Iris Root, White Amber, and Blackberry

[Silvertree]

No further description given.

[forspecial_plate]

I would describe this as a soft scent, about half blackberry and half perfumey haze.  I started loving the lab's blackberry note recently and this is like a soft, pillowy blackberry scent.  

 

I can't really pick apart the iris root and amber, except I do get a hint of something kind of rubbery that I think must be the iris root.  It adds a little interesting edge to the scent.  

 

Overall it's on the lighter side and lasts about 3 hours on me before it becomes just a skin scent.  I love it, so I'm happy to reapply.  It doesn't really change much, if at all, over time (except for fading).  I'm calling this a chic, elegant, blackberry scent.  

[Estamets]

In the bottle, this is bright blackberry. 

 

On my skin, the iris root comes to the forefront, and the blackberry turns into the barest hint of blackberry jam. The amber is only there to lighten the iris root into a floatier scent. 

 

I wish the blackberry stayed as delightfully bright as it is in the bottle. 

 

Skin-close. 1-2 hour wear time. 

[Assimbya]

I was given a decant of this as a frimp by a lovely fellow member of the forum, and I'm so glad that I was, though I would never have thought to buy it for myself. It starts out with sweet, cheerful blackberry, slightly tart but not overwhelmingly so, grounded by the orris; as it dries I get more orris and the lab's distinctive white amber note, familiar from Tomie among other places, which draws it out of the realm of fruit into something that feels quite elegant, sheer, and pulled together, more complex than a three note perfume seems like it should be. This is confirming my guess that blackberry was one of the bpal fruit notes which works best on me, and I am glad to have a decant of it.