The Salon: Donna Con Ventaglio (Klimt for RAINN)
A white chypre with bergamot, rose otto, ylang ylang, tonka absolute, lotus root, blood orange, white fig, rock rose, mate, and violet leaf.
In decant: heady fruity floral. Bergamont, rose, blood orange, fig. Uh, actually...all might be there somerwhere. It's a colorful, almost chaotic and confusing melange of notes, most of them fleeting, always returning, only to flit away again.
Wet on skin: spicy--very spicy and deep floral. I don't think none of those flowers are actually "dark", but the feeling that it evokes in me is a sense of dark flowers, almost foreboding. Somewhat incensey, and oh powdery--I cleared my throat and coughed a little, it was rather disconcerting to feel like you've inhaled powder when you haven't, actually.
Dry: spicy, powdery, deep, dark florals. Most of the fruits have fled, or are just plain overpowered by the flowers--although I think I can get a bit of the blood orange here and there. It does smooth out a bit more, that the chaotic-ness of the decant is not as apparent when dry, but honestly it's gone mostly powder on me and it's hard to tell.
Verdict: the outcome was not too surprising, given the presence of rose in this blend; but even without it, this was a very overwhelming floral mix to my nose that I'd have a headache wearing it for long.
In decant: heady fruity floral. Bergamont, rose, blood orange, fig. Uh, actually...all might be there somerwhere. It's a colorful, almost chaotic and confusing melange of notes, most of them fleeting, always returning, only to flit away again.
Wet on skin: spicy--very spicy and deep floral. I don't think none of those flowers are actually "dark", but the feeling that it evokes in me is a sense of dark flowers, almost foreboding. Somewhat incensey, and oh powdery--I cleared my throat and coughed a little, it was rather disconcerting to feel like you've inhaled powder when you haven't, actually.
Dry: spicy, powdery, deep, dark florals. Most of the fruits have fled, or are just plain overpowered by the flowers--although I think I can get a bit of the blood orange here and there. It does smooth out a bit more, that the chaotic-ness of the decant is not as apparent when dry, but honestly it's gone mostly powder on me and it's hard to tell.
Verdict: the outcome was not too surprising, given the presence of rose in this blend; but even without it, this was a very overwhelming floral mix to my nose that I'd have a headache wearing it for long.