Rain Cloud

I smelled this in a perfume store as I was waiting for the attendant to ring me up for something else and I was SO taken with this dewy, humid, tropical garden I almost yelled: "Wait! I need this one instead!" But I do my best NOT to buy perfumes from first impressions because we all know how dramatically things can evolve (or devolve) so I did the sensible thing and asked for a sample so I could really get to know this beautiful gem. I've fallen pretty hard for Rain Cloud: it's meant to smell like a garden after the rain, and magician that she is, Lyn Harris crafted the most realistic feeling of dark, heavy clouds looming over just saturated petals of ylang ylang, jasmine, iris and orange blossom. The vanilla is definitely detectable and provides a lovely smoothness to this ride, lingering into the dry down. I heard someone describe this as "waxy" and I'd agree - it's so creamy, smooth, luscious and incredibly realistic smelling. Rain Cloud is a rather quiet scent and doesn't project a lot but lingers nicely for a few good hours. This is one of those perfumes that reminds you of the incredible artistry that can happen when a perfumer has the freedom to create from their heart. BEAUTIFUL!!!!

I really like this! I'm considering purchasing a full bottle but I need to test it once again since I'm not sure yet. It seems that on my skin it doesn't have that much of projection and longevity is around 4 hours. I don't have any ylang ylang perfume in my collection since I was never into that note even though it's really comforting scent so hopefully this will be my first ylang-yalng perfume. Also I was curious to read some of reviews here but there is not many of them 🤔 In terms of the smell this is ylang ylang mixed with white flowers (prob jasmine and lily) and it’s really soft and subtle. Also there is slightly bitterness that comes from green angelica. If I try hard I can smell that humid tropical air mixed with the beautiful flowers smell just before it rains but it's not the first picture that comes to my mind while I'm smelling this perfume. Also I'm a little bit baffled if I like this perfume because of that story what this perfume represents or I really like this scent. It's not a cheap one so I need more testing for sure. 🤑 UPDATE: I bought the bottle of Rain Cloud. Could not stop thinking of it. Also this perfume reminds me strongly of black locust flower scent🥰 10/10

Fragrance concepts are deserving of more poetic license, if you will. Realism can be a joy in perfume, but surrealism can be a real pleasure. Rain Cloud is not a literal transcription of an atmospheric condition, but more an impressionistic landscape of that which has been touched by precipitation and humidity. Water holds scent, and those raindrops splashing onto the flowers of the garden during a shower—that's what I feel here. The dampening of surfaces, the lush saturation; its somewhere between temperate and tropical, a low barometer and a high tenor. The orange blossom blurs into concord grape—that delicious, quenching Methyl Anthranilate; it seems highly dosed here, to the point where it almost reaches the verge of musty, and divinely so. It's as if it shapes the immediate dampening of dusty surfaces and inert soils. It also reminds me of black locust blooms in the wind. Ylang ylang seemed destined to be part of an ode to rain, and here, its thick custard overripe delicious flesh is perfect. The dry down is like wilted jasmine in the breeze, waxy-flower-petal foggy musk and vanilla crème. Here's to another brilliant stroke of artistry from Lyn Harris.

I had a chance to smell this at Somerset House in London after the (fabulous and mind-bending) fragrance exhibition currently on there. Rain Cloud is a divine concoction - I could dive in and go for a swim if it didn't cost quite so much for a little brown bottle. It more than held its own after an afternoon of smelling some of the most exciting perfumes around.

Wish it came in the cool bottle shown above. Got some generic bottle. Bought this at a very niche clothing store in Los Angeles, hidden down a hallway lined with glass at the back of a small coffeeshop. I felt like I needed to buy something, so I bought this. I wear this when it's raining or overcast. Perfect for the weather.