Silent St.

If Tide came out with a detergent for intimates with a scent called Spun Sugar it would smell just like this. I personally find it absolutely perfect! I may sometimes stray from this but I alwaaaays come back. It’s a good balance of starchy cleanness, and powdered sweetness. There’s almost something almost gourmand about the sweetness, which balances out the clean aspect, keeping it from getting that sharpness that some soapy scents get. Performance is great; I do have good skin chemistry for most scents but even still I get more than 12 hours out of it and just past arm length sillage. I’m not someone to quantify things I enjoy with whether or not it’s “worth the money”, but I will say it’s currently half off on Amazon, making the price a bit more palatable.

I took a fragrance hiatus after amassing way too many scents (is that even possible?). Anyways, amusing myself in the mall the other day, out pops a neat set of new fragrances and a designer I had never heard. Cool designs, very eye-catching, and simple yet effective bottle shape. I sampled a few, and for some reason, this bottle captivated me and I have been quite entranced since. I don't know how to attempt to describe this, but here goes: if someone took clean laundry, the pleasant scent of your mother holding you - or maybe just baby powder - and some unisex musk, then you'd end up with Silent Street. An odd blend that works great on my skin. Very intrigued. Thanks Derek Lam, I'm back in the fragrance business.

This made me wonder if I'm entirely clear on what "musk" is. Usually musk means "instant headache" for me, especially in cheaper perfumes, but I really like this. It's as innocuous as can be, but still soapy salt-sweet--to me it's the love child of Amazing Grace and Kierin's Sunday Brunch. As mentioned in other reviews, it's nothing earth-shattering... but I still find myself reaching for it constantly. Sometimes it gets a detergent soap overtone as it dries, but it softens into something a little cozier and sweeter.

I was pleasantly surprised by Silent Street. I gave a paper strip a spray, and was honestly bored. I sprayed the back of my hand, and within minutes it warmed up and projected the prettiest, fluffiest, cold musk. On me it pulled slightly aldehydic with a super subtle coconut water undertone (I thankfully wasn't getting that cucumber smell others experienced). And wow, this one has nice lasting power. *I'm revisiting this one a few months later and I definitely do get a cucumber and sweet musk vibe. It's quite nice!

MINIMALISTIC style, Bottle simplistic as well , has magnetic snap top. Nice but simple. Very pleasant white musk. Extremely clean musk , smells of laundry and cotton balls. Nothing dirty or funky here , strait up clean musk , soapy and detergent like. Very nice to my nose and you can't go wrong with this if you want a non perfume clean sort of smell , strait out of the shower ! Also one could think it's a lotion or cream smell. MINIMALISTIC sort of skin scent. The story is , first snowflakes falling ,,,