Frida's Thorns

Finally! Thank you Obvious! I have the feeling you did something absolutely not obvious. At least for me. A warm spicy accord without cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, ginger or other spices? How can it be? I seem to have problem with the above mentioned notes and now I finally understand what a cocooning scent really is. It was love at 1st snif. More or less linear scent from the beginning till end. Cacao and chocolate from the top notes with something...I can not describe. I see the notes above but I can not detect any specific fruit or rose. But something is obviously very well blended with the cacao and chocolate. Something what makes this scent less sweet and non-edible. There is a hint of patchouli and vanilla but again blended with cacao and chocolate to balance the sweetness. I would not compare it to Soie Malaquais. Soie tested on my skin together with FT is fresher, fruitier and even slightly sweeter. For my nose there are two totally different scents for different occasion. After 1st tests I can write the projection is very good but after 5-7h it becomes a more skin scent. However I can still smell it in the morning when I spray it on my wrist late afternoon a day before. I can not wait for winter to test it in colder weather on sweaters.

OMG, this one is sooo good!! Feminine, warm, cozy, and soft. I didn’t check the notes before testing it, and on the first sniff, the cacao/chocolate, vanilla, and a bit of raspberry stood out immediately. I think it’s more wearable during the colder months, but it’s not overpowering at all, so it would still work perfectly in the office or during the daytime. The only thing keeping me from buying it is the dry down. After a while, the rose and patchouli become much more prominent, and I’m personally not a huge fan of those notes. But aside from that, it’s a really interesting and beautifully blended fragrance!

I get an amazing nutty scent, I assume it's the cacao. I kept smelling the paper throughout my tour around a perfume shop. Subtle and amazing, I would buy if it weren't for the price.

There's something really intriguing about this scent, though I don't love it. It's one that has the potential to grow on me. It opens with, to my nose, a very prominent biscuity note that I'm not entirely keen on. After a while it dissipates and you're left with a somewhat sharp, astringent rose note that reminds me of Kayali's Fleur Majesty Rose Royale but in a way I enjoy more than that fragrance. It's a perfume that my nose doesn't quite understand what it's smelling, so I keep coming back to sniff it. It's certainly interesting! It lasts a long time and is fairly strong, so a good performer. I don't find this to be a linear scent as different facets of its character emerge over time. I think this is one that would get comments, if not compliments. I'm keen to find out whether this will go from a like to a love because of its intrigue.

Delicious pistachio dessert. No thorns to be found. This would be a good candle scent - I love smelling it, but I don't like wearing scents this sweet and edible.