Pearl

I'm on a fragrance oil kick and I decided to purchase two new Sage Machado fragrances: Sage Diamond and Sage Rose Quartz, and two beloved memories: Sage Onyx and Sage Pearl. They are all lovely, but, somehow I had forgotten how incredibly beautiful Pearl is. One swoop of Pearl on my wrist brought a gush of memories: being pregnant with my daughter, her infancy, snuglly onesies and fluffy pink blankets... I used up my bottle. With so many scents in the world, I went on to dozens of others, but I missed Pearl, and now I will never be without it. I applied Pearl this morning, but didn't mention its history to my daughter, who is now 10. My daughter asked if she could wear it too, so I applied it to her wrists. She sniffed deeply and got that look only the fragrance-obsessed understands. She said it smells like "paradise"...and then she said, "I feel like I've known this smell my whole life. It smells like a part of me." Isn't that fascinating? Her olfactory memory of infancy was stimulated by Pearl. Pearl is gentle, soft, creamy, and sweet. It is saved from being a "typical" sweet milk (i.e. Matin Calin) by clear, fresh, sublime Oakmoss. Pearl is perfectly balanced and, in my opinion, it's a perfume oil masterpiece.

My second review of Pearl. It’s a year later, and I have been in transition from mother to crone for over a year now. I have had to clear out hundreds of fragrances that my new body simply cannot wear anymore. In a dim corner of my fragrance cabinet, I discovered what was left of a 1/2 oz eau de toilette (which is now a light, golden cognac color) along with about half of a 1/4 ounce of perfume oil extract —both of which I had ordered a year ago. YUMMY. The vanilla and creamy sandalwood present like warm salted caramel, but the oak moss and clean white musk lift up what otherwise would be a a cloyingly sweet, syrupy mess into a perfect symbiosis of warmth, sweetness, and freshness...and the fragrance only deepens with time. My GOODNESS. A Beautiful Glowing Perfect Pearl🫶🏻

Third review— THANK YOU, Miss Sage, for creating and giving to the world these elixirs that so perfectly encapsulate and showcase the beauty, strength and gentleness of the feminine mystique. Each one is (figuratively and literally!) a unique and beautiful gem. My favorite gemstone that isn’t a stone, the pearl, has always been a favorite, second only to amber... another gemstone that isn’t a stone! 🧡🧡🧡 “Mother of Pearls” Dear Giver of Pearls Spirit of Lakes and Seas I have seen your glimmer And it is everything to me Dear Mother of Pearls Those gems of Lakes and Seas, You are the water I float in And the air that I breathe

This is a magical fragrance. It's the closest I've come to a signature scent. Soft, sweet, and gentle but lasts forever..I mean, an eternity on clothing. At times it's just a touch too soft for me so now and then I like to layer It with something like Burberry Brit Rhythm. Pearl can often add a needed soft sweetness to other fragrances. I have the rollerball and the EDT. They are very similar, though the Edt seems just a touch brighter and less sweet. I like to use the EDT for a VERY fine mist all over...it's what I wish my skin naturally smelled like.

Recently became my signature scent, because even though I have hundreds of fragrances, perimenopause has me sensitive to many of them, and so I find myself going back to Pearl again and again. This, for me, smells like a mother’s love— Glowing, warm, cuddly, gentle and sweet. This scent envelops you like a mother’s embrace you can wear anytime you’re sad and feel a case of the “cold pricklies” coming on. Wearing a hug from this fragrance will turn those gloomy cold pricklies into lots of loving “warm fuzzies.” Such a beautiful vanilla/musk scent!