Fiore di Lago / Lake Flower
by AbdesSalaam Attar Profumo

Minty-herbal, woodsy and natural. Very fleeting impression of smoked wood. I like this one. It’s like lying in the grass by a lake in summer. I find it calming and uplifting simultaneously. I love helichrysium, apparently. Big ole thumbs up. :)

1st July, 2009.

I have a yes and no reaction to this one. The listed notes are ylang-ylang, rose, and helichrysium. But what do I smell? Lemon and hay.It is remniscent of oriental lemongrass.
I believe that I am not a fan of helichrysium. It is a strange floral--strong and both sweet and sour at the same time, harsh and haylike. It also has a bitter, aromatic, medicinal note. (I don't smell the "maple" aroma that is supposed to be a characteristic of helichrysium. Rather, the sweet part smells like cut hay in the sun, a warm sweetness.) Overall, helichrysium smells rather wild and incongruous to me.
Lake Flower also has the same unrefined aspect. It is unpredictable, wafting between warm and sweet and fresh and tart. Yet neither the sweetness nor the sourness is familiar, as it would be with common, edible substances like vanilla and lemon. Therefore, it is challenging. I don't know if I like it or not.

21st March, 2009.