Sonoran Bloom

A delicious, powdery floral. I love it so much. Not sickeningly sweet, super aquatic, extremely earthy, or overly floral as many fragrances feel to me. The balance is amazing. I imagine the powdery note to be dusty clay, a slight aquaticness to be the petrichor, the light floral to be cactus flower, and the fresh sweetness to be agave. It's clean and light and beautiful. It's just perfect.

This fragrance is unique. I have a really large perfume collection & this one is unusual in my collection - in the best way possible. It's dry like clay & a hot desert day, but it's still somehow juicy like eating a starfruit in the rain. Dusty, powdery, AND wet??? Such a weird combo. I love it.

To me, this perfume is for a independent-minded woman who doesn't want to go with the crowd. She likes wearing flannel and graphic tees, but she cleans up well. She's in touch with herself and nature. She sometimes disappears into the forest for hours, and returns with a basketful of river-polished rocks, wild mushrooms, and snake skin. I encountered this perfume in an arboretum gift store years ago. I enjoyed the sample spay, but I'm an adventurous spendthrift who prefers lots of samples to full bottles. For years, I waited for TokyoMilk, ScentSplit, anybody to offer sample vials. I waited in vain. After several years I caved and bought a used bottle on Poshmark. Does time and distance make the heart grow fonder? For me, this fragrance did. The fragrance of petrichor, followed by desert blooms, and finally terra cotta came rushing back. Sonoran Bloom is very unique to my nose. It's bold and earthy, yet clean. It's floral and feminine, but not headachey. I also appreciate the skill that went into creating the sensation of petrichor. (See Sam Macer's fabulous educational video on petrichor notes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5JHJ8k1geM) Thanks, TokyoMilk, for bringing such a unique, lovely fragrance to my world.

Picture a down to earth woman from Durango, CO or Santa Fe, NM: chunky silver and turquoise rings grip a pint of craft beer, round brim wool hat covers a grown out balayage and the beginnings of crow's feet. She likes road tripping to Moab, UT every spring break to hike in the rock formations and canyons. She's effortlessly cool, one part free spirit and one part boss babe. I like this perfume. A great dry floral for all seasons, but I especially like it in winter. Great staying power but the silage isn't overpowering or heady. Clean and "cool," not sweet and frilly. At once entrepreneurial and spiritual. Great for trendy women over 25. Gets great mileage both in the office and out for leisure. Edit: I've found this to be almost identical to Michael Kors - Sexy Amber after testing that one, which I don't understand given the completely different notes.

Summer has shown up later than usual where I live. Today was the first day over 90 F day (32 C), which was perfect for Sonoran Bloom. This fragrance is a rainy desert day, wet clay, and fragrant desert flowers. The projection is quite intimate, so it doesn’t add to the suffocating heat around you. Recent TokyoMilk fragrances have been a little weaker performance-wise than in yesteryear it seems. However, they’re still decent, a little quirky, and mostly safe for the office, which is good since I have sooooooo many fragrances that are probably too bold for the office.