Solis

I just want to talk about this perfumes performance, @Jimmystinks, you are not the first person to slate it's performance but I personally think it performs very well and my experience mirrors the votes here. This is what I think maybe the case: 1. It's undergone a significant reformulation, possible because Kemi Kemi has (I own both formulations). 2. People are expecting something that projects hard for the duration (it doesn't). If I use 3 sprays on my neck, it projects intensely for the first 2-3 hours, I can smell it on every breath without going nose blind at all, it can be almost overwhelming. Once it dries down it's like wearing a heavy cloak, every time I move my head I catch a thick dense waft of that incredible benzoin/vanilla with the most natural wood note I can think of. I woke up this morning 12 hours after spraying and was still enjoying the drydown, the vanilla was still animaic and woody.

Opening is very unique, imagine a fruity/herbal schnapps with purple candies in it. It drys down completely differently into benzoin (smells just like my essential oil), vanilla, creamy chai and a light cedar type oud. It's like a much higher quality Ivory Route without it's synthetic perfumy edge and much more interest.

opening is horrible but after a minute it turns really beautiful , might get a bottle !!

Interesting composition but not nearly as weird as I was hoping. I can detect the artemisia but it isn’t as prominent as Amouage Memoir Man, for example. It has a caramel vibe on my skin and mostly what I get is a dry-sweet-vaguely herbal blend. No oud, no real woody or vetiver facets. The amber must be a sweet style because thankfully the composition isn’t powdery or petroleum. It’s soft on performance which is a let down but I think this could be a real crowd-pleaser. While that isn’t normally a compliment from me: something about Solis is charming and comforting. Scent: 6/10 I wanted something far more memorable for this note breakdown and in the end it comes off more generic than I would like both stylistically and especially for the cost. Projection: 3/10 I was at least hoping for a big push off the skin but it is low to the body from start to finish. Sillage: 3/10 at first it is volitile enough to leave a train behind you but it settles down quickly, within the first thirty minutes. Longevity: 5/10 I get five hours of real use before it’s so close to the body that it ahould be reapplied for my tastes. Not terrible but not what I hoped. Would I buy another bottle? No I wouldn’t. While this is a nice scent and it is comforting, it only stands out as a higher quality version of your “Bleu’s and Such” which if you want to complete your collection of crowd-pleaser generics: this is the apex. If you want something more from this note list and this price: this may not satisfy. Ill wear my bottle until it’s gone and that will probably, be the end of it.

Aaaaaaah... a beloved blend. This is a variation of "kemi" from the same brand as I can sense the animalic caramelized fruit wrapped in the most sensual pinkish satin sheets and within the animalic frame. It's extremely impossible that the notes above are presenting this imaginative "solis"! I can smell caramel, peaches, violets, soap, castoreum, bubbles, musk, cranberries, and candy. Very captivating and charming for a caramel blend, it's more complex than simple. Edit (31st Jan 2018) the sweetness in here is like a tropical fruit punch with an animalic note of amber, oud, cedar, & castoreum. It has a bright fruits as the sweet factor with bits of vanilla blended with animalic. It is fine.