Moonstone

As they say~chemistry is everything! On me this soars softly, beautifully. It's exquisite,and in the beginning even a bit fragile. The Gardenia floats out of the topnotes like a flower from another realm. A complete fantasy flower equipped w/movement and voice. Thankfully w/a voice in this range she doesn't shriek like so many white florals can do. Thanks to the basenotes she enters into the earth realm and actually becomes somewhat grounded. She ends up w/in a short distance of a vanilla pod that seems to be flirting w/a tobacco leaf. Nothing serious obviously as the leaf doesn't stick around too long. I get an intimate dance between the gardenia and the vanilla pod w/the other notes playing the soft background music. They are indeed somewhere tropical and only have eyes for each other as they sway to and fro. I would've never guessed that gardenia would take the lead. Apparently she's a very liberated beauty......... Eventually amber enters the seen and brings a nice resonance to the band. When you're in a relationship~it's very important for it to have some depth.

Gorgeous. Moonstone is the fresh, energetic daytime gardenia of Kai transformed into a glowing night flower; seductive and mysterious. If Malle's Carnal Flower was gardenia instead of tuberose, it would be a lot like Moonstone. Gardenia is balanced with paperwhites, nicotiana, and oakmoss in a way that can be described only as hypnotic. Moonstone is the fragrance of a secret seduction, dreamy and obsessive.

Moonstone smells heavenly. For all of five minutes. Sage fragrances have NO lasting power, and I expect more for the money I shelled out for a teeny bottle of oil. All in all, a great idea, wonderful notes...not worth a dime. What's the point of a fragrance one can't smell? I've been searching for a gothic gardenia, and thought I'd found it here. Bummer.

Moonstone is a wet gardenia, sprinkled with a green dewiness and softened by the tobacco flower at the base. Very straightforward and a little quirky in drydown, but a great addition to any white floral afficionado's wardrobe. My second favorite gardenia after Monyette.

I guess I am lucky because these little gems last all day on me. I usually shy away from gardenia frags but this one does not make me wince. I think the oakmoss and vanilla balance it out. love,love