Midnight Musk & Amber

Please discard my pervious review on March 21, 2033 as I venture more fragrance below review is in correct; please read new note on Jul 24, 2023 instead. ==== (A32, X'mas 2022 Limited Edition) Midnight Musk & Amber is very amber prominent fragrance on my skin. The opening is silent, just semi-sweetness from amber, mild musky. This truly need time to develop, and the amber here is very rich and deep. The are middle note that quite unpleasant (like it still developing). But when it go deeper to base note. This is the best Musk / Amber I ever wear. And with this, I finally know how Amber is smell as an experience. Clean & sensual, probably keep for personal use only. Longevity is 8 hours Projection is Moderate, closer to the skin rate now 10/10 Bejeweled - Taylor Swift

Surprisingly good silage from Jo Malone. This is a sweet sourish scent lean on the powdery side. Normally I would have problem with musks but not white and, seemingly, black musk. Wonder why. Anyway its a wonderful surprise. Love this. Liken to Amber Musk in that it’s more of an ambient scent than a direct smelling scent, MM&A is more on the sourish side and less sweet. Do understand that both are light perfumes, they are not the “in your face” type so don’t expect them to stand out. Silage on this on, like I said, is surprisingly good. Someone on the other side of the room might notice some light sweet sourish scent but not know the source. Nothing will point out to you and say, here’s the source as, like I said, it’s in the ambient.

Oh I love this on my skin! I sprayed it on (almost as a joke) when I received it as a sample with another purchase from jo malone, expecting it to just be a basic 80s amber musk scent and boy was I wrong! This is so nice! I have Aerin amber musk and I find that one more linear, less sweet, more dense, quite boring and forgettable to be honest. This one has the most magical sweet undertone, the amber is light and whimsical almost honeyed in nature, the musk blended to perfection, just a touch powdery. Over time it becomes more resinous and warm. It comes across more feminine to me, very sensual, delicate, clean, a perfect winter ice queen scent. I love that this is a winter release! I would wear this day or night. Love!

I have a lot of JM scents and I didn’t need this but after trying it I had to have it. It started out with the first notes reminding me of an old Guerlain scent, a little grandmotherly, but then it just bloomed into an Amber and musk mix that just blended so nicely. Still there was something that remains that’s old school but the 3 musk blend really carries the scent. I got very little botanical juniper. Unlike most JM this has both longevity and sillage and little or no fruit/floral. Really. It lasts for hours on my skin and radiates. This is like JM wanted to get rid of all the rif raf and finally make a Chanel worthy scent.

Ok, this one is weird. First of all, it smells utterly divine on a test strip. On my skin, it doesn't smell like any of the notes listed. In fact, if you told me this was a black currant, candied petals and black pepper mix, I'd buy that those were the notes. Seriously turns candy-sweet with candied ripe fruit on me. Were it a color, it'd purple, satiny plum-purple.