Perfume de la Tierra

What a surprisingly lovely blind buy! It's sweet, a little fruity, clean but not overly soapy. It creates a nice scent bubble around me that's a fruity unisex with a hint of wood. On my wrist, I get more tonka and jasmine, and something vaguely phenolic which almost gives a gasoline quality that I don't hate, which I'm thinking is possibly the driftwood. The fruitiness is not necessarily peach, though? It's hard to pin down but it does remind my of the guava trees in my grandmother's yard. It verges on shampooey but stays confidently in the realm of fragrance. I am not getting a lot of pepper or vetiver, and really no basil, but I'm at about the hour mark so it could come later (I'll check in with an update). I would say it flirts with being powdery but doesn't really get there. It's almost like clean laundry. Overall, really pleasantly surprised with this one. I could see wearing this anywhere. I tend to like a woody unisex (I usually wear Sweet Do Nothing most of the time), and this is comfortably in that realm while giving some fruity sweetness that I can't usually find in my kind of scent. The fruitiness, and this may sound weird, is a specific kind of hispanic fruitiness? I am Mexican and Cuban and this feels weirdly on brand. It's not berry sweetness or pie sweetness or feminine fruity body spray sweetness. And it's not tropical either. It's just very hispanic feeling to me. I dunno. I really dig this! Update! It's now end of day and I've been wearing this for hours. Wow. It's phenomenal. It lasts like crazy and projects gently all day. It's not a bomb and it doesn't fill a room but I definitely smell it radiating from me. It evolves beautifully and becomes nicer by the hour. The phenolic quality goes away after the first hour or so, and the vetiver starts climbing out. The ginger shows up here as well, and the jasmine fades but still keeps everything afloat. It becomes woodier and spicier but it seems to settle into the skin more and more and just morph into this beautiful musk. It seems familiar but I can't put my finger on it. It develops that quality of a t-shirt with lingering cologne and a bit of clean sweat on it, and the remnants of a nice detergent. It's absolutely gorgeous. The fruitiness fades away until all that's left is a gentle bergamot. The tonka is there making everything kind of creamy and cottony. The notes just meld into a perfect blend, nothing fights anything else here. I am truly blown away with this one. At the price point ($60, for a 50 ml, $52 with an influencer code I found on a YouTuber's review), I really cannot believe the quality. I have never had a blind buy go this right. If you like the notes, you will probably really like this one. Also, and this may not matter to some, but I'm a bottle snob and I will fully skip a good perfume over an ugly bottle, but there's no issue of that here. Perfectly lovely packaging that looks great on a shelf.

I reviewed previously, but after a few months of daily wear, I have to update. This is astounding, and has rapidly outstripped all of my high end niche to become my signature scent. First of all, the price point is ridiculous. $65 for 60 ml?? I have ridiculously expensive perfumes from ridiculously expensive houses (D.S. and Durga, Regime Des Fleurs, By Kilian, Matiere Paris, Oribe, etc), and not one of them performs as well or smells as good. This is astonishing. The fact that this is from a haircare line and absolutely stomps brands that try to charge $200 for a 50ml is unhinged. I'd honestly be humiliated if I were one of these brands. I'll take D.S. and Durga as an example. I have Freetrapper, Crystal Pistil, Missippi Medicine, El Cosmico, Jazmin Yucatán, and (truly a favorite) Sweet Do Nothing. At best, their perfumes fade away to nothing within hours (SDN, MM, JY) and at worst turn into a lingering stench that gets worse with time (EC, CP, FT, some of which become cheap aromachemical messes within two hours). This is truly a masterpiece. Even if the notes are not to your taste, the scent story evolves from first spray to ultimate drydown, lasts forever, evolves on skin in a way that is distinct from fabric. It is truly a triumph. Well done, Ceremonia.

People sleep on this one and it is soooooo good. Reminded me of being on a tropical vacation during golden hour after soaking up the sun all day and having a fruity drink served in a tiki glass surrounded by palm trees. In this moment I would be perfectly content if a coconut fell from one of these aforementioned trees, conked me on the head, and killed me instantly. I constantly reached for this one in the spring and summer. Also an unbeatable price point when looking at fragrances I found kinda similar i.e. Bal d' afrique and Debaser, and i think w Ceremonia's you get the best of both for way less. Longevity is a big deal for me and in my experience, it lasted way longer on me than Bal D' Afrique did. UPDATE/EDIT: after having owned this perfume for a little over a year i revisted it now that the warmer months are coming along and i think this perfume has gone a bit sour? It doesn't smell like it did when i got it and there's a bit of a sickly undertone to it now. It's so unfortunate bc i don't think i'm going to finish it. i still love it and think it's worth the money, but just a fair warning to those that are interested in getting it.

This scent just ROX my world. So woody and unique, addicting and a bit sexy in a wildly free way. I agree with previous statements that this smells of clay. I detect something slightly aquatic about it too like the smell of a creek in a forest. Also kind of bright, fruity, and sweet though. Very complex and well rounded. I can reach for this when I want something green, something juicy, something earthy/almost soil like, or something unisex and fresh. So versatile! I can see this being either feminine or masculine depending on the wearer. I get some leathery nuances that make it really special and niche! I also think that elevates it to potentially be a night-time option rather than just a daytime freshie. Smells so organic on the skin. I like the Ariana grande scent “pink woods” that is in the same family as this, but I’d rather support a clean, ethical, Latinx company. Amazing longevity: sprayed at 9am and could still very much smell it in the shower at 7pm! Ps I finally realized what this reminds me of... a negroni lol. The botanicals of the gin + a sweet bitterness from campari + the sexy leather booth you’re sitting in at the bar 😘

Echoing thescented1's review below. What a gorgeous, earthy scent. I didn't buy it because I am trying to be more disciplined. I have a ridiculous amount of perfumes and I do not want to add more that do not knock my socks off. Well, this one did. Now I *also* have to go back to Sephora. Bonus points for being a Latino-owned brand. Perfume notes: This smelled like wet clay at first. It made me think of a clay pot being crafted by indigenous hands in a lush forest. I personally liked that, but also I am a weirdo and like weird fragrances. My 24-yr old cousin wasn't a fan. As the scent journey went on, the clay turned into something green and herbal. Two hours later, the fragrance is going strong- very strong. It has turned into something dusty and reminiscent of a very stubborn iris. I love it. It is stronger than all of the other, more expensive perfumes I sprayed on - Chanel included. It is intoxicating. Update: I bought a full size and it doesn't seem to last as long as the sample I tried. I still love it though.