Au Lait

I get salty, buttery, milk. Very creamy and lasts for hours on my skin. It doesn't smell like cheese as I've heard it compared, and it's absolutely beautiful. Salty, creamy heaven. I can't wait to buy a full size spray as right now I only have the sample. I also wouldn't compare it to popcorn... I love popcorn scents so I wouldn't have a problem if it did smell like it, but it doesn't. And also let me clarify... buttery-milk NOT "buttermilk". If it smelled like buttermilk then I would loathe it as buttermilk is an enemy of mine, the smell makes me nauseous. Just think salty and creamy and naturally sweet. Not "perfumey" in any sense of the word which I LOVE. Please give this a try! **UPDATE** I've worn this for the past few days since writing that review and I've now officially purchased the full-size spray. This has became an instant favorite and I'm literally overwhelmed by how good this is. Top 3 Alkemia scents for sure along with The Magpie's Rhyme & County Fair.

This perfume is polarizing! I personally love it, but it's definitely unusual and unsurprising that not everyone does. On me it's a slightly sweet but almost salty, buttery milk fragrance. Not a sugary milk like Ava Luxe's Milk - this one is richer, almost more of a body smell. I love that it doesn't smell like anything else, that it's somewhat enigmatic and could be one's natural scent. Once I wore it to my sister's house, and her persian cat went crazy, was rubbing her head on me and cuddling up to me like she was on catnip. This was atypical behavior and we think it probably had something to do with my perfume...

I can understand why this one is very polarizing. It smells like heavy cream, sweet butter, and condensed milk—which can smell sour or “off” depending on the person. As a gourmand lover who’s very into the sickly-sweet lactonic stuff, I personally love it. I mainly use it as a layering oil, but I’ll wear it on its own as well. I would recommend getting a sample to see if it’s your thing before blind buying.

So I absolutely adore this. I may be an outlier but it smells amazing on me. Caramel and honey mixed with warm milk. If you've ever had or made the greek custard called Galaktoboureko (translates to milk stuffed phyllo pastry) it smells just like it. Milk, pastry, caramelized sugar and honey.

Smells exactly like a buttery croissant. Smells like a photorealistic toasted butter. I love this.