Turquoise

Would have been absolutely stunning and unique, but the hedione absolutely ruins this. It's so strong and synthetic that it chokes out the other natural extracts and fights against the whole composition. It sticks out like a sore thumb. The Rosebud and grass notes are positively divine and makes you feel like you're walking through an actual garden in June after a warm rainfall.

This was a recent purchase for me that I had ordered a while back and just recieved yesterday. It surprises me, but not in the way I expected.. From the notes, I was thinking something along the lines of Reminiscence's Do Re, but its far more green and bitter. I was expecting the dominance of very naturalistic florals, and I get that, but I wasn't expecting the dry, fuzzy character of the fragrance. At the heart of this green, velveteen accord is something that reminds me of old tapestry. If you've ever visited one of those ancient European castles, or an exhibition where clothing from another century is displayed, there's this fuzzy, dusty, ancient scent that hangs in the air, and this reminds me of that. I think this comes from the turmeric; I was really interested to see how that ingredient played out in the composition. If I forget about it and go about my business, I get unexpected whiffs of sweet tiny yellow flowers and golden almost fermented honey. It reminds me of sitting in the grass in a field of little wildflowers sipping mead or mint tea heavily laced with honey. Some other perfumes it reminded me of although not exactly the same were Chamade, Chanel No. 19 extrait and Rosabotanica.

Beginner-level perfumery, but not totally unwearable. It comes across like something created during a workshop as there’s little in the way of composition or thought. Instead, it’s just a small handful of oils and chemicals thrown together that smell “fresh." This one’s grassy with a fragile fatty note running through it. The individual components are clearly discernible as there’s no real attempt to blend them. It’s basically a slightly oily, grassy, inoffensive transparent floral with no character. It lasts about thirty minutes. While I don’t have a problem with scents like this existing (everyone’s got to start somewhere), this scent should not be available to the public.

The opening of Turquoise reminds me so much of Bobbi Brown's Beach somehow, but quickly there is a hay note that kicks in which gives it a kind of dusty smell. Midway through I gets lots of lush honey and a little champaca. The dry down is soft and golden on my skin. I think this is a nice perfume, but I could do without the dry hay smell. More than anything this has a real beachy vibe on my skin, and I'd wear it anytime I wanted to feel like I was at the sea. The champaca isn't over done, which is nice. It's one of my favorite flowers but can often get very heady and smothering feeling. I'm not sure this is FB worthy for me, but I've enjoyed the ride with this one for sure!