Sedbury

8 sprays- wrist, elbow, beck, hair, chest Initial impressions- Strong powdery white floral. Can't really decide in the white floral is Jasmine or tuberose. I feel like they're competing against each other, and perhaps the Jasmine won. There is some kick as well possibly from the benzoin. It's powdery but not creamy. It's gorgeous. 5min- The powder continues and the benzoin has subsided slightly. The Jasmine is definitely stronger to my nose than the tuberose. Also getting some green notes- not the watery green, but powdery- maybe from the sage. Very unique. It actually reminds me of walking in a lush green forest, that is not humid. Kind of ethereal like it belongs on a beautiful witch. 30min- Still a beautiful, green, powdery jasmine scent, but almost a skin scent already. 1hr- I can already feel the scent subsiding significantly. The green note and the benzoin has subsided a bit so now it's a Jasmine/tuberose powder, with the tuberose note kicking in more now. I also smell some gardenia and some citrus. This kind of smells like one of the white floral perfumed talcum powders here. 3hrs- The scent still continues with he white florals. Projection is a bit weaker but I can still feel a cloud around me. There is also something lightly mineral about it. Is it the ambergris? 5hr- There is still a cloud of white floral around me. Again I smell more gardenia than tuberose or Jasmine. The citrus notes have kicked up more, but the floral note is still strong. The powder has died down now, and it smells a bit like Jovan Island Gardenia now. 8hrs- I'm actually very impressed. The scent is still going and I didn't expect much from this after my disappointment with the other PDM Safanad. It's not all wonderfully powdery anymore but rather that green gardenia scent which is similar to most common gardenia scents out there. I don't know why I'm smelling gardenia. Oh well. I'm definitely ok with the gardenia as it's one of my favorite white florals. Where I've sprayed on clothes and hair I can smell more of the gardenia. Only slightly detectable where I've sprayed on skin. 10hrs- This is still going. It's nearly gone from skin, but still quite potent on the clothes. This smell identical to the very affordable Island Gardenia by Jovan at this point. 12hrs- Still smell the above gardenia scent. Had I not changed clothes and showered, this may have lingered a little longer. Smell: 8.5/10 Sillage: 8/10 (this will leave a slight powdery trail) Longevity: 9/10 (at least 8 hours on clothes and 5 hours on skin) Conclusion: This is a great, polarizing white floral that takes on many angles. The bewitching expensive scent that is smelled initially doesn't really last unfortunately, as this dries down to smell like many white florals. I have tested two other PDMs and smell wise I would rank this above Athalia and below the beautiful Safanad. Performance wise this is far superior to Safanad and perhaps even Athalia, had I not changed my clothes when I tested Athalia. Is it still worth this price point? Probably not.

I had practically given in to the thought of never finding a tuberose scent to suit my sensibilities until my encounter with Sedbury. I thought I was looking for a woody tuberose but along my sampling adventures found that dry woods are somewhat of a clash with the natural characteristics of this flower. Also, others I tested were either too coconutty, too green, too syrupy, synthetic, sharp, tropical, sweet, boring... yes, I had a long pedantic list of criteria. Sedbury is the zenith of my tuberose journey, cleverly holding my interest with its cryptic nature. There's a duality to this fragrance that appeals to my desire for a feminine, versatile, sensual perfume, and a curious undercurrent that probes at my sense. As some reviewers have noted, it could be considered a crowd pleaser being easy to love... but where are the crowds here? Only 22 in the database listed as owning this beauty and one who considers it signature worthy since its launch in 2015? I think it's a gem of a secret! The fragrance indeed dances like a chypre -- graceful and classic in structure yet clean and modern. As mentioned there is a curious duality: incredibly smooth tuberose, creamy but not heavy, white, luminous, glassy, gently sweet; running parallel to this is a fantastic softly bitter texture of salty dry green which is wild and quietly feral. I love this character in a perfume -- refined and elegant with delicately restrained primal strength. Uncaged but well trained; thoroughbred and not broken. Also of note is that sandalwood is missing from the note pyramid above. White flowers, amber, sandalwood and greens -- yes, there is some kinship with Amouage Ubar as MissAnnette notes. I also own Ubar as one of my favorites and don't particularly find this to be a watered down relative, but rather more pronounced on the florals and classic dry chypre notes and less on the animalic amber and sandalwood. I'd even dare classify this as a fougere. I think fans of Cartier La Panthere and Narciso Rodriguez EDP (white cube bottle) will really enjoy Sedbury and love it better if seeking something that smells more natural and less sweet in the modern white floral chypre category. Do sample Sedbury if you get a chance. This elegant steed is sure to take you for a pleasurable ride!

I have had this perfume for a couple of months now, but I didn't want to review it before now because I wanted to do it justice. A lovely member here sent me a random assortment of samples. Mixed up in all of that was Sedbury. The minute I opened the sample, I was blown away. I felt like I had found my signature scent. When you know, you just know. Obviously the price is a bit of a detterent for some; it was for me as well, but this was one perfume that I couldn't get out of my head. I wish I could just smell like this all day every day (the price is the only thing stopping me from bathing in it). Sedbury smells like a very warm, tropical, white floral. It is creamy and sweet. There is something in the base of it that cuts the sweetness a bit. That would probably be where the anamalic classification comes in. I find it to be a very linear scent, which I like with this one, because I am in love with the initial smell as it is. The one thing I notice is that over time, the anamalic 'dirty' note, intensifies. Sillage is only arms length. People will smell it, but it won't be intrusive. On my skin, it lasts about 8-10 hours. It lasts much longer in my hair, and even longer on my clothes. I can still smell it on my jacket collar and cuffs a week later. I have never repurchased a perfume in my life, but this may be the first one I would. I do think this is a perfume that deserves more attention.

The very first notes transport me to an orchard, with the scents of citrus and wild flowers, like lavender and aromatic herbs. In rapid sequence (on my skin) the tuberose and powdery iris appear. This phase lasts for about 15 minutes, leaving the stage to a salty, mouthwatering amber with an elegant soft patchouli. The final dry down (after 1 hour) shows a bit of the sharpness of the vetiver, but the benzoin is strong enough to counterbalance it. This is an archetypical floral chypre. I don't find it to be a white flower bomb at all, in the sense that while the flowers are present, especially in the first 30 minutes, it's not about them. It's a complex composition with a lot of different facets. On skin (very different from the impression on paper), it reminds me of the original Magie Noire, but less "noire" and sheerer. It's a classic of perfumery. This is not a scent for those who appreciate the type of fragrances flooding the market now, with their sweet artificial base notes and omnipresent vanilla. It is not a fragrance for those who want "your skin but better" type of scent. This is a classic, timeless perfume. Some would say "old", which is fine for me, because some of the best things in the world, from wine to art, are "old". :-)

Sedbury was my first fragrance from this brand (I've since tried Delina and Pegasus), and it's still the one that's left the biggest impression on me. Upon first spray, Sedbury is a big, loud, very stereotypically French bouquet of white flowers with deep resin rounding out the sweetness of fresh cut jasmine and tuberose. The really special part, as others have mentioned, is that animalic, dirty, manure note lingering somewhere in the base. Lizardbreath is right on the nose in describing it as an 'intoxicating fecal' smell. It gives me such a curious reaction, which I like, and sets Sedbury apart from other florals for me. All the fragrances I've tried from this house are very concentrated, a couple sprays go a long way. I consider Sedbury to be a feminine scent, though men could pull it off as well. EDIT: Still a favorite. Sedbury is a white floral/aromatic combo that's super well blended; no one note stands out from the rest, and as one reviewer said, I wouldn't peg this as a tuberose scent on someone walking by. I find it sexy and alluring.