Little Stars

There was something slightly bitter/herbal in the opening that I didn't like, but I can barely remember it now because it was fleeting and I'm now enraptured by the drydown and can't stop smelling my wrist. This is masterfully blended in such a way that it's more than the sum of its parts and I'm having difficulty talking about individual notes. The woods pull it in one direction and then the florals into another. You can't pin it down! It strikes a great balance at the axis of warm spicy, woody and floral. The citrus is not prominent, and I couldn't pull it out as an individual note, but it's giving it a bit of verve and sparkle and mitigating any potential flatness. Original! EDIT: I've gone back to investigate this opening so that I can describe it better. It's very herbal, slightly medicinal and there is something 'cool' in it (mint? anise?)It reminded me of that smell that hits you when you walk into a health food store - a mishmash of different dry, bitter herbs. Still don't like it; it lasts about an hour. This will be one of those that I strategically apply an hour before leaving the house. Drydown still fantastic.

So the lid was on tight, and I struggled, and it sprayed all over! on my hands, eyelids and face. But guess what? I'm fine! No reaction even near my eyes! I'm not quite sure what the medicinal thing is... I don't smell it. It's woody, yes. Super woody. But it's also lush, ylang ylang, orange, jasmine heavy. indolent maybe. I got some on my shirt, and damn! oh take me to the jungle! Minty? Anisey? Nope and nope. maybe a touch of oud. maybe. it could be the nard they're smelling. Oh so intoxicatingly fresh. the resins tone down the wetness, and balance everything out. how can you go wrong for 2$ people! buy and try them all, you won't find this quality for the price anywhere! Very unisex, wearable by anybody in my opinion! A good blind buy. On me the woods persist and really project. An interesting experiment, but I'm still undecided on the FB...

I just applied this and I am getting the bitter/herbal scent that the other reviewers have described. It's slightly medicinal and plasticky (I'm not really liking this stage, but I'll hang in there to see what happens). As it begins to dry down the woody notes start to develop along with a hint of clove. After another few minutes I'm beginning to get jasmine in the background. The bitterness has all but disappeared and I'm starting to enjoy this quite a bit :) Finally the amber and oudh appear in the background to give this a warm, smoothness. I think I like this now, but that was quite a journey! In the end I do like this a lot. It's more masculine than I usually go for, but I think I would buy this.

impatto medicinale e sintetico che vira quasi immediatamente su una sensazione verde e burrosa di menta e ylang ylang. l'assestamento è ben equilibrato tra lo speziato, il legnoso e sentori resinosi. l'artigianalità si percepisce grazie alla semplice audacia di una miscela decisamente poco commerciale. bello!

Ellen Covey has nosed a very wearable spicy jasmine scent with Little Stars. I enjoyed every drop of my sample. High quality. UNISEX to my nose. Wears close to skin on me. As always, YMMV.

Smoky rootbeer at first, then some sharp medicinal scent from the resins I imagine. The florals start to peak through and it's much sweeter and well blended in the dry down, but the opening is jarring and doesn't seem to fit with the drydown. It's like two entirely different scents.