The Soft Lawn

For anyone looking to know what the difference between the old one and the new one as I own a bottle of both. Old one: Heavy linden blossom opening, every bit green yet every bit sweet yellow floral. For me, intoxicating, but can be polarizing. Then it fades to join with green and damp ivy and laurel leaves. A beautiful deep and rich moss and earthy vetiver in the background. It all coming together to form this very damp, humid, green and yellow floral heavy fragrance with a distinct fresh tennis ball like accord in it as well, all while having this deep, thick, and earthy moss and vetiver. Evocative of a realistic feeling of a hot and humid evening while playing tennis at the local country club, a humidity felt through the fragrance. Amazing, but very different and harder to pull off casually, but better for formal in comparison to the new one. New one: Fresh grapefruit and linden blossom opening. A cooling green, yellow floral, and bright fresh citrus reminiscent of a spring or summers sunny morning. The increased freshness translates to the laurel, ivy, and laurel leaves, which is still the main bulk of the fragrance. The same distinct tennis ball like accord in this but a bit less off-putting with the freshness. The fragrance though is still with the deep moss and earthy vetiver, but the thick-ness of the earthy-ness is pulled way back while the moss stays the same. Read my review of that on its specific page for me to gush about it more (I'd love you), but TLDR this is super fresh, easy going, unique, and evocative. Same scene as before but much more romanticized with a morning freshness and because of that, a much easier reach day to day. Both get fairly good projection and performance off my skin. I have nearly worn through both bottles at this point and I am sad they no longer carry the old formula and so I've been delegating my spring/summer formal frags to others. If you dig the "humid" effect of the first one, check out "Paradisi" by Jorum Studio, has a similar effect and equally as good. 10/10. Both masterpieces.

What a beautiful scent. At the opening, I can smell almost every note listed here. What stands out to me most is the tennis ball and oak moss undergirded by a dry vetiver and there’s just a hint of other green notes as well, including the lime and ivy. I’m not entirely sure what laurels smell like as this is my first dealing with them, but I do highly love this fragrance. IA makes such good scents. They’re not overly strong or offensive, and their longevity is just as good. IA scents aren’t overly expensive, either. They’re definitely worth what they cost. I’m not sure when I would wear this in terms of season, probably spring is my initial thought. The Soft Lawn dies down after several hours, as it just fades slowly over time. I will definitely add this to my purchase list.

I don't play tennis and wouldn't recognize the smell of tennis ball if one whacked me in the face on the court. But oh, do I love this - and I thought it would not appeal to me at all, because "green" doesn't usually appeal to me, but THIS DOES. It's not boring-green. I ordered the sample collection from Imaginary Authors mainly to sample this before buying a full bottle blindly for my tennis-obsessed sister. If this is what tennis balls smell like, I get why she's obsessed. :) EDIT: A few weeks later, I'm still drawn to this, which for me is saying something with thousands of samples in my possession. Thank you, tennis fanatics, for inspiring this scent (can you do a Thank You Note, Jimmy Fallon?). I keep going back to it. I think it's time for a full bottle for myself too!

This is such a unique fragrance. I mostly smell the grass (lawn), tennis ball, some small hints of vetiver a small hints of florals. The florals here are very soft, yellow florals, with touches of light circuses. It's a gorgeously balanced and smooth perfume that can definitely be fitting for any occasion. It's light, airy, clear and fresh. I agree with the other reviewers that it is very inoffensive and "safe". Overall, I am very impressed by its uniqueness. I am excited to compare it to Ds & Durga in the future as they have a perfume with a similar take. Those, who have tried both, which one do you prefer and why?

Wow this scent instantly gave me nostalgia. It’s 7:00 a.m., and I’m back in elementary school. The air is freezing cold, the grass still damp with dew. It smells like softly pressing your face to the bus window on a field trip morning (still half asleep), headed to an old strawberry farm we used to visit. a faint metallic note of morning air. It even reminds me of those early tennis sessions with my brother, the court still damp from last night’s rain. This one hits a deeper nostalgic register for me, more vivid, more personal than Steamed Rainbow by D.S. & Durga. 10/10 i warmly fell in love, and almost shed a tear