To See A Flower (2005)
by CB I Hate Perfume

This was included, at my wife's request, in my second order of samples from CB. I'm starting to get it. My first order included Gingerbread, which doesn't just smell of gingerbread but rather its components, butter, cream, sugar, ginger, etc. and then by the base the composition smells of its name.

Likewise with To See a Flower. One experiences walking into a greenhouse or flower case at a florist. One smells the soil, stems, leaves and earthy aspects of a flower before the base develops into a sweeter, more traditional floral accord with hints of the green aspects of flowers. It's really quite brilliant. I sampled the absolute/extrait, so I'm not sure how the water-based EdP would differ, if at all.

While I appreciate the artistry, this isn't something I'd wear. My wife loves it, however, and a bottle will probably forthcoming as a gift to her.

24th January, 2009.

top note; wet soil, flower saps and leaves
middle note; marron and a bit pine compost, greens like purslane and clovers, daisies and some flower notes that are very faint and cannot be named, may be the smell of flowers which are in a bouquet for their appearance but not smell, so no one knows their unpretentious smells when not exaggerated like that...
base note; a sweet cheery mixture of the all previous; may be a flower shop which the shopkeeper lady has eaten some croissants and drank sweet tea a few minutes ago...
It is really very extraordinary but i liked it.

8th July, 2008.

The greenness of freshly cut grass, wet earth, a hint of powdery, bitter moss and the barest trace of delicate, crisp spring flowers. Too light and clean to be my type of scent but still lovely. I think I like it so much because it's so very green and natural, instead of the usual cool, light, feminine "spring" florals with lily of the valley, violet, lilac and such that are more summery to my nose. In the drydown it gets a little sweeter and more powdery and looses its crisp freshness, more like a light floral chypre perhaps.

4th April, 2007.