Wisteria Hysteria

Ok well I don't think I'll be able to top the A+ review below me, but here's my rendition, I received the package in the mail today from Luckyscent, I'm glad I got 2 of these b/c I can deff. see myself using up both of them, guess that means I fancy it. I tried it on my wrist, what I got was a potent greeny herbal-rose burst, honestly the initial start made me think hay && roses...so yes the mate && rose are the prominent stand out notes with pretty much no detection of the Wisteria. It smells (easiest way I can put this) like Balenciaga's Rosabotanica meets Florabotanica meets a barrow of sweet hay...not a diss just my perspective. It's nice, bright, fresh-spicy, green floral, perfect for the spring to fall months, it has just the right amount of spiciness that makes it suitable on cooler days. Longevity && sillage are top notch I expected nun less from Stephen && CDG so the quality is there. I could catch subtle wafts as I sat outside when the breeze blew && I tested a spot on the top of my hand, that lasted through my shower. Though I do like this I don't think it's a scent I'd splurge for while I'd like to own both Stephen Jones scents the Original still wins my heart over this, yes I'm sure I will go through my samples but then I'll just purchase more samples, aye?! ;) *Try it out first if you're interested in purchasing it. Overall: 8/10 **Will update with the review when I layer the two together.

Hm. I'm trying to capture the spirit of this perfume that the marketing is trying to promote. I had high expectations with this Stephen Jones / Commes de Garcons co-lab. Unfortunately, Wisteria Hysteria fails to captivate me beyond a solid 'like.' Smooth, airy tea with a hint of lilac and peony. Really smooth. I feel like I've smelled something like this in a Jo Malone or Hermes. Yes, Hermessence Osmanthe Yunnan, tea and freesias. Similar scent, different texture, better performance. Did I say smooth? A glossy heart from the touch of benzoin and glassy amber, perhaps a little soapy and waxy from the clean, blue/green carnation. I'm not getting anything futuristic or hyper-modern though. Fresh and clean, the tea really presents this as a bright, meditative floral. It reminds me of a fresh brewed cup of blend No. 43 Rose Peony tea that I got from Townshend's Tea Company. Delicious, ambrosial and pleasant. Even pretty. I feel if the tea note was painted a little greener with a touch more pepper it might have led me into a state of euphoric vibrance, maybe even hysteria.

It's a modern clean spicy floral, cool and sterile-smelling. I like this! It shares the same sweet sharp tartness and metallic notes of the original Stephen Jones, but this one is sheerer and muskier. If I were to pick a colour for this one, it would be neon-blue.

Just purchased samples of this off Luckyscent...I have && love the original so hopefully this will win me over Ima try it separate && layered with the original to see the diff. effects, will post a review when I test it out. :D

Actual Notes apparently (did a lil searching, so don't quote me lol)... :) Sounds tempting though! Pepper, Clove, Mate Leaf, Carnation White Wisteria, Rose, Silver Frankincense White Musk, Styrax, Benzoin, Amber

Wow, I wish I could get exited about this fragrance the way people with feedback below did. Mainly fake rose & carnation with a touch of incense, cloves and musk. This feels a bit screechy, floral and green at the sae time. Just OK for me, nothing to brag about!

Chromatic scale: White, more white and even more white. Lilac, silver, neon white, microscopic black dots, imperceptible light-blue nuances, steel-cold grey. Rosey / floral notes with a bright metallic presence and a overall synth-pop vein. The florals are the most distant possible from the real thing. Instead, they're a super abstract rendition of the smell you could expect from a olfactive holodeck on DS9. Incense is here in full force and together with spices provides quite a thick and potent bone-structure. As I said, the fragrance starts bright, clean and cheerful but the feeling it evokes is anything but natural. It's sort of like a sense of inner euphoria filtered through chem drugs. Hallucinations and horizontal dancing, mind trips at the borders of cosmos. Incense takes over considerably and, together with sweetish notes give birth to a dry'n'sweet accord that, at traces, brought to mind of Eldo's Archive 69 (overlooked gem IMO) minus the camphor.But beside the incense, they also share a certain lived-in vibe. It's not lived-in as in remarkably dirty but more like *humanized*. It's the warmness of clean skin with subtle animalic (humanoid) facets. Smartly placed juxtapositions provided by clove and smoky mate notes, preserve the fragrance from becoming too bright and cold yet, at the same time, they paradoxically enhance the overall metallic vibe. I can't say Wisteria feels warm but it doesn't feel cold or detached either. It surely has both the elements of warmness and coldness but they're so smartly paired to give birth to a completely new feeling. Again, it's like showing to a alien reptile race what *body warmness is about*. Potent, very long lasting and with a great projection. In this context, Wisteria feels like a collaboration between Comme Des Garcons and Thierry Mugler...if Mugler actually still had taste. Rating: 7.5-8/10

Fresh Incense with a slight touch of rose. Hmm. I loved this one instantly. It sits close to the skin and comes back and forth until 10 hours later with an increasing amount of musc. There is something metallic which dominates the 2nd hour I do not like so much. I don't get any carnation but a lot of pepper and incense. It's perfect for summer time when you don't want to go into the fruity lemon world...

So odd! Pretty, but it stinks! I really don't understand what's going on. I smell that soft floral wisteria-rose melange, but some stank is behind that gauzy veil. What is that? I don't think it's the incense. I almost want to say body odor? Someone please clarify... It really is the smell of Colette Paris though...in my memory, anyway!

I wanted this to be a clean, airy cloud of happiness. Unfortunately, this is very indolic on my skin. I get white florals and poop. It does settle eventually, but by that point I can’t really smell it unless I stick my nose into my arm.

Omg! Pure and pure white floral (which is my fav.). Not super longlasting, i think just because of its eau de toilette form. But it lasts enough. I looove Comme des Garçons perfumes a lot and loved it; too! 🤍

This reminds me of how my grandmother used to smell after coming out of the bathroom from a number two and washing her hands with soap.