Right Ventricle

[zankoku_zen]

Breathing life into the body: a joyful burst of sweet orange, Siamese benzoin, ylang ylang, and lime.

 

Sweet orange, lime, and ylang-ylang. This is a citrus based floral, and sort of sugared ylang ylang. Medium throw and wear length.

[Casablanca]

First applied, Right Ventricle is fresh and positively acidic with citrus. Sweet orange and lime, though smelling somehow a bit like paler fruit on me, like there's also a little white grapefruit or something hidden among them. 

 

After the early citrus burst, a sweet and tropically sultry ylang ylang comes out, and then benzoin. The combination is coming across as really sweet. At this stage, this actually reminds me a bit of fruity gum, but not in a bad way.

 

The ylang ylang continues to grow in intensity on me once dried. 

 

I once spilled most of a bottle of ylang ylang into homemade deodorant I was making. That was... so strong... I'd forgotten about this, but the dried blend is reminding me of it... 😂

 

A sweet and fruity tropical floral.

[donkehpoo]

Wet: Zesty citrus and ylang ylang! Citrus-wise, I'm getting more lime than orange.

 

Dry: Darn, my skin has pretty much eaten this. The ylang ylang(which IMO is like a sweet, tropical floral scent) is the dominant scent though, with citrus trailing behind.

 

I think I'll hold on to the decant because the wet stage was really nice, but with how weak this was during the dry down.. I'm not sure I can splurge for a bottle.

 

[marared]

Fresh application is bright zingy orange and lime as promised, and the ylang ylang shows up a few minutes later. Aaaaand then the citrus fades away, leaving a slightly resinous floral with only the ghost of fruit beneath it. 

[samanare]

An orange scent, but benzoin and ylang ylang are not far behind. I do not get lime at all on me. Overall, a citrus scent with strong resiny and floral components. I personally was hoping for something more citrusy and bright, but this is still pleasant.

[mandragora369]

I got a decant of Right Ventricle, I adore Ylang Ylang, it's one of very little floral scents I really love! Fruits can be great on my skin or go completely sour, so only a decant.

 

In the vial all I get is sweet orange and lime, both relatively balanced.

 

Wet on my skin I finally get my beloved Ylang Ylang. It's such a pretty heady floral. Both fruits are in the background but still there. At that stage I get no benzoin/no resin, it's just a nice fruit cocktail.

 

Dry both fruits are almost gone and I'm left with my Ylang Ylang and now there is a hint of benzoin. Not strong though.

 

Overall it's a really nice scent!

[neuilly]

I'm rather confused by this scent. It's definitely bright citrus off the bat but quickly dies down to what I want to say is "gummy bears". What I'm confused about is there's an underlying scent in there which I can't decide is a note or bad skin chemistry. It's a little sour but not in a foody type way. I was hoping this would be a nice refreshing summer scent on me but it's not working with my skin. Alas.

[RedPersimmon]

Mouthwatering citrus burst in the beginning. Dries to a faint, resinous citrus-benzoin.

[punkmercutio]

In the bottle: Immediately I think of a cup of orange juice, freshly squeezed. It's more sweet than tangy and I'm not getting any lime right off the bat. Some floral from the ylang ylang.

 

Wet: Very sweet orange. Still no lime for me, but the ylang ylang and benzoin are more prominent once it's on the skin.

 

Dry: Mostly ylang ylang, with the sweet orange and benzoin hovering just behind.

 

There was an odd stickiness when I applied it, like I was rubbing straight orange juice onto my skin, and it remained as it dried down.