Kar-Wai

Ok, Carine did not come to play with this collection. Each perfume represents a mood,memory and imagined inspiration from 7 of her "lovers" each from a different region in the world. Kar-Wai is her tribute to Hong Kong and film director Wong Kar Wai. This is a smokey, musky, tea fragrance with osmanthus glowing at the edges. Its truly dark, sexy, mysterious and unisex. I got the discovery set because I somehow knew I'd want to smell and explore all of them. Its not cheap, but the quality is there and its breathtaking. Finally for the price and advertising something that lives up to its claims!

Interesting fresh but at the same time sexy and dirty scent. It smells like aromatic herbs, cooling spices and latex for some reason. Very unusual! The rose here is dark but also green, but not a jammy one for sure. It can be a younger (and slightly softer) sister of Eau de Protection Etat Libre d'Orange in my opinion. Follow me on ig: scent.guide

I ABSOLUTELY ADORE THIS FRAGRANCE. IT IS A COMPLETE SAFE BLIND BUY AND VERSATILE FOR ANY OCCASSION. THE LEATHER IS NOT OVERWHELMING AND NEITHER ARE THE FLORAL NOTES. SPOT ON PRICE.

My favorite tea/leather fragrance in my collections. Absolutely seductive.

I love this early on when it's all rose and osmanthus--the leatheriness of the latter is put on display beautifully and subtly, and the juicy/tart topnotes complement both the already fruity osmanthus and the drier tea. It's also beautifully universal and complex--floral, aromatic, green, fruity, woody--it hits a lot of notes that tend to skew a perfume in one gendered direction or another for most people. I don't hate it later, but a high dose of a dry, woody aromachemical like Norlimbanol or its similar ilk come in and dominate (on a paper strip at least) in the drydown. Haven't worn it on skin yet, so I wonder if that aspect blends more easily with skin. I really like it, and maybe would've loved it if the screechy woods had been toned down!