Porcelain Pulse

I'm very sensitive to traditionally feminine-leaning smells...I don't think I pull off the "leans feminine" or even most of today's version of unisex. But this one is as right down the middle "unisex" as it gets. A female friend and I both put it on and we're surprised how different it reacted to each of our bodies. It smelled more masculine on me and more feminine on her. Anyway....it's a really great tea-note heavy hitter. I discovered how much I like tea accords when I first tried Imagination. While this isn't a dupe, the tea notes and fruity accords with a touch of spice made me immediately think of it. This one lasts a while....6+ hours. The sillage is a little "average" so it's OK to spray once more than you usually do. Really great safe blind buy if you enjoy fruity/spicy/tea frags. And you can probably share it with your significant other - regardless of their sex or pronouns.

I came across ROAN at a pop-up market recently and really liked all of their scents - they are all really well blended and unique. This one jumped out to me particularly. I have been super intrigued by black tea fragrances, and looking for another sophisticated scent to follow my appreciation of The Noir by Le Labo. So happy to have found Porcelain Pulse - it fits what I was looking for exactly! It's so intriguing! I love its development from the initial light fruitiness to a sophisticated blend of dried apricot, some carrot, and then hay and tobacco. It's lightweight, easy to wear, very unisex, and longevity has been great.

Full bottle acquired for my birthday earlier this month, so returning for a review! I think that ROAN created something super special here...What I love: the mix of tart yet crisp fruit and vegetal notes (much more fruit forward though), the creamy and comforting tea and spice components, and the ultra PRETTY florals. Dries down to a soft and cozy warm musk. I see this working for daytime wear from the first sunny spring day, up until the time the leaves turn in autumn. I feel sunshine with this fragrance, but not in the usual tropical summer sense. More like a pastoral fantasy meandering through a field.

It takes me back to the tea I used to share with my grandma: jammy, sweet, and floral. Rhubarb is such an underrated note, and here it shines, supported by accords that play beautifully around it. Pear adds brightness to the black tea, while carrot and apricot feel almost like the perfect marriage. A touch of cardamom is the perfect cherry on top. As it dries down, the sharper accords blur into a soft wrap of musk and hay. It’s one of my most complimented perfumes, and it’s easy to see why.

What a gorgeous black tea and apricot scent. I would not be surprised if you told me this was a Liis fragrance. It walks the line between Ethereal Wave and In This World in a way I didn't know I needed. It's got everything: black tea, dried apricot sweetness, earthy sweet carrot, dryness from hay, and that musky skin base. I realize I said sweet twice there, but don't get me wrong - this is not a super sweet perfume! It's very well balanced and so beautiful.

I got this because I wanted to try a perfume with a carrot note and I was NOT disappointed. It adds a really earthy sweetness to the other notes that makes it almost fruity on first spray and dries down into a beautiful woody tea scent. Like drinking an earl grey tea on a morning in early fall spring or early fall, when the soil is still damp. Absolutely obsessed and trying to save every drop (also huffing my clothes without shame)

I absolutely love this fragrance! I purchased the Discovery Set and started first with Mountain Memories but ended up having to pick this one up too! It has been my go-to all summer. It starts off with a sweetness that is not too sweet, like a vegetal sweetness that reminds me of the English countryside. The black tea really comes through on my skin, and it settles into a beautiful warm amber dry-down. Such a beautiful scent!

Extremely beautiful tea scent. The oriental spices and tea shine here. In my opinion very well blended and every note can be found. It’s very close to the skin though, so I’m not sure how it will perform over time. Testing it inside my elbows. It’s one of those interesting fragrances you can’t stop huffing. 2 hrs later and the spices and tea stepped away, leaving behind a complex sweet vaguely floral soap scent.

This was an out of nowhere surprise. I received a small sample from someone who said it was good and boy were they right!! This has a similar Thé Noir vibe meets Easter. It has some earthiness and a little carrot seed warmth but a very nice and smooth black tea note. It's honestly amazing and such a pleasant find.

This is dry black tea with earthy, slighty sweet carrots and fuzzy apricots. I also got a bit of some clean, fresh florals, and a wood dry down. I got smokiness from the tobacco and some dry earthiness from the hay, softened out by some musks. This is a beautiful cottage core esque type of tea scent

A delicious apricot-rhubarb tea laced with cozy cardamom, giving it a breezy, earthy depth. You catch a whisper of every listed note—it’s layered but easygoing. Smells like a refreshing, productive morning with the windows thrown open and the sun gently pouring in.

Lush opening which fades a tad too fast, but the mid and base notes are phenomenal in their own way. Gorgeous tea and hay linger behind peony and apricot. Sweet and earthy and fresh! I wouldn't mind smelling this all day at an office - very refreshing and chic.

Absolutely gorgeous tea fragrance with great longevity. It's soft but perceptible, and fades into a creamy, sweet scent with just a hint of the tea leftover. Perfect spring scent, and one I'll be wearing often!

Fresh, light, airy, herbal tea. The pear & apricot are a soft sweet with the balance of the earthy sweet carrot. I don’t get much tobacco, more ambery to me.

This is my favorite from the house and probably my favorite tea fragrance in my collection.

WOW! Fantastic and unique. Not much else to say. Would go for a full bottle of this one.

At first I thought this was going to be an overhyped, super-simplistic blend- and boy was I wrong. There is something in here that is a memory smell- burning hemp maybe? It smells like a fire that was just put out milliseconds ago- before the scent of the acrid blackness hits your nose. A lovely aspect. Very well blended. Black tea, hay, carrot, pear, peony right up front on me. A musky base stretching wide to envelop the full range of these many notes. Not getting much tobacco- if there is, it is very blonde- a dry, stale cigarette maybe. Rhubarb to bind everything together. Lovely vetiver gently mingling in the background. Vegetal carrot note is supportive here, and does not dominate. This is much, much more than the accords would indicate. Incredibly complex, and not too sweet. It does have a slight hint of bug spray in the background on me, but you'd really have to look for it to find it. An easy like for me, maybe even a love- let's see how it morphs as it continues to dry down. Ever so slightly feminine, moderate to low sillage. Great for summer, fall, spring especially. Fairly priced. Very complex, difficult to describe, and I'd wager skin chemistry is vital with this one. Definitely try this one for yourself. EDIT: its a like, not a love. The longevity was poor and there were no transitions during the drydown. It was only interesting at the beginning, until the notes all began to lift in unison.

This is such a well layered and beautifully blended fragrance. Porcelain Pulse feels like those gorgeous outdoor themed dinners/lunches people have. The theme for this brunch is late spring tea. The table is topped with raw, well washed, sweet veggies and sliced fruits. Full bouquets bloom over the dishes. There is a big green cardamom burst that dries well into sweet carrots, tart rhubarb, juicy pair and softened dry apricots. There is a vague sense of lush greenery surrounding it all. Whether it's grass, hay, or that lasting cardamom note I'm unsure. Could also be the tea, which is already steeped perfectly and without any cream or milk in pretty porcelain cups. The musks are clean and soft. Has a similar "fresh linen" quality that Current Culture had that in my mind is the floral pattered table cloth at this tea party. I'll definitely be wearing this in the early spring and hopefully to a garden brunch. Edit: After some time that detergent/linen accord was all I was registering at a distance. Getting a closer smell revealed the fruity notes again but like the other two in this set it's soapiness was giving me a headache. Ugh. Kind of upsetting.

OPENING - DRY DOWN This is beautiful. Green, fresh, and earthy nuances. All of the notes dance around the black tea note. There's whispers of tobacco, carrot, cardamom and musk. I was underwhelmed at first but as it settles into the skin, it becomes a complex harmony, one that comforts you. It sits softly on the skin, like a veil. REMINISCENT OF This smells like the message room of a Chinese spa, where they burn incense and the lights are low, there's warm towels and aromatics fill the air. OCCASIONS/SEASONS I'm loving the idea of this as an out of the shower fragrance, a bedtime fragrance, or one to lounge in on a rainy day. I think it could also work as an everyday work fragrance for those who work in an office space or a place where you share small spaces with a lot of people. FINAL THOUGHTS This is clean with green and earthy nuances. I've always been fond of fragrances with complexities similar to this composition. I think this could be a staple for the clean fragrance enthusiasts. The tea is present and complimented by the rest of the notes.

The opening is citrusy like a mix of grapefruit and lemons, but it's likely the pear, rhubarb, carrot, and tea. It smells vibrant and fresh. Then, it becomes tea and cardamom. Not a fan of that part but it softens very nicely as the florals enter. The end gives me the tea along with hay, musk, and a slight tobacco scent. This is definitely a tea-forward scent, so expect that to stick around for the whole journey. One spray on each wrist sits close to my skin and lasts for several hours.