Leather Petals

This deserves to be a star from the RdF line-up. Beautiful, evocative and perfect for any gender. Very special, find yourself a sample and give it a try. It’s a great reprieve from the usual gourmand confections that are all the rage. (Not hating on gourmands, but we all need variety.)

The opener is very vintage and BIG. Powder. Iris. Then it moves into a gorgeous, soulful floral. Based on the name, I was expecting something kinda tough. But this is classicly beautiful.

Leather that is a deep bottle green in color, cooling and medicinal like vintage barber's soap. Iris, powdery and darkened by patchouli. Assertive, sensual and earthy. I love it.

This is a much more feminine fragrance than the name and notes imply. Its like smelling a fresh bouquet while sitting on a leather couch. I think it's pleasantly beautiful and feminine.

This is said to be an homage to New York City, but to me it smells much more of nature than anything particularly urban. The beginning is a moist dank cave full of old moldy soil and rotting leaves. It’s dense, animalic, and heavy. You can feel the greasy fur of the resident animal brushing against you. Before long though the perfume takes you to the side of the hill the cave sits within. There is an herbaceous green leather, and a fruity aspect from Davana. It makes me think of the grassy nest of some type of herbivore creature. There’s still a little soil and some dirty fur but the dank factor has lessened considerably, it’s as if the fragrance is starting to dry out. And that drier feeling sets the stage for this perfume’s 3rd act, by far my favorite. A hot dry leather, accented by an apricoty spicy osmanthus, carried in on the breeze. Maybe it’s a bird now, soaring on a heated summer wind. I’m not a fan of the 1st stage, the second stage is just ok, but I love this last stage. So overall Leather Petals gets a 3/5 from me. I think the name is misleading though, there’s not much floral in this. It lasts a solid 7 hours on skin.