Rose Custard Kulfi

Hands down my favorite of the dozen Solstice Scents I've tried. Replica frags have one called "Dancing on the Moon" and when I smelled this Rose Custard Kulfi it made me think of The Police's "Walking on the Moon" song. Replica could have used these notes for the their dancing on the moon inspiration instead of their white floral accord choice. To me, this smells like a full moon outdoor dinner party, that Police song, or just love for the moon. Children's storybooks tell us the moon is made of cheese. Well, after smelling this, I'm confident to report it's more like milky sweet custard! Angela St. John's descriptions do really well at comprising her frags. Nevertheless, the cardamom is not faint as she writes. Everything does blend seamlessly and it does evolve fast and then settle down to exactly as what she says above. This has all the components of a gourmand, yet genre bends because it doesn't perform like a ditsy, lacking weightier substance gourmand. This frag has soul, many facets, and will delight many ages with unisex appeal.

Starts off as pure baked goods coming out of the oven and miraculously dries down to a delicious jammy rose scent. Further developes a little balsamic powderiness and stays that way for a while. Gorgeous.

Similar to rose mallow but more gourmand, denser and spicier. It’s her older sister. I def love this one more.

****40th**** There are so many different kinds of sweet notes in perfumery and while all smell great initially, they can also make a person nauseous. This was a very dimensional kulfi, well done, drizzled honey sweet, toasty, nutty, sweet cream, with a hint of rose and cardamom (properly like this dessert should have). It was too much for me quickly, dessert overload, but out in the air it was nice getting breezes of it. But I think, at least for me, this would be great if you’re on a diet (cutting sweets) and for cooler weather. The overwhelming sweetness does something to the brain: it keeps me from wanting to eat dessert after spraying this scent around me. 7/10

Everything said below: a very sweet custard with rose jam and a nuclear dose of cardamom. After about an hour I started to develop nasal fatigue. I think I would like it better with the sweetness turned down. But fans of the dessert gourmand genre should get their nose on it.