Wooden Path in Autumn

[doomsday_disco]

Rooibos tea, a scattering of russet leaves, maple sap, and the fast-fading scent of once-green grass.

 

 

Hans Andersen Brendekilde
 

[HerbGirl]

Yes. Just yes. This is what I had been hoping for with Nothing Gold Can Stay back in August 2010. While NGCS was a nice scent, there was always something in there that just didn't fit. The notes are all discernable and I am in love with this oil. I have been wearing this almost non stop since it arrived and it has made my holiday season much more bearable. It smells how the painting looks. It smells like actual living maple leaves, red orange yellow but still on the tree - the best leaf smell there is. No sharp green, no mouldering brown...

I haven't layered with October yet, but it is high on my list. ?

Thank you!

[AbbyNormal]

This scent is simply beautiful. It really does smell exactly like what the painting looks like. I get the rooibos fairly strongly, combined with non-dead leaves, and I don’t know how it’s possible but it really is the scent of fresh cut grass if you could make it golden instead of green. Absolutely stunning and I’m so glad I got a bottle. 

[doomsday_disco]

I received a tester of this in a decant circle order, and while I didn't feel the urge to upgrade to a bottle, I was pleasantly surprised by this one despite not typically getting along with the Lab's dead leaves accords. I'm not a fan of actual rooibos tea unless it's adulterated with some flavoring or other flowers and herbs, but the rooibos here kind of reminds me of Nocturne Alchemy's black tea note, as there's a hint of spice to it. The leaves don't veer into cologne territory, and I don't smell any neroli in them (huzzah!). Maybe it's because the leaves aren't dead for once, like other reviewers have noted. And the grass combines with the leaves and the lightly spiced tea note in a way that perfectly befits the painting that inspired this scent.