Branch & Vine

This smells amazing on my boyfriend! This is lily of the valley done right! I guessed It (and jasmine) before looking at the notes. Normally, I find lotv to be cloying and distracting, but in Branch & Vine, the flower is just brilliant! It's celebrated. Honeysuckle-sweet florals against an almost bitter pungent petitgrain-like base. Could that be the vetiver/violet leaf? So sparkling and natural, dimensional and intoxicating... I don't use that word lightly.. and of course, perfectly unisex, though not for the man who fears flowers. Love it! Definitely worth a test. It wears close to the skin but longevity is quite good, especially for an all natural fragrance.

Revisiting Branch and Vine again and I rather like it now. At first I didn't like it because of the tomato leaf opening. I had never encountered that in perfumery before and was a bit taken aback. That was 2 1/2 years ago when I started my perfume journey and now I am more accustomed to different types of materials being used to make a perfume. Natural or synthetic. If you like the smell of tomato leaf you will not find a more realistic one. But it only stays around for about 10 mins. It is the opening salvo as it were. But as it goes along it becomes a pretty sweet white and yellow floral. I still don't know how I feel about tomato leaf in a perfume but if you want something that is a nice light and refreshing vegetal opening to a really pretty yellow and white floral scent and all natural to boot this is a good way to go. My favorite out of Charna's Cologne series is Basil and Bartlett. The more I sample this the more I really like it and could see myself wearing it. I may buy a bottle at some point in time. I am a big fan of Charna's perfumes. If you want high quality ingredients, great longevity and throw you will not find a better perfume house. In my opinion Charna should be as widely known as Hiram Green. As much as I like Hiram and admire his work I own more of Charna's. She creates more truly feminine fragrances, and this is one. Sure, it is advertised as unisex, everything has to say that now a days but make no mistake this is a pretty white and yellow floral perfume made for a woman to wear. Perfect for spring and summer. It is refreshing, pretty, clean, and very floral. Personally, I have no problem w/ men wearing floral perfumes like this, in fact I would prefer it. Most of the masculine fragrances on offer today are horrid and women naturally gravitate towards clean florals. Guys give this one a try.

this starts off very green and vegetal-it smells like tomato leaf but that note isn't listed on fragrantica, though it is present (from the website: Verdant leafy greens, a tangle of tomato vine. Hints of muguet mingle with mimosa, jasmine and cooling violet leaf.) i think i get violet leaf at first as well. it's quite green and bright. i get a floral note but it's not immediately recognizable. i think it's mostly jasmine with a bit of mimosa. really interesting perfume for warm weather!

This smells hands down like the lobby of Le Meridien hotels circa 2010. I can't associate this with anything else other than memories from the time spent in various Le Meridiens. Admittedly not a helpful review for anyone else but thought I'd share anyway.

Smells like tuberose (white florals), vetiver, pink mimosa flower, cucumber, and a wisp of tea tree oil. Very reminiscent of a tomato plant + bright cool succulent flowers. Not wearable as is, to me, but I pulled out my clary sage EO and rubbed a drop on top and it became really funnnky... Mmmm, like dirt; moist, dark, microorganism-filled, fluffy, living, dirt! (and obviously -also a floral perfume, a really beautiful one)