Ocean waves, gifts of pink peony, waterlily blooms and ripe tangerines, underpinned by deep red amber and dragonsblood incense.
Floral, Aquatic, Incense
Isopropyl Myristate, Parfum, Benzyl Alcohol, Limonene, Citronellol, Benzyl Benzoate, Benzyl Salicylate, Geraniol, Linalool, Hexyl Cinnamic Aldehyde, Eugenol, Alpha Iso Methyl Ionone, Coumarin, Cinnamal, Benzyl Cinnamate, Citral, Iso Eugenol, Farnesol, Hydroxycitronellal, Cinnamic Alcohol, Amyl Cinnamic Aldehyde.
This is the second one I have FSed, after the always iconic Prismatic Crow, and that says a lot considering I've gone through over 20 samples at this point! The floral-aquatic notes are incredibly high-end smelling, almost reminds me of something Issey Miyake would sell for ten times the price. Hard to distinguish separate notes but I agree with the other reviewer's image of being beside a summer lake in a park, in Japan or China, with the waterlilies in bloom and the blossoms subtly scenting the air. Much later, on the dry-down, I detect the intriguing but gentle note of the dragonsblood incense, but it's not at all overpowering; it just gives this scent a unique darkness and depth that I really like. A friend of mine fell in love with the sample at first sniff, so I gave that to her and immediately bought myself my own bottle. Amazingly, it smells completely different on our skin. On me, the aquatic, fresh, sweetness comes through more, and on her it's warmer and a little more incensy. Magical either way.
This perfume makes me feel like an aquatic princess walking around a lake that's surrounded by beautiful flowers on a warm spring day. Indeed, it smells like spring or mild summer, but in the best way. I ordered a sample that I only opened a few days ago and yet the container is almost empty, as I couldn't resist but wear it every day. All my friends that I got to smell the perfume also loved the scent. The notes hit you all at once. Definitely a sweet scent, so do not order unless you're into that, but it's balanced beautifully with the aquatic notes. The ONLY reason why it's not a 5 star review is because it smells a lot more like freshwater rather than ocean waves which is what it's described as, and I was really looking for that savoury/salty note of the ocean. Other than that, it's beautiful. Wish I could bathe in it.
