EARTH (곤)

I don't know why this one doesn't get more love. At first I thought it was close to Le Labo Santal, but nope. Don't let the leather note fool you. It's more complex that it appears to be at first sniff. It opens up after settling on the skin. I smell Violet's candies (as in Howard's Violets), leather, and hints of cypress and cardamom for a subtle , flat, dry-spice undertone. The violet note in this is really beautiful. I've not encountered a violet note this appealing, warm, and authentic before. The aromatic leather note stays on your skin, but it takes a back seat to the creamy violet note--perhaps the vanilla in this fragrance softens the violet giving it that candy-like characteristic. I found the violet note to be long lasting. The pronounced initial projection falls off in a short while, but the fragrance lasts a long time on my skin. When I spray it on my clothing, I can smell this fragrance hours later.

A salt-drenched leather journal, a sunken ship of spices washed up on a Northern winter shore. Very unisex. I am also getting dominant cardamom, cypress, and leather, and a powerful creamy saltiness. I love this, so pirate-y without any boozy or harshly masculine vibes.

I fell in love with violet notes at 18. That’s why I love Daisy by Marc Jacob’s. This one has the violet notes, but earthier, which allows me to transition to this scent for fall and winter.

smells like swedish fish in the best way possible i dont even like swedish fish but i like this

I purchased a discovery box of ELOREA on IG and tried all four of their fragrances. They are each different and wonderful to try. I definitely recommend trying them out and as a token of their thanks, the box comes with a $30 coupon towards the purchase of a full bottle of your choice. This is very nice and definitely woodsy. It reminds me of a much much MUCH tamer Santal 33 by Le Labo. I like it but I do have several fragrances in my collection that smell similar namely: Gris Charnel by BDK, Bois de Balincourt by Maison Louis Marie, Autumn Vibes by Maison Margiela and to a certain extent Santal Blanc by Van Cleef & Arpels... It is very soft and pretty and it has a nice effect of transporting me straight to the middle of the woods in the Fall. It smells earthy and leaf-y but in the best possible way... Wonderful for woods lovers, definitely a must try!