Callisto

I have enjoyed my sample and decided to purchase a bottle. For me it’s a beautifully unique vanilla-tonka-heliotrope type scent with a sparkly aldehyde-neroli-pink-pepper opening and a plush, resinous base (probably the benzoin). Complex but just lovely! Vanilla but it feels more luminous or shimmery rather than syrupy (which I am over). I think it is very underrated. But that’s ok, I’ll keep enjoying it myself! Moderate projection with good longevity.

If you like fragrances like TF Mettalique, Navitus Kind Intentions, Ledda Orris 22 or ELDO The Ghost in the Shell then you’d probably like this. It’s actually pretty similar to Ghost in the Shell but sweeter and more powdery due to heliotrope. This is absolutely perfect to me, great everyday & office scent. The right amount of sweetness, leaning feminine. Love it!

Really pleasantly surprised by this one, reminds me of my beloved Valaya Exclusif a lot. Will definitely use up the whole sample I received to decide if it is a full bottle-worthy.

I would be really into this fragrance if it wasn’t for the overdose of ambroxan/amberwood stuff that comes out during the heart and dominates the dry down. The open though, the top notes, are really cool, featuring a dense honeyed neroli that is aerated and lightened by aldehydes. The aldehydes give a dry fluffy effect and feel very modern; and then pink pepper comes in and makes everything pop. I’m sensitive to Amber fixatives though so when that familiar smell started to dominate everything else, a couple hours after first spraying Callisto, I was out. The amber in this will last on skin for more than 24 hours. But for someone who is not bothered by that, I recommend trying Callisto as a way to wear a honey citrus floral that has a paradoxical and unexpected lightness to it.

Really nice. Light and airy vanilla. Might lean slightly too feminine for my personal taste.