The Prophet and the Wanderer

This smells like honeydew melon dusted with cinnamon when I first put it on. Very strange yet vaguely pleasant and intriguing enough to keep me sniffing. Whiffs of Tiger Balm, a bit of pine, some sour candy. I am not sure this smells like a desert to me at all; I'm searching in vain for a "sand" note. I am very intrigued by this cinnamon. I don't tend to like cinnamon in spicy scents, but here it is placed in such a strange context that I like it.

I am so impressed with this, it really smells like a desert flower/wax flower with its drippy goodness and then as the scent wears, it transcends into a desert sand and eventually reaches a spicy goodness. I love it. Also I am still so blown away that at a certain point it actually smells like sand!

I got this sample with high hopes based on the sand and ozonic notes. Unfortunately, on me the cinnamon is so potent nothing else breaks through. No sand. No beach. No reeds. It’s just like holding one of those large cinnamon brooms they sell at Christmas. I do understand how those that get many scents can love this. It’s quality in sillage and longevity, just doesn’t blend on my skin.

Smells like a reedy/grassy beach. Not like the watery, coconut beach kind of vibe, but a more green beach. Like Lake Tahoe with all of the pine trees. I don't think I would buy a full bottle but it's definitely a pleasant scent.

Smells like cinnamon at first, then starts to get into the actual notes. Smells like a beach more than a desert.

When I saw that this scent had a prominent sand note, I ordered a sample in the hopes of replacing the d/c Retropical (Yves Rocher). However, this isn't at all like that. First of all, it's very green. It starts out like the reed and grasses on a beach. Then it turns into (slightly spicy) tea. And that's basically this fragrance. Spiced green tea. At no point does this smell sandy or beachy to me. It's not unpleasant, but definitely not my taste.

I like this, but it has a lot of hippie head shop vibes on me. I don't know if it's the mitti attar and incienso notes, or what. It smells like a lot of the oils in the Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab line. It's nice and I have enjoyed wearing the sample today, but I won't buy a full bottle of this -- there are plenty of other Alkemias that I'd buy first!

I get cucumber and fresh cut grass at first, but when it dries down it’s this light creamy green floral sweetness with a little cinnamon spice and just a bit of sand. It’s really lovely. Very unisex.