Sweetbriar & Moss

I have sampled most all of the Clean Avant Garden collection and I really like this one! I'm not sure I could identify sweetbrier as a singular fragrance note, but it just translates to slightly sweet florals on my skin. I happen to really like moss scents, so that aspect is a plus in my book. It is woody, but the sweetness, which is not overpowering, tempers that. I think this is one of the few Clean fragrances that doesn't reduce down to one or two notes after dry down, which is a nice divergence. I would call this a safer blind buy than other Clean Avant Garden fragrances, some of which really need to be tested first. It is also what I would consider to be more feminine than other fragrances from Clean, because of the slightly sweet florals, so keep that in mind.

Imagine an Amazonian goddess doing yoga/meditating in the forest. Thats exactly what this smells like. I was out shopping with my daughter a few minutes before the mall closed and decided to breeze in Bloomingdales near the fragrance counter. I tried a few of the other scents from the Reserve line before I sprayed this. Its been almost 3 hours and I can’t stop sniffing my arm! It is nice and earthy but not grassy, it has a woody scent that is very comforting and the moss makes it smell like a wet wood on my skin. This is a unisex fragrance done perfectly and I could see this becoming someone’s everyday scent. My husband smelled this on me and he liked it as well. I won’t say its a must have but if you need something to balance your collection, get this!

Oh, I love oakmoss in this. It has such a nice retro vibe to it. Gorgeous. This fragrance is a distant cousin of Coriandre by Jean Couturier in the drydown. It is basically what I wanted Gypsy Water to be. It has a very hippie vibe but in a refined way. This is what you would smell on someone with an expensive boho taste. I only wish the longevity and sillage were a little better. On me, it stays a skin scent. I will not upgrade to a full bottle.

Avant garden collection from clean...you seem to amaze me again and again... It ́s as if they seem to be better and better as they arrive. Love this one This is a woody , comforting, peppery and flowery scent. The cedar is the most prominent note in my nose. Oakmoss, amber and cashmere wood. Velvety and soothing on the skin. Lasting power and silage is above average on me. Smells like mother earth in a very plesant way. I definetly recommend.

Wow! This was a blind buy, and while it wasnt exactly what i expected (are they ever?) it is amazing! Soft, old english pink roses, kissed with dew. A very subtle hint of pepper. Then oakmoss. So much deliciously rich, cool, damp oakmoss! I feel like Ive rolled through a hidden moss forest after a stroll through a rose garden. A mossy gem.