Afrodite

This has really benefitted from resting. I’ve had it nearly two years and it smells wonderful. I suspect it’s both matured and my nose is now appreciating it. Crystalline, cool and radiant it’s cool without feeling cold or unapproachable. Like a crisp clear sunny spring morning. Blue skies overhead and the promise of warmth but with an almost bracing freshness (clean air) to make you smile as you see all is well with the world. I get a lot of lilacs and juicy white fruits that lead into Iris and other florals and lush green notes. I want to bathe in this this spring. It has that vitality of youth but it’s more elegant, lightly sweet and very feminine. Not a sugary sweet entry but has that naturally fruity freshness along with a glass of cool water to really be lovely as things heat up.

I have no idea how white currant smells, but what other reviewers said is true, this is a lilac perfume, and for me I can smell the lily of the valley too. There is a sourness in the beginning which i tribute to peach note, but within 1 hours the sourness is gone, and it becomes a bit creamy, the sweetness is still there, the lilac is still the main player throughout the life of the fragrance. The drydown is so much better than the initial phase. The perfume lasts about 10 hours, but it is a tender perfume, it's polite and not intrusive, and you can overspray and it still won't be offensive. Personally, my most love lilac is Parco Palladiano vii, but this one gives another dimension to the flower. Yes, it's floral.

Lilac smells like laundry detergent or rather the supplemental laundry crystals that has a clean, bright, floral green, lime zest aroma. The white currants compliment this floral so well adding a tart fruitiness to the opening. This is a lilac fragrance and the lily-of-the-valley comes in strengthening the soapiness while geranium does the same for the floral greenness but with some spice. I get a saltiness from the ambergris and while this isn’t a sweet vanilla fragrance, the creaminess from the vanilla and sandalwood counteracts any sign of scratchiness from all the clean notes and signature TT musk. I will love this in a candle. Great performance on all ends especially for a clean freshie.

It’s mostly about expectations, I guess. As much as I’ve been recently appalled by (usually refined) Byredo’s Flowerhead, Afrodite pleasantly surprised me with none of shout-in your-face-falling-apart notes, which I have encountered in TT’s fragrances so many times. Even in those I love like Laudano Nero. However Afrodite is a very smooth blend of lilacs, peach, vanilla, musc and a little patchouli: sweetish, creamy, but somehow clean and with a beach/holiday vibe to it. Long lasting but not loud and quite unique actually. Had I been testing this blind my guess would have been that it’s a Kilian’s creation. Considering getting a FB. UPD: and I did and am quite happy about it.

I love this. It's the perfect blend of powdery, clean, soft, deep, and sexy. It's sexy the way people who aren't trying to be are, though. No one note sticks out to me, but if you don't like musk or powdery notes, steer clear. The combination of musk, iris, and violet rule this, while the other notes play a supporting role. I think this could work in any season, is suitable for day and night, and clean enough for work while also being a good date perfume. Very versatile, very good stuff.