Russian Caravan

Very realistic, slightly sweet, wet tea with a hint of smoke. It smells like brewed black tea left in a mug at room temperature. Was hoping for something richer like a satchel of unbrewed lapsang laced with blackcurrant, but I can appreciate the aquatic quality this has.

A little medicinal on first spray but then gives way to a smoky kind of brushed leather. Rather potent which I wasn't quite prepared for. I like it but I think you have to be in the right mood for it. I don’t care for the medicinal undertones though.

My skin tends to amp smoke notes so that's about all I got from this with a little bit of tea. Strong, acrid, dry, unisex/masc leaning. I don't detect any sweetness at all, which I think it could benefit from. I'd be more into it if it was a cup of milky, slightly sweetened tea but this reminds me of smelling a lapsang suchong teabag.

Earthy warm leather with a very mild green accord in the back. I'm disappointed as the note description looked more interesting but I can't find them. Still a fun mood scent, reminds me of horseback riding. Maybe the leather tack? Review of official PERFUME EXTRAIT sample purchased directly from SolsticeScents.com

Heavy leather. I noticed the tea and smoke upon initial application, but it soon faded into leather, which is just not my thing.

Russian Caravan is an impressively leather-forward scent. I don’t own any leather jackets, but I’ve smelled a great many of them (I’ve lived next door to the annual Bike Week revelries in Daytona Beach for most of my life, after all) but rather than stinking of sleazy bars and unwashed summer bodies, this is a lovely, worn-in leather that smells of an early June trek through forest greenery, a soft, piney astringency mixed with the tart sweetness of woodland berry bushes. And no hike is complete without a flask of lapsang souchong tucked into your pocket, right? (Wait, is that not a thing?) The fragrance of this dark, smoky tea takes a backseat to the other notes, but is a dry, peppery constant woven throughout.

I get a leathery amber perfume, a bit too bright for me. The pine seems to kick it up too much into aromatic territory, or it might be the amber combination. I was hoping for more tea and/or smoke. It's okay, but not a love. I have other Solstice Scents that keep that title.

this smells like one of those "fall spice" candles. overpowering.