Awake & Dreaming

Opens with acidic, slightlly bitter citruses and basil that has a strong licorice undertone, after 20 minutes the ferns and pine take over and start exchanging leading roles. Stays acidic and softly medicinal troughout the wear, sort of reminiscent of the smell of wet wipes. I believe this is composed of mostly naturals as the smell really changes every hour on the skin. Its also the only fresh fragrance that i found that doesnt turn warm in the drydown on my skin.

Not as beautiful as “Didessa,” which is the clear winner of the bunch. “Awake and Dreaming” smells like where the roots of a tree in an Irish forest meet the dirt. The citrus and basil mellow out quickly, and you’re mostly left with the woody, earthy, and conifer notes. At first, I thought I liked it, but the dry-down was nauseatingly bad.