TX30

[Invidiana]

This one takes me straight to summer! It' a fresh cherry and almond scent that makes me think of sitting outside and eating just-cracked almonds and cherries that are in season. Since most almond scents tend to have a cherryish tinge on me that only makes the two notes work together even better. The almond note here isn't a roasted or caramelized almond note, or marzipan, but quite literally like sticking your nose to the actual nut. The cherry is a tart red cherry, like bing cherry rather than black cherry. It's very cheerful and is making me crave sunshine and the warmer weather that should be just around the corner. For a vampire like me to say that, you know it must be good.

[Wench457]

In the bottle, I get a cherry note, but no cherry once I apply, which makes me think it's actually almond, since my nose likes to confuse those two sometimes. This is a soft, fluffy, close skin scent, that is really hard to pin down, actually. There's something rich and grounding in here too. I want to say saffron, though it could be teak or another light wood.

 

I can't tell what's in it for sure, but I adore it!

[cfrancesca]

I find this one complex and a morpher, it was difficult for me to try to pin down. When first applied, I got creamy almond and a little sandalwood, it reminds me of the scent of a luxurious lotion. As soon as it begins to dry, I get very soft hints of warm baking vanilla, soft spices (almost foody) and something slightly cooling. I can't pin down the fresh, cool scent I'm getting, it's kind of like soft balsam, maybe a little sap-like, with something slightly herbal and lemony (almost like light tea with a hint of lemon), but it's soft at this stage.

 

As it settles, the almond scent fades some and the balsam-like note and spices starts to amp. The soft spices (I mostly get saffron and maybe a few others) have created a warm, soft musky scent that kind of remind me a bit of the spices in Storyville. After about an hour, only the soft, warm spices remain. The scent is soft and has a low throw.

[zankoku_zen]

TX30 is a bit hard to pin down. I get a hint of cherry, almond, sandalwood and perhaps a touch of vanilla.

 

It dries down to an almost almond powder, and slightly spicy. Very soft, low throw. Definitely a skin scent.

[saralaughs]

Almond, almost like raw almond. After application, there is an almost sharp green scent that immediately makes itself known. It reminds me of the sap that is present in High-Strung Daisies, although not as sweet. Maybe some sandalwood as it is a bit dry as well. I don't get any vanilla or musk.

[Little Bird]

I didn't have much of this to test, and it fades super-fast on my skin, but I got a blast of fakey red cherry syrup that quickly dried down to something like creamy/powdery white sandalwood.

[mineralgirl]

I bought this based on the reviews here and I agree with them for the most part. I got a delicious cherry-almond scent when wet but then it dries to a sweet sandalwood on my skin. I really like it. I wish I knew what collection it had been intended for.

[Ordo_ad_Chao]

I didn't get the cherry-sweet almond on this. I got a hit of dry almond (raw? husk?) that disappeared almost instantly because my skin drinks almond up- just a hint of it stuck around and what I ended up with was a light sandalwood/almond not quite foody scent with a slightly vanillic feeling, only I got a little hint of anise also. It smells to me like an Italian anise pizzelle if you can take out the buttery-foody aspect of a pizzelle.

[lilacea]

Definitely almond, possibly with a touch of vanilla. I get a sort of very faint anise vibe, maybe playing with other woody or spice notes. There's something warm and grassy here also. Very little to no throw.

[Cali]

Agree with the raw almond reviews on here. There's a sliiightly "hard-candy" element in this, but far in the background, but it's mostly pretty earthy and woodsy almond.