EVERYTHING I hoped it would be. I had tested - and foolishly! - discarded last year's Lavender Rosemary Baguette, and spent the better part of this year lamenting my missed opportunity to get a bread-forward scent when I had the chance. So I was ecstatic when I saw another iteration of bread made it into this year's Lavender Kitchen! In the Bottle, it's all bread, all the time. Just fresh-baked yummy, drool-worthy, fresh-baked bread. When first applied and throughout the initial dry-down process the lavender in the blend LEAPS forward dramatically, to the point where I briefly worried that the scent would be HEY LAVENDER! (oh, hi, bread) but it didn't stay in that place for long. Upon full dry-down, the scent finds its real footing just as the description promises: a beautiful warm-fresh loaf into which lavender has been lovingly baked. Medium throw, and a perfect daytime winter scent. I am over the moon that I grabbed this so soon after the release: now the question is merely how many backup bottles to grab! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Assimbya Report post Posted January 5 Precisely, realistically its description! This is a yeasty, warm, butter-enriched bread with a milky base into which herbal lavender and golden saffron have been steeped. In the moments after application the lavender is quite intense, but it calms down quickly and becomes a gentle undertone for the bread. I can distinctly pick out the saffron note, which is lovely. A couple hours into wear there's a lingering butter note which I found faintly unpleasant without the grounding of the bread around this. I got a decant of this because I wanted to have an experience of an actual pure gourmand, and I'm glad I tried it, but it's very much not for me. It left me very strongly wanting to bake lussekatter! But I don't want to smell like one, and for me I am learning that there's something disappointing about smelling it something I'd prefer to be baking. But if you do like wearing gourmands, this is an impressively accurate sweet yeasted bread scent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
