calico

I love love love it! The best way to describe it is a musky-floral scent with an opening of steamed rice 🍚 Very unobtrusive and comforting, like a hug, a scarf, a warm blanket... or a kitten wrapping its tail around you 🤍

Deliciously floral, lactonic and ricey. So, so cozy. Conjures more the feeling of curling up with a good book and purring kitten than the actual scent. Smells like freshly laundered sweater and milky tea.

Fleecy white florals and spun-sugar lace. Rice dims the bright white notes into something cosy clean. Think freshly-laundered pyjamas and teddy bear plush, rather than crisply ironed hotel linens. It’s a lived-in kind of clean. Takes what I liked from Universal Flowering’s Heliotrope Milkbath and subtracts the sweaty undercarriage. Couldn’t tell you what a kitten smells (thx allergies), but I can’t pick up anything animalistic about it. Perhaps this is the smell of a cat, if it were your imaginary friend. The most Zappas-esque of the trio, with that nostalgic, pastel-toned feel. Sillage is appropriately whispery, unfortunately so for the longevity. Mental Snapshots: Memories of a childhood sleepover, at the rich girl’s house. Whispering secrets, taking imaginary tea, miming out dollhouse tragedy. A bedroom stuffed carpet to ceiling with Beanie Babies. tl;dr: velveteen rabbit 🧸🐇

white floral that reminds me of a fancy grandma (not derogatory) with the slightest animalic stink (also not derogatory just musky). it is SO subtle, maybe a little too subtle? i really don't get rice or straight up milk but more of a soft creamy vanilla that adds some warmth and becomes more noticeable as time goes on. i sort of wish its opening smelled how it does 4 hours in. i think it's a nice slightly more complex skin scent that works for any occasion and season. not quite sure if it's giving my cats' fur but i do like it!

i don't like when perfumes are described in bs ways but i unfortunately am the enemy. if you've ever stuck your face into a cat's fur, it smells like that. not in an animalic or musk manner, rather because of the toasted rice note, which is most prominent. the bergamot is very clear as well, balancing the rice for a bright sunny smell. the florals show a bit later, bringing a sweet freshness to the perfume. the longevity is poor.