Akatsuki Melba

One of my best blind buys of the year! Absolutely love this. It feels very soft feminine. I get raspberry jam with some peach and vanilla. Also a bit of a cabbage patch kid (the super soft vanilla scented doll rubber of 80s&90s). 💕 Probably 6-8 hour wear on skin, WAY longer on clothing. Not giant silliage but constantly get whiffs throughout my entire wear. This isn't a beast, isn't weak either but totally worth the $155 I paid for it. I'm wearing it today for Christmas Eve. Might wear it again tomorrow. I feel like this would be suitable anytime of year or day except maybe the high heat of summer. Really intrigued now with this brand. Definitely love at first sniff, highly recommend

It's nice, but it's also a very simple perfume. A safe blind buy I must say. Not very mature. But - to buy a 100 ml here in Norway I'd have to pay $300. I don't think so. You can also buy smaller bottles, like 15 ml for $100. Don't think so either. The price doesn't add up to the performance. And the sillage and longviety is poor. At least on me. Another edit from me; this is one of the best perfumes I've ever smelled. So unique, but so likeable. The notes would make you think it's a juvenile perfume - but it's definitely not. I've never smelled anything like it ❤️ Plus - the bottle is cheek in it's simplicity.

This is simply great! 😍 I had the chance to smell it thanks to a fragrance reviewer who happens to be a great friend of mine and it is amazing. It is a gorgeous raspberry jam with a hint of peach, and a good amount of salted caramel, it’s creamy but not lactonic. Not overly sweet either. It lasts over 8 hours on my skin. Sillage is wide! Extremely nice, unique. Not synthetic at all. The quality is obvious! Raspberry and a creamy Tahitian vanilla are the perfect match as it dries down. It has a certain uniqueness to it that I love. Please try to go and sniff it. I need a full bottle asap ❤️

Fomowa is indeed an overhyped brand. The marketing is amazing but the scents are not what you would expect based on the notes. There are better gourmand houses out there, such as Theodoros Kalotinis, Jousset (with a couple duds) to name a few. However, Akatsuki Melba is my favourite release by Fomowa so far, I realy like it! It smells like a fruity jam mostly, especially the opening is truly beautiful. There is some raspberry, some currant leaves, some tropical fruits, some fruity vanilla. At the same time it has that powdery, kind of synthetic characterstic Fomowa vibe, it is best described as deodorant taste, if you ever licked a deodorant, you will know what I mean, that specific powdery feel hits your tong. I do not get the salted caramel that much. Also, it is not exactly similar to Buontalenti, but they do share some sort of resemblance. I do totally recommend you sampling Akatsuki Melba I you are into fruity gourmands, I did actuality buy a bottle after sampling a decant first. Performance is pretty good, although not extraordinary. An easy reach for sure!

Akatsuki Melba opens with a burst of peach and raspberry, and maybe some osmanthus. As it dries down the jelly joins in and becomes richer as time goes on. At this stage it’s a juicy raspberry/blackcurrant jelly scent. As it continues to dry down, the caramel appears, still with the jelly note in the background. I’m not really getting any vanilla or tonka, but that could be my sense of smell. It’s quite a long lasting fragrance. I also find this a bit similar to "Licorice | Federico Cantelli" , which I also liked but chose to sell. While this doesn’t have a liquorice note, the main note I get in both is a jelly blackcurrant scent. If you have one, you definitely don’t need the other. This wont be a full bottle buy for me, but it’s a fun and interesting scent I enjoy smelling. A good 7.5/10 for me. I’d say it’s the best scent from this house so far, and could probably be worn all year round.