White Moss & Snowdrop

Sometimes I genuinely feel some people didn’t really try the fragrances and just create a narrative based on the notes Fragrantica lists. Well, Fragrantica doesn’t always put the notes accurately. I really don’t know the criteria, but how many times the house itself show the used notes and that is in dissonance with this site, or when you detect a smell that is not even listed here, right? Another factor is that so many don’t even let the fragrance sets and already elaborates a full consolidated truth (they’ll say it’s their “opinion”) about the product. That being said, this is a fantastic release! Not very festive, I must agree, specially because of its lightness and versatility. Opens with a lovely weird greenish explosion of citrus, light florals, leaves and some sort of “cold” accord that is only present in the very beggining. Than comes cardamom. Lots and lots of it. You can almost taste the freshness of this spice, which will eventually share the space with a sheer, green, powdery petit grain. Sillage and longevity are average, I got 5 hours at least!

Today is December 1st, and coincidentally the first day of ice where I live. The sky is full of snow clouds, set against a pink sunrise. It's cold. Very cold, and with that it's a perfect day for this fragrance. I feel grounded by it when I step onto the frozen grass in my garden and hear it crunching under my feet. I wish I could find a bottle of Alice in Wonderland's Drink Me potion so I could stand on the moss underneath a frozen snowdrop and see it sparkling in this morning's pink sunshine. If nothing else, this fragrance transports me to this place in my mind's eye. It's a beautiful scent for wintertime. Cold, green and sparkling. Longevity isn't too bad for a cologne at around 5 hours. Silage is moderate. I think it would work okay in springtime, but might not suit Summer wear. I find it leans masculine on my skin but I don't mind that at all. I think it's gorgeous.

Personally I find that White Moss and Snowdrop fits very well the Jo Malone line. They released a fresh, green, cool floral, a winter floral. Groundbreaking! I liked it. It's perfumey, with a vintage feel, "full", lady-like and a little powdery. It's what the mid 20-30s would call old-lady and grannyish-it's not! It has a deep smell actually. I don't know the scent of snowdrop. I do sense the moss, neroli/petitgrain and some spice in the drydown, like cloves, maybe a touch pharmaceutical. Lasts a whole day but close to the skin strictly The bottle is shinier up close

The smell of moss and very green petitgrain makes me reminisce about winter days walking in the park, feet buried in the snow, with a little bit of midday sun. Winter in this perfume bottle has a change from the dry cold of white moss to the cool and warm of citrus and amber. I am so in love with this.

It is a light mossy, green scent, with a subtle and gentle creamy floral sweetness. To me, it does indeed conjure up the image of delicate snowdrops popping out from crisp white snow, when the air is still cold and crisp, but you feel spring is coming. Despite this wintery image, I think this fragrance may suit all seasons. It is delicate, airy, a bit powdery, with subtle green, citrussy and floral touches, with the lightest, most gentle earthiness from the moss. Absolutely non offensive, perfect in any occasion or environment. Projection is moderate, but I can smell myself, which is what I like, and longevity is not bad at all for a cologne concentration.

As a JM lover, White Moss & Snowdrop is the biggest JM scent of this year, not Cherimoya or Honeysuckle either. The scent imaging me how Princess Elsa’s land could smell, the dried cold, dusty and hints of flowery, all of those scents can describe the winter session but unfortunately, it’s cannot relate to the hope as Snowdrop’s meaningful as it could be. 9.0/10 for the project of Snowdrop! 7.5/10 for the scent. 8.0/10 for the bottle’s color.

This is weird because on paper it smells like a crisp spring day, walking through a field of vegetation. On my skin, it's cardamom and anise, followed by a clean soapy amber after a couple hours. Interesting and smells good, with decent performance for a Jo Malone. I'm not convinced I need a full bottle but if I see one for cheap I'd probably get it. Scent 7.3/10 Performance 7/10

A soft winter fregrance that feels like a crunchy, crisp step on snow covered grass. I really like the moss element and the floral notes have a pleasant creamy hue. It's a bit of a throwback, and is what I imagine a whimsical trip to Narnia would smell of. Like a delicate flower or snowflake, this fregrance is fragile and fleeting, so enjoy it whilst it lasts.

A perfect unisex seasonal fragrance. I live in the southern hemisphere so Christmas is in summer and this is one of the few spicy scents that aren't overbearing for the holiday season here. It dries down quite soapy on my skin but the first few hours are incredibly enjoyable. For me, it feels appropriate for the entire year, not just winter/Christmas

This is the scent of a goth snowqueen, a mausoleum in the snow. Long shadows persist, even in the bright light of sunlight on snow, moss and lichen hang from cold marble in places that only see sunlight in the low angles of winter. There's a brightness, but also a coldness.

In the opening I was hit with a spicy, herbal slightly-wet jasmine. I’m not sure if this is just my skin chemistry, but it caught me off guard. Either way, I wasn’t anticipating clove Or patchouli. In the best moments, I caught a fresh orange blurred delicate by soft, sweet baby powder. I imagined a bright december morning. A pomander sits on a white windowsill, backlit behind a freshly-laundered pale tulle curtain. You can see its shape and smell its zest through the haze. It seemed very ballerina-like, albeit a somewhat lifeless/“sterile” image. Something felt missing. I caught more of the mossy elements in the dry down, where it dissolves into a generic spicy, earthy, musky amber situation with the sweetness of the tonka bean still lurking around in the background. Nothing spectacular. Overall, it felt like it was fighting to lean either masculine or feminine the entire time I was wearing it. I didn’t detect a snow/snowflake element at all. The warmth from the spice didn’t allow it to project that kind of image. The closest I got was melting slush when the mossy earthiness came out at the end.

It smells like citrus, moss and neroli/snowdrops. Beautiful scent, a mix of citrus and greens. Would be nice in spring but also has the scent of a wooden cabin in the mountains. But as it goes with Jo Malone London perfumes, they smell good and are well named as what they smell like, but lack projection and longevity, but it seems these "older" lasts a bit longer and has better projection then the newer versions.

Very green mossy opening. Very slight citrus and amber notes exist but not very apparent. Not really to my liking. Has slight wintery vibe that exists with Soleil Neige. This is a clean and fresh scent that is light enough that people who are not too keen towards perfumes should not be offended.

Linear + powdery. The decant (dabber) played me. It had an almost gourmand mandarin. Sprayed it’s an overbearing fabric softener.

It would be overly generous to say that the fragrance failed to live up to it’s festive name. An enormous anticlimax for a holiday, limited edition. Perhaps JoMalone only had the budget for ethanol, as it smells of nothing. Literally. No Moss; snow all melted away. Some vague, white, L’air du temps inspired, aldehydic floral. Stick to the Pine and Eucalyptus candle from JML (which, unfortunately, seems to have been changed and cheapened this year) instead.

On paper it's mostly snowdrop with some moss on background, didn't catch any clementine. A very soft, light floral scent, a safe bet to give someone who enjoys airy innocent perfumes. Probably lasts longer if worn on hair, I feel that on (my) skin if will wither and disappear within an hour or so.

For some reason this dries down to a musty, musky smell on my skin. It has a "distinctive masculine" note to my nose; almost like a sweaty man would smell after working out. I don't know what it is--I just have a hard time wearing this scent.

This just isn’t good. It’s not awful. But. It’s not enjoyable at all on my skin. It has moments of sweet powder and citrus. Then it’s just messy moss and earthy herbal. I like moss but this ain’t the moss I like.

As several reviews have mentioned, this scent does resemble Jo Malone 154, but that top note very soon becomes spicy on me with an overtone of intense cinnamon. It is somewhat masculine, but I prefer masculine scents over cloying cotton candy-like fragrances. Go easy with this scent as it is quite potent initially. It does dry down to a soft powdery scent on me within an hour or so. My chemistry tends not to hold fragrance for very long and like all of Jo Malone’s scents (even the Cologne Intense) it lasts for a maximum of about 3 - 4 hours on my skin. I have not yet tried combining it with other JM fragrances, but my guess is that it would pair nicely with JM Rose and Magnolia. Unfortunately, both are limited edition fragrances with White Moss and Snowdrops being a Christmas 2018 release and Rose and Magnolia a Christmas 2019 release. I was fortunate to find both at Saks Fifth Avenue before they sold out.

Funny how I get tons of clementines, amber, and tonka from this, the least voted notes in the list. I really wanted the chilly, earthy winter morning feeling with the floral nuances, but instead I got a simplified Elixir des Merveilles. The clementines and the amber are on steroids, they're staying strong until the very end. The opening is pretty combined with some petitgrain and orange blossom, and the moss adds a nice nuance in the drydown. The longevity is great for a Jo Malone, I could smell it for about 5-6 hours. The bottle is really pretty in real life, it's got this beautiful pearl-esque/frozen ice sheen to it. I was ready to spend money on this, but since it smells so similar to the Hermes one on my skin, I'm not going to bother because I own that one already.