zankoku_zen Report post Posted June 10, 2021 King mandarin and blackcurrant with frankincense, white clove, lilac, red rose petals, French lavender, and red vegetal musk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bkwy.aesthetics Report post Posted July 1, 2021 What a lovely juicy & jammy fruit fragrance! This is a perfect scent for summer days, I want to just lay on the beach with an adult beverage 😎 In the Bottle: Bright, juicy red/orange mandarin right in the face, and it is delicious 😍 The blackcurrant really supports the sweet citrus of the mandarin and darkens it up a bit. Something quite herbal lingers in the background and the florals are nowhere to be found On Skin: The musk and clove amp up and the mandarin quiets down...but only a bit. The star of the show is still that mandarin, but it is far more complex once this hits the skin. Very warm, very inviting. If I try really hard, I think I can detect the florals hiding in the scent, but they definitely aren't very discernable, so if you're scared of rose, lavender, or lilac, this is probably a safe bet. Dry Down: This is a real morpher! Fruity notes evaporate after a couple hours and the vegetal musk and frankincense reveal themselves as the base of the fragrance. This ends up being a very clean, yet somehow antique scent. To me it evokes images of a very well-kept antique shop. And while the frankincense is definitely adding a resinous element, I would not call this an incense fragrance at all. Wear Time & Throw: About 5 hours before this became a skin scent on me; great throw that fades gracefully with the fragrance Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zankoku_zen Report post Posted July 9, 2021 Fruity morpher. On wet, I get the mandarin and then it dries down to clove, roses, lavender and a whiff of musk that still has a fruity overtone to it. This is delightfully blended and not something I would have expected. Great throw and wear length. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VetchVesper Report post Posted July 14, 2021 Luscious king mandarin right up front that does feel a little more red than orange somehow. It's a deeper citrus than this year's earlier offerings. There's a cleanness present that reminds me of geranium, and the frankincense creeps up after a few minutes, adding a warm incense underneath the mandarin. I don't get much floral, and I think this is fairly unisex. I'd say this smells like grown up fruit punch, but I don't want to undermine it's complexity. A very nice example of the mandarin note, with enough going on to make it unique and dare I say, elegantly proper. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhonorv Report post Posted July 27, 2021 This is all harsh acid mandarin on me -- it smells like a cleaning product, with a lotta throw and staying power. I don't get any incense or frankincense. There is a little smidge of spicy clove that comes in after a few minutes, but my skin is turning this into a mandarin single note. I had to wash it off after an hour, as it was getting headachey :,( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
avilion Report post Posted August 2, 2021 I was hoping for a cousin to Transeo, but my skin is also turning this into a mandarin single note, which reminds me of the Body Shop lotion I slathered on myself as a teenager. Not exactly what I'm going for. Swappity swap! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casablanca Report post Posted August 4, 2021 Loads of mandarin up front --- and I'm also smelling a more reddish blood orange. I can catch a little black currant, like a soft shadow, but it's mostly lost in the radiance of oranges. Settles into a reddish-orange fruit punch? There seems to be a little more going on, but I'm not catching spices or other identifiable notes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
