Poems One Through Twelve

This scent has quickly become one of my favorites. It's dethroned all the other ginger perfumes I've tried. In the opening, the ginger leans more candied than freshly-peeled -- predominantly spicy but with some crystallized sugar at the edges. But then, as it dries down, it transforms into a home-brewed mug of ginger tea. It almost radiates real heat. The effect is a deep calmness, and a sense of being on the other side of the hustle and bustle of daily life. It's a feeling that takes me back to being a kid, on the last day of a bad cold. Like, you don't feel awful anymore, but you still don't feel well enough to go to school. So, you get to lie in bed as long as you want, and drift off to sleep, or read, or daydream, while your strength slowly returns. That's the liminal space that Poems One Through Twelve taps into. The world outside your bedroom keeps on spinning, but here, just for today, you get to stay perfectly still.

this is the winner for me. out of the thirteen testers I got from Universal Flowering's discovery set, this is the one I would buy a full size of. it's just so good. very ginger forward, but then it melts with the condensed milk to create such a simple but incredibly unique milky fragrance. this is the type of perfume that is unique without having to be campy, it's just a delicious smell that no one has made before, and stands out so well that I would LOVE having it as my signature scent (especially it being so niche, no one will smell like I smell!). I would wear this year round, day and night, probably minus the summer when it's scorching hot I would opt for something else. someone else mentioned white rabbit candy and I can totally see it, that is such a nostalgic candy from my childhood that it just makes it all the more special. this is the absolute winner for me!!!

candied ginger, bitter bergamote/lime peel, something floral, smoked woods (?) this is my mind playing tricks on me but i also get tumeric for some reason, maybe bc i drink ginger + tumeric when i'm sick and it's the flu season. there's an antique shop vibe to this, it's actually very original, imagine walking to a really old antique shop that happens to be in proximity of a spice shop. i like the ginger kick, i like that it's not too sweet and doesn't go into a ginger biscuit direction, it's not a try too hard fragrance. this is a scent that u can just throw on without having to be in the mood for or mentally prepare for u know? after a few minutes surprisingly starting to get something fleshy, something like coconut flesh that's not too powdery/sweet, but adds a touch of silkiness. i actually like it, it's well-rounded but still has character.

smells like a sweet brioche loaf soaked in almond liqueur, like hot milk with spices; sultry with candied-sweet crystalline ginger and milky in a way that’s both sensual and biblically innocent. usually i can’t stand vetiver, but this seems to be an exception. similarly to heliotrope milkbath, there’s something about this fragrance that conjures an image of a sexy middle-aged woman; in this case, an english teacher fighting for her life selling vanilla almond fairy cupcakes at the community bake sale, sweating a little bit, frazzled and gorgeous in a lilac cashmere sweater. there’s an almost marshmallowy quality to the fragrance too, the lactonic, nostalgic sweetness of melting pastel gelatin and gooey burnt sugar. sweet, warm, sensuous, harbouring the sweet almond poison of an apricot kernel in its centre.

ugh...delicious. the more time i spend with this, the more i appreciate it -- i was honestly underwhelmed at first but she's more interesting than she initially lets on imo. fresh spicy ginger and condensed milk that reads almost like horchata to me. all the notes blend so beautifully at the mid point of the dry down; some people have mentioned the resinous funk from the opoponax being too much but i do NOT share that opinion lol i think it's absolutely gorgeous with the woody, earthy, papery vetiver. i have a hard time with overly sweet perfume and i think this is a perfect middle ground for me. definitely sweet and lactonic but the vetiver airs it out. i agree that this is great for fall/winter but i'm honestly so excited to wear it in summer, i wanna smell like a hot and sticky baked good.