Bacchante

It started off with a tiny little 0.7 mL sample, and upon my first wearing back in May, I knew I wanted a full 1 oz bottle ASAP. Usually, if I like a scent from this house, I'll go from sample to 5 mL amber bottle, but this was just too good that I immediately hopped up to the biggest size they carry. It was one of the first full 1 oz spray bottles that I've bought from Alkemia (but definitely not the last). I agree with the scent description from @ CaliforniaPoppy: "On my skin: Sweet, fresh blueberries, the scent of refreshingly cool water and damp greenery. I do not detect lavender at all, but there is a slight earthiness with the oakmoss that comes out to play after maybe 30 minutes." Additionally, I do get just a smidge of sweetness from the tonka, but it's not cloying. I get a solid 5-6 hours of wear, and moderate projection for at least the first 4 hours. I'm curious if perhaps the reason that I get better performance than some of the other reviews listed here is because of the format--spray vs. amber bottle or rollerball, perhaps? Despite the spray being non-alcohol, I've noticed that the viscosity is slightly thinner compared to the oil in the sample vial--I wonder if that has something to do with it? Either way, it's absolutely delightful, and I love it. Don't let the "fruity" label scare you away--the blueberry/ivy accord is very fresh, pleasant, and easy to wear in both spring and summer.

Alkemia Baccante smells like if it was a rainy spring day and you walked into a florist shop (not a regular florist shop though. I'm talking about those magical ones you stumble upon seemingly by chance in the middle of the woods that are run by a kindly witch who speaks to you as if they know you, but not in a creepy way) while carrying a basket of ripe blueberries. While you're in the shop you eat some of the blueberries and then offer the rest to the kindly witch. In return she gives you a single sprig of lavender. Next thing you know, you're waking up on the damp mossy forest floor and the shop is nowhere to be seen. A hermit thrush is singing nearby and you feel lighter of heart than you have since you were a child. It's... well, it's good. The only thing wrong with this perfume is how quickly it fades.

I really love this. It starts off with a really nice blueberry scent that is natural but also reminds me of blueberry candy. It very quickly starts smelling earthy and like i am foraging for mushrooms in a forest (one of my favourite activities haha). I just put it on and i can smell the blueberry mixed with the ivy and oakmoss, its so nice! The earthiness lasts a few hours and then its very faint, but if i hold where i've sprayed up to my nose i can smell it up to 6 hours after. I don't know if i wold buy a full bottle, as I tend to like gourmand scents better. It could be a possibility though.

my alkemia experience has been weird. i ordered five samples. pretty strongly disliked all of them EXCEPT this one. holy fuck i LOVE this one. the perfect balance of sweetness from the blueberry and an earthy green-ness from everything else. smells like it just rained in a forest... wet and lush and super green. the mushroom note gives a kind of damp soil smell in the most pleasant way possible. a little weird but wearable.

Got a sample of this and immediately got it full-sized. Smells like spring in a bottle. The blueberry is so much wetter smelling than I pictured if that makes sense? It smells like a juicy fresh blueberry rather than a baked one. I adore Alkemia’s gourmands. They always have so much character. This makes me feel like I’m picking blueberries in a forest behind a cottage style house.