Jua

This is a New Zealand (yay!) natural perfume oil which is super awesome. Sunflower oil is the base of the fragrance so it does have whispers of Sunflower which adds to the vibe of this perfume. I get very little bergamot but a lot of rose and freesia which carry most of the fragrance. A soft vanilliac apricot, slightly smoky olinanum and a touch of mint come into play to make Jua unique. It's still mostly freesia to me with a bit of a grassy-hay vetiver and a touch of cedar to give it a woody aspect at it's base. It does have a slight soapy scent at times. It's warm, feels like a hug from a mother or rolling around in grass on a summers day. It reminds me of my childhood and has a kind of strange mature innocence to it. It's a bright, sunny, subtle and slightly-green Oriental Floral perfume. The sillage is soft to medium and it lasts about 2-3 hours on me. It's a Spring scent and since Jua means ‘sun’ or ‘sunshine’ in Swahili it's very accurate. It's not exactly my kind of thing but I like it and some money from sales will go to charity.

This is my hippie scent. Reminds me a lot of the oils they use in aromatherapy massage (whichever oils they are!). This has an earthy/hippie vibe to it without any patchouli. My only complaint is that it's completely gone in an hour.