s feral

sweet honey with a heavier creaminess & a glimmer of tart fruit. this one wears rich & mostly gourmand on me at first with a powdery warm amber keeping it from going all the way there. it gradually sheds some of the heavy, gourmand richness & gets a lot fruitier, the base calling to mind perfumed powdered milk. i went from being unsure of this one to really digging it. fruity milk & honey with a gently sultry amber. no obvious coconut notes to me which i am very ok with. my one complaint is the honey component is a bit sweet for me but i think this is definitely a crowd pleaser. has pretty substantial throw for me as well.

pretty! an extra high pitched lilac & orris but also extra smooth. a little extra sweet too in a way that forgoes the realism of lilac blooms for a more idyllic springtime petals & nectar scent, different from lilacs alone but equally as precious. the scent is ultra pale sweetened purples & a subtle soft green swirled into a sheer vanilla, the orris adding a bit of waxiness. over time the scent gets softer, the florals less of a falsetto, perhaps a bit mossier. this stage is more wearable but also less unique. i was intrigued by the smoked petals when seeking out this decant, & i have yet to detect anything smoky in this. i’m curious if that will develop with a bit more age & how it will play with the other components if it does. overall this one is absolutely worth trying if you have an affinity for lilacs or vanillic florals!

opens with fougere & powdery violet & iris. sweet red musk bleeds into the powdered florals- the shared powdery quality & seamless transition is fascinating. the scent settles into powdery vanilla with a soft belly of violet-tinged red musk, the fougere & bergamot lending a subtle brightness, then smooths out to include the porcelain vanilla note. the transitions in this scent as it moves from from phase to phase are really well executed- each note shares an aspect of the next. this scent may be too powdery for me to reach for often but it’s very intriguing- i hope the porcelain becomes more prominent with age as i think it would make this more wearable for me. fans of alkemia’s black iris or pulp’s come to the circus should check this one out.

realistic golden delicious apple flesh with a pretty lotus. though this is an actual hair product, it’s less shampoo-y than the fruit/lotus combo in peach vulva was for me. there is enough freshness from the apple to keep the scent from being overpoweringly sweet or floral. the apple does lose power relatively quickly & i am left with a light bodied honey & lotus with a bit of fresh juiciness from the apple. the cream & lotus lend more of a perfumey quality after the realism of the apple flesh fades. it’s a bit delicate & subtle in my hair, but present. gives an enjoyable, clean vibe.

soft & surprisingly well behaved rose to start but then the ylang ylang comes in yelling. the sweet ylang ylang, when combined with the lychee, unfortunately smells pretty urinous to me. i gradually get more of the lychee & the florals lose their distinction & meld into a big pastel pink bouquet. i’m not into this one- too high pitched & cloyingly floral for me. i sadly don’t get any pepper or anything particularly herbal or tea-like. had to scrub this one as it started to give me a headache.

the pomegranate/plum combo is somehow juicy yet gauzy. a dry resinous incense is immediately apparent, as well as silken florals. the florals meld with the fruity notes & the whole smells like fruity floral incense to me with a little added sticky honey & fruit juice. i am not usually a pomegranate fan but i’m really enjoying this one so far- maybe because it’s actually more plum to me than pomegranate. a low smoldering plummy incense scent, the tuberose like expensive silk. i was expecting to like this one least but it’s currently my favorite of the fruit vulvas.

jammy fig at first, leaning very berry purple with the addition of the cherry like almond, then tart guava moves the scent from sweet jam toward sour unripe fruit. the fruits rest on a bed of dry sandalwood & sweet hay- those two notes meld well with the almond fig but are kind of at odds with the tartness of the guava. the almond gradually blooms & the creaminess unifies the scent. for most of wear this is an almond cream scent on me with a little dry sandalwood, chewy sweet hay, & a teeny bit of tart guava. almond can be really intense & overpowering to me but the almond cream here is light bodied & silky.  i was expecting more patchouli oomph from this & wouldn’t mind if that’s the direction it ages, but it’s quite pretty in its current form too.

when i first put this on, i was reminded of the toasted spiced nut & wool combo in frozen heart & pulse of fire. this is an almost too polite version of that scent to my nose. it’s very toasty, though the initial nuttiness transitions to a dry woodiness pretty quickly. the cardamom & caramel are low key on my skin, things are definitely warm & sweet but not desserty. i really like the vanilla cashmere- it has a touch of clean laundry to it that actually really works to add a crisp edge as well as interest to the composition. a cozy winter time perfume for the tidily dressed. 

peach vulva opens with a candied, juicy  peach & orange combination, then settles into a cleaner, more shampoo type peach as the lotus overcomes the orange. there’s lots of sugar here so at first this is kind of a gourmand with a sort of soapy twist. not creamy in a dairy way, more like hair conditioner. over time, the other notes bow down to the pink lotus. a very sweet swirl of pale pink florals with a touch of peach. this scent is strong, very reminiscent of an overly herbal-essenced updo being shaken out.

(this is my first review & i apologize for any formatting mistakes!)

from the bottle, this smells oddly like a red musk to me & is way less chlorophyll green than i was anticipating.

on the skin i get a powdery & tart chypre along with something indolic, which i’m guessing is an unlisted jasmine note. the scent smooths out into a deep emerald green backdrop with subtle sheerer & sweeter elements above- the silky jasmine-esque note & aldehydic white musk. it’s quite abstract but does call to mind the deep greens & heavy contours filled with cream in the accompanying art.

with wear, the vanilla is more evident & the scent hugs a lot closer to the skin. this is not a fresh cut grass scent, it’s not realistically vegetal at all to my nose. it’s creeping, dark green & fantastical moss crowned with sheer vanilla, a few subtle sparkles of sweet white musk, & a very slight hint of indolic florals.

it takes a while before i can find the sandalwood & once it appears it gradually overtakes the other notes, taking the scent in a warmer, woodier direction but retaining an ethereal, fantasy quality that is quite beautiful.