Goddess of Love & Perfume

Now this is a perfect oakmoss fragrance for me. I usually don't like fruity scents, but I have a weak spot for some (Absolutely Blooming being another, strangely) Strawberry and raspberry have been becoming two of my favourite fruit notes and this contains both, apparently. I get the strawberry, easily, but the raspberry I'm having a hard time detecting. The oakmoss in this is very similar to the oakmoss in Doe In The Snow and, in turn, for me, similar to the oakmoss in 31 Rue Cambon by Chanel. There was something in this that actually reminded me very strongly of Miss Dior (vintage), and I can honestly say that I have no idea why. It's mossy, sweet, peachy and slightly resinous. This creates the perfect fruity chypre to me. Like many of Sarah's scents, these really do smell of absolute quality. I've smelt some niche fragrances and many have fallen flat for me and none of the scents I've tried from 4160 have suffered similarly. This is the fullest of the full that I've tried. A complete love for the vintage style modern beauty.

Goddess of Love & Perfume was my first head-over-heels love from 4160 Tuesdays back in 2017, or so. Not much has changed I sold my old bottle to get new fragrances and missed it too much to bear so brought a new bottle. It's essentially the same although longevity might be a little less than what it was but when it can last up to 30 hours on the skin, who's complaining. I think in between the two bottles I had, the oakmoss concentration had been reduced due to IFRA regulations (Sarah advertised this in her Facebook group, if memory serves correctly) but you wouldn't know this. It smells almost identical. What this is can only be described as a strawberry chypre with violet candies crushed and thrown in for good measure. This reminds vaguely of New York 1955, sans the excess sweetness which has its own charm. A chypre at heart, but bizarre to the point of being unrecognisable to anyone who hasn't tried this - those who have will never forget it.

A huge fruity chypre. It opens with a joyous fizzy sherbet whizz. It smells as if Sarah has torn up the IFRA regs and added a walloping dose of oakmoss - I'm sure she hasn't but this is a full blooded chypre (which makes you realise that is still possible post-IFRA). Yvresse is one of my all time fragrances, but it has been so horribly thinned down in it's current incarnation, and prohibitively expensive in the old champagne-style bottles - I am very happy to have found this to relieve my sorrow. This is like Yvresse's younger sassier sister, drunk on strawberry 20/20 instead of peach bellini.

This is straight up Bal a Versailles, but more wearable. Not sure I like the name, though, because what a naughty, naughty goddess. This is carnal love, btw. Not puppy love. When I first got into perfume 10 years ago this wasn't the genre I liked and I recall not leaving Bal a Versailles a glowing review. But now that I'm living in the South (hello heat and humidity) and staring down the barrel at 50, I look at this genre more fonldy. I.e., Now I like the idea of playing the naughty goddess.

Boozy strawberries mixed with Bal a Versailles and a splash of Rochas Femme. Fruity, warm and spicy. I love it.