Flaming June

[Seajewel]

Skin musk kissed by diaphanous folds of sheer blood orange, neroli, sheer white amber, and tangerine.

[ReallyZeb]

In the bottle it’s all strong neroli.

 

Wet, the neroli is still there but the tangerine peeks through in the background.

 

As it dries it remains mostly neroli, I don’t get amber or musk at all . It has very low throw and doesn’t hang about long.

[kaileycatface]

yep, this is all neroli for me too. it’s slightly musky, and it makes my head hurt. (this is not my usual wheelhouse for scent notes, so this is not surprising to me)

[Casablanca]

Hi. Neroli is here!

 

Vibrant neroli, telegraphing joy like a bank teller's orange lollipops. There isn't much of interest in a bank, which can make the lollies all the more noticeable. Likewise, at first, this blend's lollies are the only game in the room.

 

After a moment, wee whiffs of blood orange and tangerine.

 

Then, in drydown, someone throws a soft sheet of sheer gauze over the citrus. The blend develops a diaphanous, faintly musky vibe. This has become sheer, springtime-orange nightie-fabric. It's a pretty phase.

 

Unfortunately, the lovely sheerness fades, and the blend as a whole eases back into more of a kids' chewable orange vitamin scent on my skin. Still a decant to enjoy, I think.

[roseus]

Big beautiful neroli! It's heady and a bit dark, and reminds me of the one in Orange Blossom & Driftwood, without the saltiness of course. On my skin it's gets just lightly tinged with the blood orange (more the zest than juice), and a soft warm base of amber. I can't pick out the musk, but I think it's adding to the sheerness. It's does a wonderful job of translating the artwork, it has a glowing quality about it.

[zankoku_zen]

Citrus, neroli, and a whiff of amber cologne. Very Jean Nate style. Fresh, citrus. Medium throw and wear length. 

[Ennikar]

I love Flaming June. I am also biased because when I was in high school, my English teacher hung posters of famous paintings on her classroom walls, and one of them was Flaming June. I didn't know why I stared at that poster so much, and consistently sat where I could see it even though I changed seats at random in other classrooms, but it makes sense in retrospect. I do like neroli, but I got this for the painting, not the notes.

 

Anyway. Neroli and skin musk are the main components to me, citrus but in a floral way and skin with just a touch of sweat. There isn't much "juice" to this citrus, which is why I don't consider the blood orange or tangerine to be major players. As for the "sheer white amber", white amber and I don't usually get along, but I don't get much of it here. Maybe it's why the whole thing feels clean and freshly showered despite the "skin"? I understand the less flattering comparisons (particularly the vitamin-c orange chewables) even if I don't share the associations; there is something that feels musky to me but could be gritty-powdery to someone else - maybe an aspect of the skin musk or white amber, or maybe that's just the neroli, which I know can be controversial. Even though the painting influenced my purchase choices, and I do think it captures the feeling of wearing that sheer sunset-colored dress, I enjoy this as a scent.

 

Medium throw when first applied, lasts all day as a neroli-musk skin scent.

Edited June 2 by Ennikar