Sikinos

This is a nostalgic ode to our smaller islands of sun, rock, yellow flowers and shining sea. I found my long lost love for Korres skincare recently (the Black Pine serum is phenomenal) and I am glad they make perfumes too. Si'kinos is beautiful and different. It is kinda similar to Tropidelic by BBW to my nose, but Sikinos came out first. Similar vein, aka solar, green-floral, kinda "dry" feeling, nothing syrupy here, but this does not have the stinky orange blossom type ylang-ylang, the "camphor" metallic smell of Tropidelic on my skin. BBW has an issue with the overload of orange blossom, frangipani blossom (At the beach) or ylang ylang in some mists, like the Sunkissed and Tropidelic that don't always suit my chemistry, even tho I like them. Sikinos is smooth sailing, pun intended. It is solar, floral and warm, but also green and calming and much greener than Tropidelic to me, with an ethereal essence due to the freesia, salt and the "watery" lotus, reminiscent of summer breeze. The name suits it. Some of our islands like Sikinos and Syros are rough, "dry", full of rock without dewy grass, only yellow flowers and herbs with the intense Greek sun contrasting the refreshing, calm-like-oil sea (shark-free sea...), and so this scent gives me this impression of yellow flowers in the sizzling summer sun, but also the salty breeze in a serene room of flowy curtains and cold white sheets - the powdery effect. From the opening to the dry down. Its opening compared to Tropidelic's bubblegum/gardenia passion flower opening, is different. Here it is powdery sweet and bright - the bamboo-freesia pairing is refreshing, intensely green like bamboo, but not grassy, while the watermelon is subtle on me and adds to the slightly sweet "watery" effect. Sikinos has the fresh aquatic lotus, the sandalwood, the salt and sweet powdery mimosa that create a fresh powdery effect similar to that of BBW Sea Salt coast which likewise is watery by the lotus and powdery too, but they are different scents. It is interesting how some salty aquatic fragrances come off as powdery, rather than plain ozonic aquatic, just like Sea Salt Coast by BBW and J by Jennifer Aniston which has water lily, musk, freesia and the sea notes. Sikinos starts off watery-green and gradually becomes more solar and floral almost like orange blossom, but not quite, not obnoxious as orange blossom usually is to me. The bamboo and mimosa create the "orange blossom" type of green floral and solar impression, a fresh green, but not grassy, floral scent that yellow flowers have sometimes. Orange blossom as a note smells green in a floral manner, waxy and solar, sometimes salty too. Sikinos is also waxy at first due to the musk/sandalwood which I love. Its base is green/dry to me throughout by the cedar. The mimosa adds this warm floral vibe to it, like yellow flowers in the sun, slightly "dusty" floral since there is a balsamic effect to it, I am guessing it is the mimosa-musk effect. The mimosa creates the solar effect which is dry, not the usual syrupy MK Wonderlust Sublime solar effect. As I described the salty element translates to a powdery nostalgic scent on me and the projection is beautiful in the breeze, a blend of all the different elements it encompasses, truly addicting. It takes me on a trip to my fav island of Spetses or Lesvos where my dad's from. All my family on both sides are from villages by the sea so this scent got me homesick. Lasted 5 hours on me.

This is a watery splashy summertime joy. It reminds me a bit of La Tulipe by Byredo (presumably because of the freesia note.) The watermelon note is also distinctly rind rather than the red fruit or watermelon candy. Underneath that is some stemmy, grassy greenness and ocean breeze but it’s still quite smooth, warm, and sunlit from the sandalwood. Feels like it was meant to be worn exclusively with white linen. Barefoot in the grass.

The opening transports me to a mediterranean holiday. When you wake up super early and go down to the beach and you sit all alone listening to the waves and letting the gentle sunrays warm up your face. It is fresh, clean, airy. Interesting with natural notes. Unfortunately the initial scent disappears quickly and it turns into a still very lovely but more simple soapy, clean and slightly fruity perfume.

Sikinos is a pretty fragrance. I purchased it during my last holiday in Greece and now it reminds me of the happy sunny days I had. Creamy, solar and very refined. Korres have some pretty stunning perfumes, true hidden gems! Sikinos and Lefko are my absolute favorites so far.

One of my favorites for the summer! Smells nostalgic, like sun and sea and sunscreen (sunscreen in the most lovely way imaginable) and summer breeze. I sorta get the fresh linen smell but barely. Lasts a while on the skin and on clothes.