Pistachio

okay this is an updated review after me owning this fragrance for 6 months. i need people to stop associating food related scents with super sickly sweet smells. this is a very true nutty gourmand scent without the ever so sweet smell everyone expected it to be. this is simple and straight to the point. if you need to, buy a bag of pistachios and put your face in there and give it a good sniff, it doesn't smell super sweet does it? obviously i can't change the vast majority with only one review when the modern perfumery has brainwashed everyone to think a gourmand scent HAS to be sweet. now let's talk performance. at first spray, the patchouli comes off STRONG. i'm not talking ever so slightly intense it's really a punch in your face with patchouli. it quickly dies down after 10 minutes or so and slowly becomes nuttier and nuttier the longer it sits on your skin. as the time passes, it slowly gets sweeter with the vanilla in the base but again, don't expect it to be super desserty sweet. it becomes a skin scent after about 5 hours on your skin with minimal projection but you can still detect it. my final verdict: if you like sweet scents, don't waste your money on this one. if you like weird scents, definitely give this a try. if you like patchouli, don't even think twice.

All these reviews calling it a patchouli bomb as if that's a bad thing.... Skill issue, some people just can't appreciate the magic of a patchouli-forward gourmand! The Angel DNA is all over this fragrance, although I'd consider Pistachio much more wearable and less intrusive on those around you. I don't really smell pistachio per se (I know what it tastes like but what does it even smell like?), But I get an amaretto-y almond, cardamom, cocoa powder, something floral like vanilla orchid or maybe almond blossom, and yes, patchouli. And over it all, something a bit dusty, like the first time the furnace kicks on in the fall. The combination of the cardamom with the other notes reminds me a little of that cardamom-flavored coffee you find at middle eastern stores. I enjoy this more and more every time I spray my sample, and I fear a full bottle may be in my future if I can find a good deal on a used one. The projection is more intimate than the notes would suggest but the sillage is lovely. It lasts long enough to savor, but not so long I get tired of it. If you're a die-hard patchouli hater, stay away from this, but if you want a gourmand that's darker and less dessert-y, give Pistachio a shot.

Opens green spicy. Smells of cardamom and a creamy backing. The creamy element is trying to be pistachio but the other notes are making it read cold. For a minute, I got play doh from the nutty and slightly salty scent. It dissipates and turns more gourmand. There’s something uplifting and smells like a cross between mint and licorice. I believe it’s coming from the patchouli which here reads green and herbal and less hippy/dank. It’s causing a pistachio ice cream effect. As it mellows out, it smells like the Indian deserts made of ground nuts, sugar, butter, and spices. I’m thinking a kheer/payasam or badam burfi. I described what I smelled to my Indian MIL and she immediately suggested it was like payasam without me divulging my opinion yet. Further in the mid, the patchouli turns into that rich, true patchouli. I see Angel Muse is suggested as most similar. I do agree that they have that type of patchouli that is almost gourmand itself. However, Angel Muse has a delicious hazelnut and chocolate combo. Both could be described as nutty gourmands with patchouli. In the deep drydown, patchouli is all that remains. It turns into quite a deep, sexy scent.

I blind bought a full bottle of pistachio because I have had nothing but excellent experiences with DS and Durga fragrances. I wanted to try their version of a gourmand, as I don’t care for the overly sweet and overpowering gourmands that seem to be more popular at the moment. On first wear, I got the patchouli bomb that other reviewers have noted. I do like patchouli done right, so I still enjoyed the fragrance. I couldn’t pick up much pistachio- mostly patchouli, a waft of almond and cherry, and all around very herbal. It was a scent that reminded me of a new age or crystal shop, a little nostalgic. On second wear (and all wears since), it was PISTACHIO and the “liner notes” were right on the nose. A spicy cardamom and pistachio opening, then softening into pistachio and sweet almond paste, with a dry down of salty, nutty pistachio, creamy vanilla, and the subtle earthiness of patchouli. Excellent long wear that had me sprinting to pick up pistachio ice cream after work. I am absolutely infatuated and completely addicted!

i tested this months prior which prompted me to buy the full sized bottle, but it didn’t smell as i remembered and it ended up sitting around for a year as i quietly regretted the purchase. i thought id made a mistake...too heavy, too vintage, too much. then i decided to give it another chance (but in 30-degree heat) as i somehow decided that it was strictly a fall scent, lol? buuuut, to my disbelief it came alive, such a rich woodsy chocolate!!! then it bloomed with the sun beating down and bringing the patchouli into focus, leaning sweet and nutty. i think the humidity really brought attention to the cardamom, with the salt of sweaty skin it somehow melded itself nicely into a musk. it became something so different and so intoxicating, walking about for hours carrying heavy bags and sweating like muhfkr in that heat but stillll! i could not stop smelling how gorgeous this fragrance had become on a hot summers day. so much deliciousness i cannot get over it.