Canyon Dreams

I immediately fell for Canyon Dreams from a sample. Though not listed in the notes, it has some old Indian incense and spices at the base whith the bright mandarins at the top and patchouli and rose in the mid notes. I definitely smell the quality of the notes as you will the whole duration of wearing CD. Last a very long time 10hrs easy. Is very strong but not overpowering aroma. The name Canyon Dreams I would say does it justice, as I smell this it reminds me of a group of indians in the canyons sitting around a campfire at night smoking their peace pipes and burning sweet incense.The sound of nature and coyotes bey at the moon afar off as the moonlight shines above a cooling night. Well done frangrance from Keiko Mecheri. Overall: 8.7/10

My sense is that this collection has been reformulated, if I'm understanding the advertising correctly, so I'm not sure if the notes have changed. Anyway, I mostly smelled citrus and sandalwood. Maybe some incense as well. It's an interesting scent in that it's hard to distinguish where the perfume ends my the scent of my own skin begins. Every now and then I noticed a bit of a floral bouquet. I'd almost describe it as a sandalwood marzipan, though it's not as sweet as that would suggest..

Another rich, substantial, perfume-like eau de parfum, CANYON DREAMS, from the Keiko Mecheri Bespoke collection, is a rather spicy woody floriental composition with a lot of oomph. This is one of those perfumes where I am constantly aware that I am wearing it, as wafts continue to emanate from my skin for hours after having put even a small amount on. From the notes, I have no idea what is making this perfume seem spicy to my nose: sandalwood, patchouli, bergamot, mandarin orange, rose and agarwood (oud). That sounds pretty tame to me. Is it just that these elements are combined in richer concentration than usual? Or are there some mystery notes, as well? As I have come to expect from Keiko Mecheri, the ingredients seem top notch. This is yet another excellent example of why people turn to niche perfumery. Super high quality. Whether or not you like one of the particular perfumes in the Bespoke collection will turn only on your feelings about the notes, not the materials. CANYON DREAMS is, again, really quite spicy, so it's not going to appeal to everyone, and I do believe that it is more feminine than masculine, notwithstanding the name, which to me at least sounds more masculine than feminine. (It also reminds me of the name of one of Andy Tauer's perfumes, LONESTAR MEMORIES, although that composition is very different...) CANYON DREAMS seems to me like a great wintertime perfume, and I'm happy to have purchased the Bespoke coffret so that I can wear this again once the weather has cooled off. There is a lot of complexity here, with many different layers emerging and developing in interesting ways over the course of a wear. For that reason, I find it somewhat indescribable! (-;

(new profile name: Anais Nin) Canyon Dreams This is gorgeous, I cannot stop sniffing my arm! The top notes starts green, bright and fresh with a blend of orange/bergamot, and then the spices comes through. The top notes lingers as the scent progresses through the different stages. The sandalwood note is sweet, dry, with a powdery feel to it. The orange scent from the top note is still there and the scent is becoming a bit creamy blending with spices, incense and sandalwood. The oud is soft, earthy and surrounds the sandalwood. It is a beautiful intense on my skin, it feels easy to wear, not heavy or stifling, I think it is a versatile fragrance for all occasions. Canyon Dreams is tested from a dabber. I enjoyed it for about 4 hours and then it became too soft for me to detect on my wrist.

Today I tried both Canyon Dreams, the one in this black bottle and the one in the new tinted transparant bottle. The scents in this line that come in the new bottles now also have a little addition to the name: les merveilles. I found both to smell different. The one in the new bottle appeared much stronger on my skin and had an overall better scent. If it has been reformulated as well as gotten a new packaging then in this case imo it's an improvement. The black bottles are very beautiful and stylish, but the new ones are really pretty too with their tinted glass and unique shaped caps.