Cabotine Moon Flower

Cedar, ripe pears and smokey incense - who'd imagine how simultaneously soft, woodsy and exotic they'd be together? But work together beautifully they do, indeed, perhaps because of the sweetness of rose that's evident from the start and continues throughout. And I do, happily, get a "sense" of HM's Magical Moon and for this I thank my nose and skin chemistry. Both put me in mind of a favorite summer annual in the Datura family, a flower I know as Angel's Trumpet that blooms only after dark and positively glows in the moon light. Magical Moon is aptly named. This is a very comforting fragrance that came to me in the cool days of autumn and continues to warm and please me on cold winter days and nights. Goes beautifully with wool scarves and sweaters on which it lasts for days and makes me smile as I wrap up to go outdoors. Since it puts me in mind of Angel's Trumpet though, I suspect I will find it equally enchanting in both warm and hot temperatures, although perhaps in the evenings. Moderate sillage with 8-10 longevity on my skin. Yes, I'm over the moon happy with this one. In fact, I just ordered my back-up 100ml bottle because these limited editions have a way of disappearing just as I discover how much I love them and wish I'd bought two to begin with. I have nearly all of the Cabotines and love the gorgeous flower caps & this one does not disappoint with its lovely shade of deep violet.

As a peony lover, I can say that to my nose, this is a wonderful peony-vanilla-incense fragrance! It is sweet and comfortable, in a non-sugary way, and stays close to the skin. The vanilla note is neither dusty nor rubbery, and the base notes are warm and woody. It looks like it might be a powerful scent, but it's light and airy. I could not detect a synthetic edge to this fragrance, nor could I detect any pear, or much sandalwood (thank goodness!). I did find that when I first tested it in the dead of winter, it was a little sharp. It truly blossoms as the weather warms up!

Great purchase ! No very expensive. At 1st pschitt : bergamot and pear, then you can smell incense, sandalwood, vanilla, and finally gardenia and rose. Most of the notes are really present, and by the end of the day this balsamic fragrance still perfumes the skin. Very feminine, delicate, ruffling my senses. The lasting power is correct.

NLS nailed just about everything I was going to say, but I want to add that this strongly plays out like Hanae Mori Magical Moon on my skin. In fact, at times, I can't tell the two apart, with the exception of MM being stronger & having more sillage. Ironic, since they both have Moon in their names!

I always loved the Cabotine bottles. I won't lie that I bought this just for the bottle (it cost less than 10 euros anyway). So in the begining I got a blast of roses and a scent from the past. Unfortunately I still cannot define what scent it reminds me. I thought it was just my toilet cleaner or my car perfume, but it seems not. Anyway, fortunately it stopped smelling like a toilet cleaner after half an hour and the roses balanced with the insense. Although the rose, it is kind of a heavy perfume that I am very confused as when to wear it. On the one hand I usually smell rose perfumes during warm days but this has such a strong scent in the beginning, that I might try it on a summer night as well or even a winter evening. Edit: After some months I found out what it reminds me. So it reminds me a distand cousin of Alessandro Dell Aqua. I guess it is the combination of incense, rose, peony, musk and sandalwood which both share.