Fragrance Reviews by VegasScent

I get the lapsang souchang from this as well as a clove-heavy chai. Maybe drinking chai beside a mesquite fire? Initially it doesn't come off as sweet on my skin, just smoky. Kind of a tricky scent in my mind because I can't imagine wanting to smell like lapsang, it being a tea that people either love or think stinks to high heaven. Got a bit of that barnyard smell to it. The frag sweetens somewhat in the middle, and cedar comes in fairly noticeably. On the dry down it's all cloves and cedar, softly, with a dash of milk. A unique scent, and in my mind not very spicy despite the presence of cloves. More warm and smoky.

At first all I got was lemon Pine-Sol. The cleaning product impression was strong, yet I didn't mind it too much because of the lemony brightness. Then it eased up within five minutes and the cedar came through, mingling softly with the lemon, and it became very pleasant on my skin. Drydown is soft cedar which didn't last long. Longevity seems to be an issue.

Very sweet, overblown scent that's just too much for me. The honey is very strong, and while I think it's a true honey note, it's paired with a rose that is the same kind of rose in my grandmother's cheap rose hand cream: soft and sickly sweet and just old smelling. This perfume as a whole comes off as something you'd smell at a special event at a retirement home.

I love coming back to this fragrance because the first whiff is an explosion of damp, dark earth, leaves, and the deepest rose I've yet smelled. The initial herbaceousness of this frag makes me sit up and take notice. I didn't expect that. Then the rose takes over and it's a rich rose. I think of a bloodred flower under moonlight. I spray this on and I can't stop smelling my wrist. Powerful and luscious.