Pastoral

Every single note mentioned above is present and accounted for with the apricot beeswax, oats, tea and oakmoss at the forefront. The dry down is nutty bee pollen, honey and light tea notes with dried apricot. Hours later it sits as fresh, sweet bees wax with a wisp of hay. This is one of my favorites so far. If you have ever smelled a real bee hive or fresh bees wax, this will transport you back there. There is a property in Massachusetts on hip camp, which is sort of like Airbnb but for people who want to have a more exotic camping experience. One of the listed properties has a cabin that has multiple beehives built into one of the walls, and there are small viewing doors that you can open and the only thing between you and the inside of the hive is a steel screen. As the bees flap their tiny little wings, they warm the nectar and slowly condense it into honey and there is a scent that wafts off of the beehives that is very calming, and almost magical. This fragrance has encapsulated that natural bee hive scent. I will definitely be getting a full bottle.

This opens with a fuzzy apricot, it’s the skin of an apricot not the full fruit, as it’s not necessarily juicy, but it’s definitely fruity. The blackberries are there too, side by side. Both of these fruits smell like they’ve yet to become ripe, like they still need the warm sun and time to full ripen. Then comes in the beeswax and it’s waxy and powdery with sweet warm honey accompanying. It’s followed up by bready wheat and oats, sweet and warm from the sunlight. There’s subtle hints of tea leaves and fruity jam spread with a light earthy hay. This blend of notes works beautifully together and it creates a picture of an autumn afternoon with the warm sun gracing over a pasture picnic, toasted bread with jammy preserves spread on them, grass blowing from a sweet breeze.

immediately this smells to me like the honey you might buy from a roadside stand or a farmer's market in some small southern town; unpasteurized and organic. It's so pleasant and atmospheric, if I close my eyes, it feels like I'm back in Virginia up in the mountains; like the orchards and small antique stores; wooden furniture aged to sweetness. It's like drinking a cup of the sweetest blackberry tea, little lambs grazing in tall grass and hay in the distance. I feel like the Bennet estate in the 2005 film version of Pride and Prejudice would smell like this.

Nice performance. This is very well crafted. At least, in my humble opinion. It does remind me of Slow Dive. But I actually think this is better executed. I would wear this over Slow Dive any day. The standouts are beeswax, hay, wheat, and oakmoss. The other notes are just noise. Really pleased with this sample. Yet another fantastic fall fragrance. You probably can get your favorite 7 (one for each day) fall fragrances from Pineward and just rotate until the dead of winter. If that's your jam. This is going on my "want" list.

Ahh...my new favorite fall fragrance! I'm overjoyed to have Pastoral in my collection. It is soooo comforting! I love the progression of this warm, autumn themed fragrance with a huge love! Sweet jammy preserves with warm pastry and spices. Honey and grains with propolis to bind all the warm yumminess together! Pastoral is a total joy to wear for me personally. I'm excited to wear the heck out of it over the next few months. Another home run from the house of Pineward Perfumes IMO. WHOOOO!!!! I smell good! LOL...