Lacrima

It has a lovely gauzy, watery opening that belies the gorgeous wallop of pastice/ouzo that emerges after an hour. A bit of an emotional rollercoaster—amo.

whenever i feel like crying i reach for this to set the tone...cold and melancholic while being deeply beautiful...what’s better than smelling like fresh snow while feeling the sadness begin to overflow?

I found this to be a weird chemical smell at the start that lasted longer than I liked. Like I spilled tide to go on my wrist. Once it dries down it’s fine but I don’t know that I really get snow or anything wet. It just smells cold. I just get cold sour skin. Not my favourite.

Out of the bottle and onto paper, this just smelled like airport bathroom soap to me. I was hesitant to wear it for a while but today was the first predicted snow of the season so I gave it a chance. Less bathroom-y on skin, still soapy. Within a half hour it turned to sweet pea on me. I put very little on with a dabber and sort of forgot about it until just now, 3 hours later. I was watching the snow fall and sniffed my wrist- and what do you know, it's dried down to exactly Snow. A little salty, cold, sweet, fresh, gentle. Sniffing a bunch of daffodils weighed down by a fresh snowfall, right after washing your hands but forgetting to put lotion on. It's a spring snow, not a winter snow, and seems very changed by my skin.

The only accord in this simple niche perfume is soft snow. ❄️ Amo. Smells like pure white snow, holy water and salty tears, frozen together for 11 days then shaved into even softer shaved ice, with one drop of “tigers blood” flavored Sno-Cone syrup for a tiny dash of sweet citrus. There’s also a faint metallic note, reminiscent to the red blood that dripped on to the snow when Snow White’s mother pricked her finger on a rose thorn. ❄️ It has a cute religious label. Hilde said she created this perfume collection to thank the saints and angels. I love this alone or layered with Hilde Soloani Fraaagola Saalaaata 🍓 Be like snow, beautiful but cold.