Jest

This is a heavy perfume. Jest will take over any intimate setting. Despite its weight and presence it's not screaming for attention. It’s more like when it enters the room everyone looks to see what she is wearing and lesser perfumes realize they are wearing last year's hand me downs. Jest is interesting. It is RUM!!! musk, heliotrope, vanilla, it feels like amber, then just a touch of apple, and cardamom. I get no chocolate, if it is there my nose is totally ignoring it. Honestly the rum is a benevolent tyrant protecting me from the scourge of weaker notes. We must raise a glass to our leader!! This is a sweet gourmand, and needs to be worn responsibly. It is ridiculously strong, especially on the opening. It has an impressive sillage, my friends could smell this perfume from at least 6 feet away outside (wind was blowing towards them). That was at hour 4. I had 1 spray on each arm and 2 sprays on my shirt. I have since learned 1 spray on each arm and 1 spray on my shirt is what works best for me. On skin it lasts 4-6 hours, on clothing (scrubs) I could still smell it very well after 11 hours when I changed. This is a cooler to cold weather perfume. If you wear this above 50F/10C it will overwhelm you. This is definitely a unisex perfume, however it definitely leans feminine. I would say 65% feminine if that matters to you. It is a very well crafted perfume. If you love boozy scents this is one to check out. I have worn it a few times and after each wear, I find myself enjoying this perfume more each time. It will never be daily wear (and shouldn’t), but in the right weather in a coffee shop, it makes me feel like I am king of my little universe.

Second day with this on my bedtime hoodie, not reapplied but leftover from last night. The full drydown is where it's at....this is legitimately *thee* most beautiful fucking chocolate fragrance I've ever had the pleasure to experience- out of the 500++ fragrances I've tried on my journey. Jest is something I HAVE TO have, or I will never stop thinking about it (received as a sample w purchase from Lucky Scent). Something about the way pure cacao + plum rum dries down on pure ambroxan- it's intoxicating especially on fabric. Wow...

I can't get enough of this. Such a stark contrast from the sweet, boozy, fruity opening to the woody, slightly spicy, dark chocolate drydown ☯️. It is neither too sweet nor too cloying, perfectly unisex, and distinctly umami plum/semisweet chocolate. Love this beautiful fragrance. The vanilla frenzy of bianco latte and all of its dupes and cousins *almost* made me give up on gourmands entirely, along with even a suggestion of vanilla. This brought me back.

Beautiful jammy fruit opening with the cardamom doing a hit and run. It turns into rich and boozy chocolate powder. It’s kind of weird because if I put my nose up on it I get that dry erase marker scent but if I just smell the sillage of it, it stays that boozy chocolate powder and eventually turns into creamy vanilla skin. The longer on me the more I fell in love with it.

What a wonderful creation. Rum, apple, plum and soft spicyness. I feel like a caramel cocktail when I wear it. For the rum lovers definitely. Beautiful scent that anyone can wear. I’d recommend it more towards women but it’s deep enough for men to be able to wear it passionately:)

Don’t listen to all the snobs, if you a like dark plum fragrance that last, has depth, and you’ll smell on your skin the next day, give it a shot. Feels like a next step evolution of Sticky Dates from Lush l, if you’re into that, you’ll LOVE this.

Jest is amazing! The boozy rum and plum with chocolate is so unique and well-blended. It's a gorgeous, long-lasting gourmand with a cozy finish. There's no extra sweetness here. I've tried it in temperate weather, and it's still addictive. 8.5/10

Very Julien Rasquinet. Immediately I get the plum and chocolate that is similar in Tabac Rose. This is basically Tabac Rose without the rose but added rum instead. The chocolate is amped up here with a good amount of rum, quite delicious. I don't claim to have an advanced nose, but I think I can tell when a perfumer does a copy-paste-edit. Won't be getting a FB. Also, weird timing for this release, because this is a strictly a winter scent IMO.

The dark humored friend with an enormous heart insists you go out even though you are home feeling sorry for yourself. You end up having a great time and their rarely seen Cheshire smile is the most memorable moment of the night. D.J., you were the best. Anthony from F*** Marry Kill wears this.

This goes crazzzy. Nice, but because I have Arabians tonka it seems redundant. It’s better thank Arabians tonka tho cause it’s smoother. Wow, dry down of this is nice. Dusty chocolate with Montale dna-esq. I haven’t smelled Montale chocolate fragrances but I bet this is like those.

This is a gorgeous cross of Bourbon Brulee, Jazz Club and Flux. Boozy and sweet but with a slight cedar/pine freshness. It's a scent for the deep of night.

Oh dear this really too powerful for me. It’s a very well done scent but it’s so potent that it stings my nose whenever I smell it. The rum and fruits combo is very unique and interesting and I have never smelled anything like this before. The rum and chocolate overpowers the entire composition for the first 1-2 hours and once it settles down the fruits, musk, and heliotrope peek out. It feels like the notes are clashing with one another a bit too much imo, but if you do like the smell this is well worth the price as it has enormous sillage and longevity.

Smells to me like a juicy melon ( I suspect this is coming from the apple and plum mix ) paired with dark chocolate and the rum is kind of in the background and ,thankfully, doesn't have the sharpness of some alcohol notes. Relatively long lasting on skin but I would prefer slightly better sillage for the price. Overall super unique smell, honestly wearable as an everyday scent and definitely unisex.

OK am I the only one who smells DILL?

The opening is tough: Rubbing alcohol, booze alcohol, plums, spicy sweetness, and musk. The vanilla is fighting underneath a pile of other notes and it's a bit too discordant for me. But then the vanilla eventually becomes the most prominent and sticks around. It has a slightly chocolately vibe. Not sure if it was worth all the weirdness up front, though.

Somehow, this scent hits my nose with a bug spray smell. I've tried it multiple times on paper and skin. I actually thought I managed to buy a fake, but i went into a well regarded fragrance store to smell it and it smelled the same. Maybe my nose doesn't process the cardamom note well? Anyway, I wanted to love this, but sadly, I do not.

Powerhouse of a fragrance, resinous masterpiece. I immediately regret not saving my tiny sample for a cooler day but I was excited to try it! This is bold and boozy. Leather, oud and saffron come to mind although none of those are listed as notes. Jest is quite nice for night out. Unisex but leaning masculine.

Opens with a rich, boozy sweetness- but sadly on me, it dries down quickly to a herby, spicy scent that is reminiscent of a sweaty man that needs a shower. The scent lasts forever on the skin and I can smell it even after I've showered and used bodywash. So disappointing. Glad I only bought a sample.

I just get hairspray from this

Sugary amber Heliotrope Stevia sweetened rum Fermented sugarplums Chocolate shavings Apple slice bath Purple hour The melancholy you feel after a party. The garden of earthly delights at dawn. Under bacchanalian plum spells, attendees sleep on the lawn, and float with laze on their backs in the fountain of the garden. Sugary amber peaks out from under the surface. Addictive- makes you want to scrape your fingernail against the bottom of the barrel for every last morsel into your mouth. It's giddy, fun, full of dimming hedonistic pleasure. Smells like the air of wild festivities- but only after a long period of pent up and sheltered mundanity. Seeing fire eaters and sword swallowers for the first time. Something tragic lingers, filling my heart with ennui. Tears prick at my eyes. I know it's the heliotrope, which often triggers a nostalgic response for me. It's comforting but, again, melancholic. We are no longer in the midst of the gaiety and merriment. Jest embodies the aftermath, and silently begging ourselves to remember this night forever. It's dawn, everything is tinted slightly purple. It's the kind of temperature you can't even feel. Is it spring? Summer or fall? Or just a perpetual perfect weather. Party goers, drunk off Stevia sweetened rum, and fermented sugarplums, spin dizzy spells willing the sun not to rise just yet. Lest we are forced to remember our responsibilities. The ravaged chocolate buffet has been reduced to dried shavings, barely there, but you still catch pockets of it in the ridges of your teeth. Your own puffed and frilly costume was perfumed in an apple slice bath under the sun. It's beautiful I cant even wrap my head around it.