Undine Comes Into the House of the Fishermen

[zankoku_zen]

Undine Comes Into the House of the Fishermen, Henri Fuseli.
Egyptian musk, kelp, white plum, sea buckthorn berry, matcha tea, champaca flower, and Moroccan jasmine.

Undine is a very salty, very watery floral. I get the kelp/sea buckthorn aquatics, with hints of white flower like the jasmine, with a hint of aquatic musk (hello egyptian musk).

It ends up on me smelling like a really nice aquatic, manly cologne.

[a_llb]

In vial: Foamy plum and kelp. Clean, aquatic.

 

If you missed out on 'Kiyohime Changes From A Serpent' from the Salon line, definitely try this! They are very similar.

[Monday]

In the imp: Baby powder.

On my skin wet: Baby powder. Really where is that coming from? Now it has morphed into salty baby powder. And morphed further into masculine baby powder, oddness.

On my skin dry: If there was ever such a thing as grandmotherly masculine baby powder this is what it would smell like. Not what I had expected at all, I'm seriously confused by this scent.

[brilliantcat]

I am both excited and terrified to try this scent. Excited because I love all but one of the notes. Terrified because that one note is jasmine and we have a nasty history. Namely, it generally turns to cat pee. I have seven cats and I am quite familiar with that "cat pee" smell, and jasmine does a dead ringer for it on me. However, I've had some luck with it behaving in certain few blends so I shall remain hopeful.

 

Imp: High-end perfume.

 

Wet: Salty aquatic, definitely floral though the jasmine hasn't misbehaved yet so I'm really only getting general "floral" feel. Light, white florals though, not overpowering. This is a calm inlet where the water foams around your feet but the water is too gently lapping to have waves.

 

Dry: JASMINE JASMINE JASMINE. It's actually not cat pee though, but it's strongly old lady floral with no hint of aquatic or other notes left. Pity.

[milo]

For the first hour or so, it is strong milled soap, of the fancy kind. Dries to something slightly fruity, but still soapy, kind of like a berry body shop soap with something herbal mixed in. Not really my thing.

[melange]

This is slippery saltwater on my skin, immediately evoking a mermaid, and sweetens up over time. No baby powder here!

[mymymai]

ITI: It's just a little aquatic, but warmly so with the white plum, champaca flower, and musk.

 

Wet: Holy Aquatic, Batman! The kelp really amps as soon as it touches my skin, so I have to fight the argue to scrub my skin. However, after just a few seconds, the musk and chapaca flower rush back to the forefront.

 

Dry: Slightly kelp-centered still, but I get the sea buckthorn berry, and white plum. It's better dried, and while a tolerable aquatic, it's not something I plan on keeping.

[Little Bird]

I was curious about the plum in this, but the Egyptian musk and jasmine come off as a very perfumey, sharp, cheap smelling floral. Dries down with a bit of soapiness. I scrubbed this one off after only a half hour, as it was giving me a headache. Doesn't smell fruity to me at all.

[WidgetAlley]

Imp: A strong, salty soap, or nice marine dryer sheets. Bit of jasmine underneath.

 

Wet: Summery, salty aquatic with a hint of sweet fruit and lovely florals. Champaca is doing its usual lovely thing here, smelling like a gorgeous, lightly plummy incense. This actually reminds me of The Sea Foams Blood, but with jasmine, champaca and plum underneath the aquatic.

 

Dry: Sea breeze that actually works on me (rare!), champaca, delicate sweet florals and iced plum wine. Man, Beth is killin' it with these Pickmans, this is absolutely gorgeous!

[freyasfae]

Saw this on someone's list who I did a decant circle I participated in and decided to give it a whirl because I am desperate for anything resembling my beloved Sunrise with Sea Monsters. This is a lot of jasmine on me, but a sea-worthy jasmine - picture a regal Mermaid Queen. It's pretty heady jasmine on me at first, but calms down after about an hour, then it's more of a gently, breezy, seaside floral. I can't decide if I want to keep it because the jasmine is pretty overpowering at first - but such is my battle with jasmine. I really like it in small doses and once it calms down, but getting there can be tricky.