actually showcases rhubarb as a observe, paired with different, extra bitter citrus, like grapefruit, blended fantastically with lavender as a softening undercurrent and finally framed by almond nuttiness and pine that sweetens over time because the tonka bean within the base comes by.
- high notes: lavender, bergamot, grapefruit, rhubarb
- coronary heart notes: almond, fir balsam
- base notes: wooden, ambroxan, tonka bean
The opening was stuffed with bitter citrus–grapefruit and bergamot–however rapidly warmed up with spice and extra balanced sweet-sour from rhubarb, which left the grapefruit tangy, much less bitter, and fuller. The change between bitter grapefruit to candy, spicy rhubarb was like a flash of lightning, and it served as a strong reminder why testing a fragrance for quite a lot of minutes could be vital!
Recent pine mingled with frivolously spiced, sweetened the grapefruit-rhubarb mix after 10 minutes, after which there was a nuttiness that joined over the subsequent half hour. The depth of the grapefruit-rhubarb mix dropped after an hour, because the balsam began to return by extra closely. It grew woodier, earthier, and barely inexperienced with solely the final drips and drops of grapefruit-rhubarb. After three and a half hours, it sweetened with tonka bean and lavender turned marginally extra discernible together with a little bit of nuttiness. Within the closing levels, the perfume was extra tonka bean and fewer of all the pieces else.
Utility
For testing, I used half of a 0.7ml pattern vial dabbed to the underside and topside of my wrist space on my left arm. I used an unscented moisturizer previous to making use of the scent as that is additionally my swatching arm (aka, extremely parched at any given second) as I discovered scent didn’t maintain properly right here in any other case.
Longevity
It lasted for 5 hours till it was a skin-scent and about eight hours earlier than it was fairly tough to detect on my pores and skin. The sillage and projection have been average with the sillage dropping sooner than the projection after two hours of damage.
Private Ideas
I actually loved the event of the scent on my pores and skin, and it felt like a extra approachable fruity scent–not ultra-sweet nor bitter like lemon–blended seamlessly with different notes that created a large backdrop that accented the completely different aspects of rhubarb. It’s a perfume I’ll preserve filed away as potential for buy, however solely after I’ve explored the style extra completely.
Accessible Sizes
- 100ml for $180
- 0.7ml pattern for $4
