Unue

What I pick up the most in Unue is a burst of indolic jasmin (it last 5 min and then smooth out), the kind that you find in Pure Poison, mixed with the patchouli and the musk that gives a clean linen vibe but still damp and about to be air dried outside on a fresh sunny day (insisting on the fresh because the anise and the bergamot are very subtle but give somehow some lightness and crispness to the whole composition) Underneath that first layer you'll find the beautiful creaminess and roundness of the sandalwood and Ylang Ylang blend which in the dry down give one the most beautiful sandalwood I ever smelled. There is an added sweetness to the scent but I can't really pick up any of the fruity notes individually, it kinda gives a chypre vibe to it though. It is very smooth and creamy and classy and IMO full bottle worthy. I keep revisiting it every month or so as I have several samples of it and everytime I fall in love again!! As it's an extrait de parfum It's very veryyyy long lasting. On my skin I've got 8h to 10h, with 6h of moderate projection. (ok, sprayed it on my favorite winter scarf, and on clothes it last forever...like weeks!!!) Love it, it's a very good transition fragrance (fresh spring days - warm fall days)! Edit : I bought a FB ☺️

Banana? This opening reminds me of a Marc Jacobs offering - Daisy. I love a good floral banana scent, which is where my appreciation for Ylang-Ylang comes from. My nose is particularly sensitive to detecting those notes. Otherwise it’s a very pleasant juicy floral. There’s a powdery metallic/juicy note that supports the florals until the dies down to the musk and sandalwood. Another comparison I have is to Initio’s Psychedelic Love. The middle notes combine with the bergamot, ylang-ylang, and sandalwood which create a similar “feeling” I get when I smell Psychedelic Love. The base notes are not that complicated, white musk, sandalwood and patchouli. Powdery white musk. This is not a particularly ground-breaking fragrance but I think I could smell it all day and not be turned off.

After ordering a bunch of samples from Jeroboam and Jovoy, the two that stood out the most to me and quickly joined my 'must buy' list were Unue and Musc Pallas from Jovoy. It was a tough choice which one to invite home first, but I finally chose Unue (Musc Pallas will definitely be coming later!). The plum is most dominant on me -- one of the reasons I fell in love with it -- followed by the jasmine and musk; the way these notes blend together is pure heaven and absolutely eye-rolliningly intoxicating! I also appreciate this being an extrait de parfum -- it lasts a good long while, lingers on clothing (always a plus in my book, provided you love the scent!), and surrounds you with a pretty, plummy fragrant bubble. In a word: delightful!!

Wearing this perfume I feel like it's largely incomplete. It's like spraying directly the base notes of a fragrance. Like a theme is missing and you arrive instantly at the end of the song; without any development of the speech, missing flowery and everything else. Don't really know how it could be compared with Samsara extrait, which is a poem instead.

This is another stunning scent by Jeroboam! Superbly blended as usual. I had a few samples of it and tried it again today before ordering a full bottle. One of these scents you keep smelling on your hand all day long. So gorgeous and ethereal (doesnt mean it is weak at all). So classy and quite unisex so probably a tad more on the feminine side.