Floating Forest

I absolutely love this mutant fougère. From afar, it reads bittersweet and woody-oudy-goody with a tinge of pine and citrus. Very fresh and on the edge of being sharp, which I adore. As it dries down, on my chemistry, it reads animalic, almost vinegary, or like a linseed-turpentine accord. I feel like I'm oil painting outside on a winter day as I wear this. My cheeks are ruddied and cracked as I bend my head to view my painters pallette, the subject in the middle ground, the background of horizon above my easel, in the biting cold....it's bracing and feels wet but a sharp icy wet, or a metal-concrete petrichor rather than a dank forest floor carpeted in leaves. This frag also delights me with a cold, bracing throat-feel. My chest feels like when growing up I would run outside in the cold dark morning and take huffs of the air I could see. Doing laps and quickly sucking cold air deep into my lungs. It also reminds me a little of hair spray, but in a good, nostalgic association way, lol. I think that's the cedar or papyrus. Up close, Floating Forest is vanillic and ....indolic? Somehow? That totally caught me off guard, as my favorite scents often do! The indoles feel and taste a little more soapy than dirty, and yet there is a persistent dusty funk that glints on the surface there, like a skimming water bug or a moth on the breeze. I AM ADDICTED. I would say by itself, it is spicy yet cool, playful but stark. I love scents that have layers and tension, or contradicting elements. To funk up its freshness, I suggest layering Floating Forest either with Lattafa Maitha oil (two words: camphoric tonka) or vintage Femme by Rochas, which is a classic animalic-fruity chypre. All the various notes complement each other beautifully. YMMV, as my layering tastes often veer towards the unhinged. It has good sillage, radiates decently, and makes a nice scent bubble around me. It feels intimate and yet not so commanding as to offend others but I could see it being irritating to some, as others here have noted. I feel it sliiiightly giving me a headache as I wear it but it is so worth it if you pick up any of what I put down here.

This was the most surprising blind receive (FabFitFun box) I've ever had. I don't think I paid attention to anything other than it was woody and I love woody. And I love perfume so choosing this over socks wasn't hard. I got socks in my free box too so I'm blessed. I don't love aquatic or green or many florals or whatever this is supposed to be but I am now a damp mossy stone laid before the altar of Jérôme Epinette and maybe I'm strange because I love this so much I can see myself abandoning the majority of my very large mostly niche collection and wearing this on repeat, nay, as a signature scent for the foreseeable future. I do love petrichor when it plays with ancient archives but this is something else. I looked over this Master's other work and it made sense when I read he was responsible for Black Lotus by Floral Street which is another strange but very me (and very polarizing) scent. And smells like the exact opposite of this in every way. Well there's rose I guess though here it's mild compared to the freesia. It's super long lasting and full of wrist sniffing satisfaction and it's not like anything else I've ever smelled. A woman chased me down the street already and I've worn it out twice in the middle of the day running around LA and it's been highly complimented if that's your goal. I already ordered four bottles and the skin set because when I love something this much it's getting discontinued (moment of silence for Bvlgari Black...)

I got the travel samples and the first time I tried this, it was hardly there. Today was round 2 - and you can definitely over apply this. Headache. Too much bergamot at the top. Not sure I will end up using this again. Very fresh and green but soooo sharp and then too sweet. It reminds me of Pulp (Byredo) in being extra extra. Weird b/c that’s a fruit and this isn’t. Need to clear my head and see how this plays out in dry-down. Next day - the dry-down is 🔥. Love it. The sharpness recedes and by spraying on clothes (no stains that I’ve seen) I get a gentle waft here and there. Smell my wrists obsessively. My partner is sensitive to strong scents (most of the frags I like are too strong for me to use before bed - nouveau monde, looking at you), but I was able to touch up my wrists before bed and get that smell comfort throughout the night. I look at the nose and of course it’s Jérôme. Sadly, with the rollout of the wash and lotions, this line is ripe for Sephora. The price point isn’t Neiman territory, so I say stock up now.

Lush, Floral, Aquatic, Woodsy, Fresh, Immersive Smells like sitting on a rock next to a clear spring full of blooming water lilies in the center of lush forest after the rain; a rainbow peaks through the soft rays of sunshine and grey clouds. This scent is renewal in a bottle, full of possibilities yet grounded in reality. Floating Forest captivates my imagination and immerses me in another world. It makes me feel like a solarpunk princess wearing a purple draped linen dress embellished with green mossy appliques and a headpiece made from leaves, twigs, and flowers. I am not a huge Avatar fan but I have seen the movies and this is how I imagine Pandora may smell. It is is timeless as in it somehow transcends the rules of linear time and the past, present, and future meld into one. Art and science work together in harmony in the world of Floating Forest. Sillage: 3/5 Projection: 3/5 Longevity: 4/5 Scent: 5/5 Leans unisex.

This is a wow for me. I am forever on the search for a perfect petrichor scent that is complex and unusual and I think I found my true love. Yes, the wet rock scent is there but it's much more complicated and balanced with florals and pepper. Unlike Miranda Priestly, I do love freesia and I think that might be the element that takes this over the top for me. The person that described this as a wood nymph sitting on a wet rock in a stream is absolutely correct. What makes it perfect is it's somehow both a cold and warm scent if that makes any sense. My favorite cold scent is TF Soleil Neige and this one is giving it a run for it's money, yet it's warm and creamy too, depending on when you smell it on your skin. It's sheer voodoo I tell you. I'm glad Future Society hasn't sold out (yet) and I hope to never see this in Ulta or Sephora as I feel like it's my beautiful little secret. This friends, is a winner.