Soliflore Wisteria

I'm really amazed. Wisteria, to my knowledge, isn't a flower you can extract the scent from in any way. Accordingly, I've never smelled a perfume that smelled like Wisteria or even at all reminiscent of it, including ones that claim it as a note. This really does smell like it. My very favorite type of wisteria is American wisteria, which is native to the US but rarer here than Chinese and Japanese wisteria, which are invasive and grow more easily. American wisteria smells the very best to me. I haven't smelled it in a while, and so I'm not sure if I think this is meant to be American or another kind. In my mind, American wisteria has an additional green aspect that I don't sense in this. This scent is all floral, like a heady, clovey, romantic springtime wisteria concentrated, but the perfume itself isn't so strong as to be overpowering. Really beautiful. Wisteria is my favorite smell and it's kind of shocking more perfumers don't try to replicate it. If you like wisteria I expect you will be very pleased with this.

Soliflore Wisteria perfume oil and Eau de Toilette are available again on the Dame Perfumery website. This is one of my favorite of the Dame Soliflores, besides the Narcissus and Gardenia. The Wisteria smells to me very much like the wisteria that blooms in a nearby park in early Spring. It's difficult for me to describe; wisteria smells multi-faceted to me, with a floral nectar and pollen with a hint of spiciness in it. Whatever it is, I find these facets represented in the Solifore Wisteria very well. I get a good moderate sillage and excellent longevity, and I don't experience that with many florals. It's really quite lovely.

This starts with straight out of the garden purple florals but then pivots to a dark incense. It's spicy! This is femme fatale stuff. And it goes into perfumey honeyedness-- like tuberose, but darker. I swear this smells like cinnamon and incense. In a few hours it's a slightly soapy dark purple floral, but still sort of incensey. It hung on pretty well all day.

Blown away by Dame Perfumery again. I don't know how he makes it smell like a hanging wisteria arbor on a cool late spring/early summer evening in NorCal, but he does. I, for one, am grateful bc when stress gets the better of me, I pull this gem out and use it like aroma therapy. Instant calm, focus and well being.

honeyed and fresh-spicy. reminds me a bit of honeysuckle actually