Green Silk Carnation

[Seajewel]

Cypress-green carnation petals crushed into grass, hemp flowers, and weed.

[ghoulnextdoor]

A sweet vegetal mustiness with a tiny amount of terpenic funk, which as it wears is, at turns, sweeter and greener, never committing to one or the other. It dries to a frosty-soapy pleasantness. It has a chilly, verdant vibe that calls to mind the greenhouses in a snowstorm from the first story in Kelly Link’s forthcoming collection White Cat, Black Dog.

[Greensleeves]

In the bottle: Rich carnation with a decidedly green overtone, just as promised. Also slightly sweet and fruity, but not in a foody gourmand sort of way.

 

Wet: Grassy, soft green floral, sweet and fresh. I'm getting a faint hint of something like mint or eucalyptus. This is like the promise of spring.

As it dries the grass comes out more. It's like walking through a field of grass, herbs, and wildflowers.

 

Dry: It's become a little less sweet, but in a nice way. It's a little more tangy, with just a hint of something like eucalyptus, but very distant, soft and powdery.

 

After a few minutes: Very faint powdery green. Sort of sagey, smooth and soft, still with a faint fruitiness.

 

After first hour: The carnation has come back with a hint of peppery green herbal sweetness.It is not a bold, in your face scent, more subtle and gentle. It's quite smooth and soothing. I would probably love wearing this to bed.

 

After two and a half hours: A hint of soft herbal carnation, very powdery, smooth and sweet with distant echoes of non-foody fruitiness. Without reapplication it is very mild mannered, understated and close to the skin.

 

After 5 hours: Just a soft hint of carnation.

 

Slather test: Whoa, heavy grass, and an almost intoxicating fruity herbalness that might be a bit too heavy in large amounts. If I keep this, I don't think I will need to apply quite this much. I wasn't expecting it to be this powerful

 

Final verdict: I enjoyed everything but the slather so I'm on the fence about this one. I'm going to rest it, and then retest later.

[Exquise-moi]

A really interesting melding of cypress, greenery, and carnation, oscillating between the spiciness of the carnation and what I can only describe as the scent of LUSH's Guardian of the Forest bath bomb.

[doomsday_disco]

Holy heck, this is green. It's more of a grass scent than a floral scent on me. It's accompanied by a bit of the Lab's weed note during the wet stage, but then it ends up settling into a grass-dominant melange of greenery that is hard to pick apart aside from the grass, although I think the hemp flowers may be next in prominence by the end of the day. I tend to amp carnation, but that wasn't the case in this one at all.

 

If you're on the hunt for a green scent, this one is for you. I don't think I could see myself reaching for this one, but I'm glad I decided to try it.

 

 

[MonBon]

Something in this blend goes totally sideways for me. It starts 🌱pretty 🌱green🌱 grass followed by someone angrily tearing out a bunch of petals and stomping viciously on the stems, bitter plant guts splattered on the grass. I usually love the lab's weed note and carnations are some of my fave florals. It smells violent and sharp, I prefer my greens juicy & dewy OR smoky & dank. Sadly, these shades of green clash when all together for me. Throw: low, Longevity ~4-5hrs

[roseus]

Spicy green-floral. Like a meadow on the edge of a forest. As it dries it is mostly carnation forward and the cypress and grasses are more in the background.

[Little Bird]

Green and bitter, like picking dandelions, but with an undertone of something funky.  It keeps reminding me of a whiff of dead fish (and thankfully that goes away after about 10 minutes, but it's a rough 10 minutes). 
As it dries down, it's still green and bitter and strongly reminds me of dandelions, with the added sweet, clove-y spiciness of carnations.  I like it a lot once it settles into the sappy, slightly bitter greens and spicy carnation phase.